s130LS2

Hello everybody. Currently I'm out of Missoula MT, we're soon to be relocating back to central Texas by this June!! I tattoo for a living and have for over a decade now, I worked at a Nissan dealership in the early 2000's as well as a independent shop. I just enjoy working on my car and tinkering. I finally joined the forum back in October, been lurking around here for a while and making a list...Picked up a 99 Lq4 last spring that is going to be single turbo and reside in my 82' 280zx, just as soon as I get it off the rotisserie. When I bought this car 16 years ago it was originally a N/A, I turbo swapped it about a decade ago and now I want more power, so here I am. Now I realized I payed too much for the LS motor that turned out to not have the best rings ssoooo it's getting ripped apart now. Live and learn.

So here's the game plan....

-Aluminum 317 heads (already bought them from another member), going to polish these up
-Custom ground cam, pushrods will be dependant on this
-Patriot gold or pac 1218 valve springs
-LS9 head gaskets
-Having the 99 stock crank nose turned down from 1.250" to .857 so I can fit a T56 behined it
-I think I'm going to go .005 over on the cylinders, we'll see what the machine shop says
-Forged rods 6.125" (haven't decided on a brand yet, leaning towards Lunati)
-Forged pistons -9cc (leaning toward Wiseco) to keep compression about 9:3:1 so I can safely run 17lbs of boost on 93 pump gas (probably run e85 when I have acess again)
-Balanced rotating assembly
-King or Clevite bearings
-Arp head studs, dampner, conecting and main bolts
-Still undecided on intake
-102mm throttle body
-Air to air IC (still undecided)
-Holsett Turbo HX55 (already have)
-HKS wastegate (already have)
-Walboro 044 fuel pump (might run duals) -8 feed
-Aeromotive 13:1 RR FPR (already have)
-Flipped truck manifolds into 2.5" crossovers
-Fbody accessories (haven't decided on a dampner yet)
-Modified truck oil pan
-Probably run Holly Dominator for ECU
-Monster stage II clutch kit (already have)
-T56
-car has R200 diff with a 3.54 in it
-240sx coilovers
-84 300zx 11" brakes
-Battery relocation kit
-Car is getting currently getting rust repaired then seam welded, braced and caged
-HP goals..safely start at 500rwhp with room for growth up to 700, just a street car that will see some track days and can take a beating.

So yeah, there you have it in a nut shell. Hope I don't come across as pompous or arrogant on my first post, still getting my list in order. This is my first Ls build so all feedback and criticism is appreciated! I am a member over on HybridZ as well, apparently everybody that swaps a s130 doesn't do a lot of posting. So I'm hoping that I can help some of the other 280zx lovers out as I go along.