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Oh yea- Santa was good to me this year as well - Datsun Flag and Datsun Fender Cover

Valve cover off Head is off Its a bit grimey Need a puller to get the front pulleys off and then Ill get the timing cover off. I think this motor may have been opened up at some point, at least the timing cover and possibly the oil pan. There is a fair amount of sealant the cab be seen around it.

On to some pictures... nothing fancy yet- Stripped of all the Emissions stuff... This crap alone is enough to run carbs hahaha Skyblue scored a trans for me from P&P - needs some love though...

Ok KA- Been planning on building a new motor for the Car since I bought it. Original plans were to build a "race" L20b... but after a lot of thinking, given how much I run the car on the street and that it is getting harder to find new L motor parts the idea came to me to carb a newer engine. I thought about an SR, but they are pretty expensive to begin with and then the process of carbing it is a further added cost because of the custom parts needed. KA sounded like a pretty good option. Relatively cheap motor and trans, parts availability, pretty well documented for a swap... and a ton of low end torque. Found a good deal on a KA mated to an auto tranny, so I picked that up with the intent of sitting on it for a bit, but with my recent L motor issues, I have decided to just dive into the KA. Still have a few decisions to make- mainly how much I want to build the motor... researching NA KAs has been pretty depressing... Most of the 240 guys just say boost it... but since I am putting it in the 510 I wanted to keep some nostalgia in the picture by running my Mikunis on it. Right now my current plan is - KA24DE - - Full Rebuild - 4-2-1 Header - 3" exhuast - Mikuni 44's - Ford EDIS/Megajolt Ignition -Bump up the cams - Valve train upgrade depending on cam selection? -Possibly bump up the compression? - Supertech 10.5:1 Pistons - Upgraded Rods -ATI Super Damper -Fidenza Lightweight Flywheel -TBD clutch - Possibly some porting on the head The BIG questions is do I bump compression up or just rebuild it stock and overbored? And which cams? Other parts I will need- - Flipped crossmember- Possibly McKinney - Motor Mounts - Possibly McKinney as well - T3 Trans Mount - Radiator - Electric Fans - New wiring harness - Random block off plates for the motor - New Gauges - Speedo, Tach, Gas, Temp, Wideband, possibly a new Oil Pressure - Possibly run Autometer... TBD - B&M Short Shift or ATP Short Shift ... Im sure there is more I am forgetting... I will update as I remember them My biggest fear is the wiring... the car already has a rats nest behind the dash, and and since its so stripped an their will be so much changing I am thinking it will be best to start fresh... no experience with wiring through... Stay tuned to updates...

Track Day! Almost didnt go... was pouring rain on Friday and within the first 10 minutes of the drive up to Thunderhill the back end had fully stepped out on me and I had hydroplaned pretty bad twice... 510T, Skyblue and I stuck with it though and made it up there safe. The next morning things were looking better, but the track was still soaked Videos are a few posts back. First session was super wet and pretty sketchy so the speeds were slow... Second session didnt last very long.... unfortunately toward the end of my first lap my crank pulley decided it didnt like me anymore and wanted to pass me on track... I actually watched it roll past me on track... I left it out in the field to rust away.... I made sure I torqued it down- checked it twice... but apparently not enough.... So tow number 1 was off the track... Then the issue became how do I get home... Thunderhill is 160miles from pacifica... and I only have 100 mile towing with AAA... and they charge 6.50 a mile after 100 for a flat bed tow.... very expensive... thought about a uhaul truck and trailer... but too hard to coordinate... 510T stepped up and let me use his 100 mile tow to get to Vacaville and then I used my tow to get from Vacaville to Pacifica- Thanks again Tyler! So tow 2 was accross the paddock to get to the entrance. Tow 3 was to Vacaville. And tow 4 was from Vacaville to Pacifica Driver was nice enough to drop her right into the garage Still waiting on a new pulley and fan and then Ill change the oil and check further for damage and hopefully all is well and I can run it again... but as mentioned... I am starting to dive into the KA - Stay tuned for more info on that.

Random photos--- Spotted this awesome hauler one morning on my way to work Everyone was having fun with these so I played along- Thought the Libres looked pretty cool... those wheels are unfortunately sold now though to help fund the KA

Back in Had some trouble first starting it up as I accidentally put the distibutor/oil pump shaft in 180 degrees backwards so I had to swap the plug wires... Broke her back in a run out to Folsom for their toy drive car show... Stealing this photo as well - Thanks ! Everything was running well... except my koyo rad developed a leak... Didnt have enough time before track day to find the leak so I just swapped in my old stock rad.

Oh yea.. Looks like the head had been decked at some point judging by the cam tower spacers

Tearing it down Looks like some stock nissan rods Sweet Suprise! Ross Pistons Not so sweet suprise... Nice chunk of timing guide that was hanging around

My L motor had started to drip pretty badly, so I decided it was time to reseal the motor, which I could now do at home after scoring that hoist when I got the KA motor. Prepping to pull Motor is out Someone did some porting on this head :thumbup: :thumbup: Started cleaning - Looks like the block was painted blue before a crappy black paint job

stealing some photos too ahhahah Well Shittt.... its broken.... Crank pulley blew off and took the fan with it... Will likely bump up my KA time frame... Updates to come - Reseal of the L20b photos... More importantly... The KA build

Session 1 - Was pretty wet and sketchy so I really wasn't pushing it... Haven't even watched the whole thing yet Hahaha Session 2... lost my crank pulley toward the end of the first lap....

A couple of those flybys might have been on cool down laps so 510T and Skyblue might not be hauling ass.... Its not cause their slow...

Session 1 - Was pretty wet and sketchy so I really wasn't pushing it... Haven't even watched the whole thing yet Hahaha Session 2... lost my crank pulley toward the end of the first lap....

Uploading to youtube now...

What time are you guys leaving the shop in the AM?

Hahaha thanks for the bump hahaha I need to update this

Grab a case of beer, all those swear words mentioned above, a really long pipe to extend your breaker bar and a big socket (i think 27mm)…, a bearing press, a dremel and get ready for some fun. Can be done on the car, might be easier with the arms off. There are a few write ups around. Don't mess up the threads on the stub axles when your trimming the lock nut. And the torque spec is the higher one… ~200 ft/lbs or something like that.

Coming.... Got em on the computer just need to get them onto YouTube

Hot damn!!!! Those are awesome. Thanks Indy!!!!!!!!

hot damn that shit is low now….