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the filter does clear the stock hood just barely, but i have a carb spacer on my intake so had to do a cowl hood back then for that, which isnt a big deal because it look awesome. i have since changed to a 4 inch carb had and piping for a cold air intake that goes in front of the core support. check out my instagram for more pics. @sly280z

Rota RBX 17x9 -13 offset 265/70r17 in front and 17x9.5 -19 offset 275/70r17 in rear

Haha funny enough right before this trip my phenolic carb spacer melted and jammed the carb butterflies causing the throttle cable to break. It never ran the same after that. And unfortunately we’re in a rush to make it to zcon and when we put a new spacer on trackside we didn’t notice the butterflies were actually bent till years later after battling the tuning the whole time but now with a new carb it’s a damn rocket and runs flawlessly 👍🏼

Diana Thompson this was years ago right after we got it running we were still working out the kinks it has since been reworked and tuned numerous times and runs great!

TRUTH4U2NO hahaha! I have modified the intake to prevent starvation of cylinder 1 and 2 and flooding of 5 and 6 and have data to support that all 6 cylinders are close to equal. I have spent countless hours porting and tuning the fuel and ignition delivery to make it a reliable powerhouse. Plus I wanted to make it my own not like every other run of the mill L series motor. Sure I could’ve done a turbo build, sure I could’ve done ITB’s, or triple carbs but where’s the fun in that? I have been to several Z car meets including ZCON and if you see very built beautiful Z with triple carbs or an ITB setup it looks like every other one out there just different shiny bits. I will assure you there’s nothing like mine out there and I did that for a reason. Also it’s not just show I do race it and beat the hell out of it on the track it now has over 5k miles of track time and nearly that on the street just had the head off last winter and all looks well with no issues at all! Rebello makes a fantastic stroker and if it all goes the way it has been I have many miles left on it. So please get your facts straight before you open your mouth.

Sourena J Thank you! All in with machine work was right around 10k ish. You can buy the whole 3.2L kit from Rebello pick your cam and have it shipped to you. I have done a lot more since this video though haha

@@280zRacer Thanks for the info man! That's not too bad considering their reputation and quality. Just sent Rebello a message about it too. Thanks again!

No worries! Ya I tossed a lot of options around before I pulled the trigger and ultimately most swaps will run about the same. And a really good turbo L series build will run around 5-6k but I didn’t want turbo I wanted a reliable and powerful NA build

Jarno Lehtinen hahaha ya the neighbors are all car people. They don’t mind at all

@@280zRacer you're lucky :D

Gilbert

At the time of this video I was right around 300hp and 330 tq to the wheels. I have since upgraded ignition, had the carb tuned, added cold air intake, changed exhaust, and changed rear diff gearing plus a few other things and the car has probably lost 200 lbs since this video as well so best guess I’m right around 320-325 and i just had it weighed and it’s 2420 lbs with me in it. It’s a blast! Check out my Instagram Sly280z for more pics 👍🏼

@@280zRacer Not bad at all! :0 Sadly I don't use Instagram, but I could check it on the browser

Take another look brother! 😂

Thanks! It’s a blast to drive!

wrap the exhaust pips to keep the heat off the intake manifold,, i wish z where cross flow.

Thank you! It is wrapped now this was about 6 months after I got running which was about 4 years ago the car is much different now haha inside and out

Kurtis Caudle good luck bro

Randy White check out my other videos of it on the track plenty of of driving videos 👍🏼

Silverone858lol thanks! Haven’t had it dynoed yet but after speaking with Dave Rebello about my set up and what I have we both came up with an educated guess of around 325 ish at the wheels, and it weighs 2400 lbs with me in it. Lots of fun!

98 max Arizona Z Car four barrel intake absolutely love the setup!

280zRacer I love the set up how it looks awesome.u have 390 carb .

Thanks! I have a Holley 650 double pumper

280zRacer 650 tht's good has some power to run tht no hesitation or nothing.

How much horse do u think ur making.

heymisterderp thank you! And ya I'll have this car forever haha

I have about 325 to the rear wheels weighs just over 2500 with me in it. It's a blast!

