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Exhaust manifold off!! Progress!!! First round of parts arrive... GReddy pullies ------>>> YES ZIR!! NISMO Thermostate, Front crank seal, rear crank seal... Thank you Positron, your write-up was nothing short of inspiring... On to the intake side next... OEM Intake manifold goes bye-bye... Okay, now I know that getting these right later on is going to be a serious pain in the arse...intimidating.. Lower intake manifold, IACV, and Throttle Body gone next... planning on GReddy intake plenum, fuel rail, N15 TB so far.. any other good ideas??

Back to exhaust side business at hand.. Power steering and A/C Compressor off... That's one small step for me, and well, yeah that's pretty much it.... Exhaust manifold cover goes bye-bye... Be gone you ugly down pipe... take your rust with you... HelloT25... I like you, but I LOVE your cousin the GT2871R .64 (hint hint )

For those of you who enjoy something sexy that isn't silicon... A close up of that OEM Nissan Exedy Rust-o-Crap... Let the exhaust side breakdown begin.. hold on to your panties... But, before I started the curiousity got the best of me.... OCD... How bad was the rust???? SMH.. it was bad... so I had to change my perspective and stop looking at her rust arse.. ahhhh, full frontal...

Well, here is who you blame... Rusty Clutch and his dirty slurt Rusty Flywheel. This was a bad sign, even with my limited mechanical knowledge base... Now my OCD kicks in and I think "Oh Schnitz, what if the internals are just as ugly???"" Had to take her top off ASAP, you know daddy doesn't do rust... I'm no pro, but from the research I did this actually didn't look too bad. Someone wasn't a fan of oil changes, but that is forgivable right??? Any of you peeps out there want to cosign my concerns?? Is she still good?? Compression tested well over 150psi so

First thing I did was get rid of those harnesses. Harder than I thought it was going to be. Damn thing was a little brittle... Engine harness.. Transmission harness... Then the first signs of trouble, f00000k me and my rusty transmission bell housing. Who do I blame for this horror???

Hi everyone!! Let me start by saying that although I have been a fan of the import scene since well before I could actually drive my own car, I have never done any of my own engine work. After a couple of months of research I decided that it was time that I built a car from the ground up. I do not profess to be good at this and am trying to learn as I go only stopping to ask questions and do research. If you have any comments, good or bad, I am listening. I want to learn and build the engine on my own, but I don't want to be an ignorant idiot either. The goal is to build a weekend driven 4 door Datsun 510 with a little JDM flair. I have already been collecting parts, but still need to find a great car to start with. So here she is, my SR20DET S13 redtop engine fresh off the boat from Japan. I was told that the engine had approximately 45,000 miles, but I am not exactly sure how true that is after doing some work. I'll let you guys give me your thoughts...