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Datsun TURBO 240Z....

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Found this e-bay tonight...
1972 Datsun 240Z TUrbo

I did not know you could have a turbo on car with a carburetor. Does this mean I could turbo charge my B?
 
Yes Terri.
A turbo just pressurizes the intake. there are generally special carbs, if you raise the boost pressure too high, but a carb car can have one.

Dave :savewave:
 
We installed downdraft weber...is this carb capable of being turbo charged or is there another type of carb that would be better suited for this type of mod? (I know, it still hasn't left the garage and I'm thinking of making some more changes, but what they hey....)

BTW...How's Annie and the girls....we hope winter is treating y'all right.
 
If you keep boost at 5-7 lbs, that carb should work.
I'm sure someone will also pitch in here, but a sidedraft weber would really be cool.

There are all kinds of books etc. out there. Just google turbochargers and you'll have more info than you want!

Annie and the girls are very well.Had a great Christmas. Hope you and David are keeping well.

Dave :savewave:
 
You can turbo any carbbed car without issues - just install the carb upstream of the turbo.

But it isn't as simple as just bolting a turbo on, and there are no easily obtainable MGB kits to do this, so assuming from the tone of the post that you are not technically inclined, turbo is not for you.

If you really want positive pressure induction, go buy a Moss supercharger kit, which IS a bolt on proposition.
 
Yes, there were factory turbo cars; 1979 - 1981 ish Mustangs had it as an option, circa 1978 - whenever Buick Regals, too.

Pretty sure these were "suck thru" instllations, turbo sucking through the carb.

You can do boost either way; Studebaker did Blow through on their superchargers.

Colin
 
The early Factory turbo’ed Z’s were 280ZX’s though, not 240/260/280Z’s (different bodies). They were blow-through, fuel injected.

This one’s obviously an aftermarket (or home-built or whatever) suck-through installation.

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To blow though a carb you need to either modify it heavily to seal it and route the ambient vents correctly or mount the whole thing in a sealed box (which is how early Turbo Esprits were done.)


pc.
 
I'd like to have one of those early Z-cars....but that one's not worth $3,00 to me.....maybe to someone else though.
 
tony barnhill said:
I'd like to have one of those early Z-cars....but that one's not worth $3,00 to me.....maybe to someone else though.
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Funny, it's totally worth $3,00 to me :lol:
 
JPSmit said:
tony barnhill said:
I'd like to have one of those early Z-cars....but that one's not worth $3,00 to me.....maybe to someone else though.
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Funny, it's totally worth $3,00 to me :lol:
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Different strokes for different folks - like I said....guess it depends on location & condition....down here, I walk past rust of any type.
 
no tony - look at your numbers (typo)
 
JPSmit said:
no tony - look at your numbers (typo)
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Oops....$3,000...hehehe
 
Actually, these were datsuns not toyotas. These are the other kinds f car I restore. The datsun 240z was compared to the corvette of the time. A lot of Car and Driver magazines referred to it as the Japanese Corvette. It had a lot of similar body shapes to that of the corvette.

Though the healeys and datsuns arent even comparable they are completely different types of cars, that would be like saying I wouldnt sell my Town car to buy a Ford probe. They are two completely different cars made for two completely different functions.
 
240Z was the japanese copy of an E Type.

They were real rotters.

Pat
 
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