How did you get the weight down so much? I thought the 280z comes out the factory at 2850-2900lbs? I'm legitimately interested because I might get a 280z instead of a 240z if thats not too much work

Michael Moore definitely get the 280 if you are planning on a lot of power and aggressive driving it's much stronger from the factory. Of course you can strengthen a 240 but then u sacrifice weight. The biggest loss of weight was the undercoating underneath and inside the car it's tedious work and time consuming but worth it I think it's about 60-70 pounds just taking all the undercoating off. Then of corse getting rid of the hideous bumpers that was about 40 right there haha it's not too hard to lose 300-400 pounds on these just depends on what you end goal is if it's going to be a dedicated track car u could get it close to 2k lbs. I wanted to keep mine street legal so I'm happy with where the weight is for now. Just watch your ounces and your pounds will take car of themselves. 👍🏼

Brett Ethington Rota RB's fronts are 17x9 -13 offset and rears are 17x9.5 -19 offset they won't fit very well with stock springs in front only 3/8 inch clearance. Has a ton of clearance with my coilovers though

Watanabe type r i think, those are a very popular choice of rims for classics like these

nick dietz thank you! Got the kit from silver mine motor sports I'm switching the brake set-up in the next month or so, so my front and rear brake kit is up for sale if you or anyone you know is interested only have about 1K miles on them has hawk pads in front and ebc yellow stuff pads in rear great brake upgrade kit for the Z!

I have a 74 260z myself how much would you be selling them for?

Darryl Hudson this one is fully forged top to bottom ended up being just over 3.2L ported and polished cranking out just a hair over 300hp at the rear wheels. Absolute blast to drive. This is an old video I've done a lot more since then the whole suspension, trans, and rear end has changed getting it ready for ZCON in Austin this year

280zRacer awesome you can see a lot of time and $$$ has went into this beauty. I have put the same effort into upgrades as well . Love that Holley Carb and that you were not scared to be different.

Darryl Hudson that was the plan from the get go. Even though I know I could've done triple su's or something like that and got better reliability but I wanted something that no one else has and it has paid off! Won 1st place modified at 2014 ZCON and got 1st place at the race there too. Hoping to have a repeat this year.

Darryl Hudson thanks! It's a Holley 650 double pumper

Adam Freitas Thank you! It's a custom piece I made I looked everywhere for something similar and couldn't find anything so I made one 👍🏼

Very nice. I was hoping you wouldn't say that. But figured you would. Love ur car. I just picked up a 78z w/ sbc. Also what fuel cell did you use?

Adam Freitas it's a 15 gallon aluminum fuel cell I got it from a company called Broke Dick Racing shortly after I got it about 6 months or so they changed their name to Rhodes race cars they have the same one still available it's the 15 gallon sump cell

izzygreenvw that all depends are you having a stutter under acceleration? Is it running rich at all? I'm over in chandler so our tuning for the air and altitude should be similar but I have nearly twice the carb on mine. I noticed a significant change for the better dropping two steps down on my power valve from 6.5 to 4.5 and I'm currently running 46 main jets. I went from and 48 to 44 and wasn't happy with it so put in 46 and the motor seems to like the change I will be going back up to 48 for ZCON in Austin this June though for the race since they are about 700 feet below us and the humidity is a lot higher.

i have a wide band on mine and its around 12.7 air to fuel ratio when in idle and i cruise at 15.5 . i have 48 main jets an 3.5 power valve it doesn't stutter but when i come down to a full stop on a low gear ,like decelerate it reads 13.3 and a puff of smoke comes out the tail pipe.

izzygreenvw sounds like it's running rich dropping a step or two on jets should help. Do you rev-match when u shift down or just let the motor slow you down once u shift down? If you rev-match it would explain the puff of smoke but if you're just shifting down and getting the puff of smoke it tells me it's a little on the rich side.

280z racer if you don't mine me asking what kind of spark plugs are you using, an can i use them on my stock L28 with a 390cfm carb? do you think that will help my rich fuel issue ,because i dropped to 46 mains jets already

izzygreenvw regular NGK's are honestly the best spark plugs I've used and I don't think it'll do much for your rich fuel mixture. Have you tried messing with the squirters at all I found that my squirters were to big stepped down a few steps and fixed a lot of hesitation I was having. Also timing is a huge factor with initial acceleration stumble if you have a timing light try retarding the timing back a couple degrees and should help a little I know it helped me.

surf403 it's been tuned actually have you ever heard a long duration high lobe cam on a stroked motor before? Listen to a 383 stroker chevy small block with a hot cam in it sounds the same it's caused from a low vacuum and high volume of fuel and cfm of air through the intake.

280zRacer No he hasnt.....lol .Your shit sounds great!

It sounds awesome, just like a stroker with a big cam should. Great car man, I'd love to have that beast in my Z.

Can we all say HATER.It's cammed.Owned built 2.8. Sounds beautiful.

Dumbass

leloodallasmultipass Check out my other videos it's under plenty of load at the track haha

showmethedammovie Thank you!