Crazy Engine Adventure

[Jabel]

So, I think I just figured out that I swapped in a z24 engine from a D21 hard body into my 81 720 pick up. I was having the hardest time finding a matching distributor for this engine and it was because I was searching under 720s.

 

I found a reman dist for a 1986 d21 for $240 bucks. This should work right?! I just have this feeling that I walking into a dead end project here. Boy, do I wish I had gotten an engine from another 720 4x4.

[steve g]

if the dizzys from the 720s wont fit then the z24 you have is an electro-injected engine from birth..... yes the d21 dizzy most likely will fit but it will be ECU dependant :(

the other z24 dizzys you have will work if you replace the oil pump driveshaft with an earlier carby model

[datzenmike]

There's very little to wear out in the Z24 EI dizzy. Grab one from any wrecking yard for $50. As Steve said get the drive spindle under it by dropping the oil pump. The CAS crank angle sensor and spindle in the D-21 has to go. The CAS drive spindle looks like this:

 

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Below: the left three are CAS Z24 and two KA spindles. Middle three are the ones you want from Z motors. The right two tall ones I don't remember what they are from, maybe L24E

 

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[datzenmike]

Also no need for two posts on the same subject. Start one and follow it through.

 

http://forum.ratsun.net/showthread.php?t=17139 .... is deleted.