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1978 Datsun 280z 6.0 Lsx Conversion on 2040-cars

Year:1978 Mileage:1200
Location:

Denver, Colorado, United States

Denver, Colorado, United States

1978 Dastun 280Z

This car is incredible.
Stupid fast with approximately 450 brake horsepower and only 2720 pounds
VERY solid 280z, floors and rails are in great shape, except for a few jack dents.
All doors, locks, hatch and hood open and close nicely
A couple of small bubbles in the paint in front of the passenger rear wheel.
This is not a hack job conversion. Gets lots of compliments on how "clean" the swap is.

Engine is an 6.0 LY6 engine out of a 2008 Silverado 2500HD
Factory L92 heads
LS3 intake manifold from a 2010 camaro
Corvette throttle body
PSI wire harness, keeps it looking tidy under the hood
TSP 225/230 cam with hardened push rods and dual springs with titanium retainers
Tuned for the cam using HP tuners and wide band O2 sensor. Starts, idles and runs like it should.
T56 6 speed manual transmission
Z06 clutch
Taurus style fan, has not over heated on me
Full length 1-3/4" stainless steel headers
3" single exhaust with turbo style muffler
Sway bars
Eibach springs
Strut tower braces
Runs and drives great, did a ~350 mile round trip road trip a few weeks ago, no problems.
Got 25.4 mpg combined hwy/town mountain driving.
Car ran 12.5@116 mph on normal street tires at Bandimere which is 5800 above sea level
Easily a low 11 second 12X mph car at sea level with traction.

Bad:
Still has stock open diff r200 and axles, haven't given me any problems
Brakes are still stock, fine for street, not fine for going fast
Dash is cracked, aren't they all?
Paint is showing its age, it still gets compliments, but I'm picky
Heat and AC are not hooked up, will include 2500HD compressor if you can figure out how to mount it, will still need condenser, dryer and lines
There are some holes in the floorboard and wheel wells from a roll cage
No antenna for the stereo

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Autoblog Podcast #339

Tue, 02 Jul 2013

Farewell, Zach Bowman; Pikes Peak 2013; Datsun; 2014 Ram lineup
Episode #339 of the Autoblog Podcast is here, and it's the last rodeo for Zach Bowman before he departs for other pastures. The crew this week consists of Dan Roth, Zach Bowman and Jeff Ross, who talk about the astounding records set at this year's Pike's Peak hill climb, the return of the Datsun brand name and the recently-announced 2014 Ram truck lineup. Of course, we start with the garage and end with your questions and comments. For those of you who hung with us live on our UStream channel, thanks for taking the time. You can follow along after the jump with our Q&A. Thanks for listening!
Autoblog Podcast #339:

Datsun's lackluster initial sales fall below Tata Nano

Wed, 15 Oct 2014

When Tata introduced the Nano back in 2008, everyone was amazed at how cheap it was. They called it a game changer, but no game was changed. In fact, it took Tata five years to sell the 250,000 units it had the capacity to build in a single year. As it turns out, even buyers in what economists call "developing markets" like India aren't necessarily interested in buying an ultra-cheap automobile. And now it appears that Nissan may be falling into the same trap.
A little over a year ago, Nissan revived its old moniker Datsun to serve as a budget brand - similar to what ally Renault did with Dacia. Its lineup (consisting of models like the Go hatchback, Go+ minivan, On-Do sedan and Mi-Do hatch) is largely based on old architecture, packaged with little more than basic equipment and sold at rock-bottom prices. But Bloomberg reports that, even in the brand's core markets like India and Indonesia, the new Datsuns haven't been selling.
According to local industry figures, Datsun has sold fewer than 10,000 units of its $5,100 Go hatchbacks in India since its introduction back in March. Maruti Suzuki, by comparison, sells twice that many of its similarly priced Alto hatchbacks every month. In fact, after peaking in April, Datsun only sold 607 units in India this past July, dipping 77 percent to drop below even the number of Nanos which Tata sold that month.

Datsun previews new budget sedan for Russia [w/video]

Thu, 13 Mar 2014

Nobody does cars on the cheap quite like the Renault-Nissan Alliance. The former part of the equation already has its Dacia brand of cost-effective, no-frills vehicles that have become a favorite of Top Gear co-host James May, and last summer, the latter revived its Datsun nameplate for a budget brand of its own.
The reborn Datsun launched in India this past July with its Go hatchback, returned in September with the Go+ minivan and revealed the Redi-Go concept just last month. And now it's given us our first look at an upcoming budget sedan developed specifically for the Russian market.
The as-yet unnamed vehicle (which we'll bet will incorporate the word "go" into its nameplate somehow) is set to debut on April 4, where it will launch the Datsun brand in Russia. Few details are available at this point, but the low-cost sedan was designed in Japan to offer Russian drivers "an engaging driving experience, peace of mind ownership and accessibility at the right and transparent price, with a competitive Total Cost of Ownership."