mountainman

Hi everyone, I have had this 210 since 2010 when an army buddy gave it to me. I was getting out and going to college and he was moving away and dint need it. I haven't driven it much personally but I have lent the car to some people in need of transportation. So it has had some use and some repair but mostly forgotten about, I just got it back from a buddy who let it sit for 3 years, worked like a charm... I don't need this car but it means something to me, I read about the Gambler 500 and have always been fascinated with rally type events and autocross. What options do you see in the short term to boost the datsuns chances? I want to get some nice shocks, additional cooling/reservoir would be nice, bigger springs? is that even an option? I know most of this car is unsupported and some random zx cars would make great donors, but too tough for me to coordinate that. I also have too many cars in the house as it is... I want to know: Has anyone has done such things in the past and how far did they take it? What can I realistically do with springs and shocks? What are my best resources? I'm an autozone/oreilleys guy but they disappoint. I plan on larger tires but if I change hubs/spindle then its a different story. I am getting a bigger radiator and electric fan, she's being gutted, grinded, sealed and rhino-lined. I have a union welder buddy that can help with some mods (towers, skid plate, push bar, skeleton?), I'm willing to cut her, part of her is rusting as is. Thanks for reading!

Hi have an 81 210 a 15 wondering if anyone knows the valve lash for it. Thanx

He said r1 so im guessing it was a liter bike(1000 cc) if your metric challenged

Installed carb ran well for about a minute. Same ol song and dance. I couldn't finda mark on the crank pulley to do the timing with. Could egr valves and what not have am affect?

Just got done rebuilding carb. It looked prety bad in there. I will install in the morning... hopefully I didnt jack anything up. That thing is a tough little bugger. Might have to put a predator carb on here if it doesent work. Then I could toast all this ca emissions crap.

So the old cap and rotor had the scorch marks filed the down ran better got scorched again replaced them worked well. (3 months ago) now they are scorched again. I filed them. I cannot look at the engine while she is running rough, it died when I take my foot off the gas. Primary in the Darb looked wet but the secondary is clean and dry or vise versa. Currently waiting for my new wires and coil to show up kinda just want to rule out the ignition. Have a rebuild kit on hand for Darb may wind up doing that after wires coil and timing check. Any other suggestions?

Wow sounds like I've got quite a bit on my plate. So yesterday it was running well and I was spraying starter fluid around to see if I had a cracked gasket or vaccume leak, no leads. Then I started cutting off vaccume lines to kill it again mo leads. I did however replace a plug and noticed a misfire took off the plug wire and noticed a less than consistent arc... think im gonna grab some plug wires and see where that goes. Im leaning away from vaccume

Sorry I meant 1500 rpm. Its always been at 1500 in park and drops to about 1100 in gear

Oh yea new plugs cap and rotor installed. Is the distributor on these things decent? Thanks

Hi I've got ab 81 210 with a15 motor and auto trans. This issue used to be periodic but is progressivly worsening. Sometimes when I start the car it dies, I have to flutter the pedal to keep it running, power brake at lights. Shudders while cruising then after a while runs fine. So whatever is is isn't quite broken and im all by myself too so I have noone to assist me. Not sure if its ignition or fuel. Baffles me that after a while it runs fine and will idle at 500 rpm. Ideas? Don't wanna start replacing a bunch of crap but I feel im at that part of the road.