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Another 4 door!! Wahoo!!! Shop night this week?

I've got an electrical gremlin that I need to work out too cause when I turn off my ignition the car keeps running. Need to kill it with the clutch

Not much easy driving but enough to get it back in the garage - I'll give that a shot

Yea... My tacoma only weighs in at 3900 with the camper shell if I remember

I like how easy these are to take on and off for tuning or track use So after driving around yesterday my front plugs look like this And my rears like this Any thoughts or suggestions? I can bump up for down two fuel jets if needed

Found a uhual that would rent you the trailer? I had to call 4 or 5 to get one rent me one with my tacoma

Finally a worthy update! She is ALIVE!!! My Mikunis showed up yesterday, so I immediately got to work. Here are the specs that Todd at WolfCreek set me up with based on having dished pistons, electronic ignition, and my cam specs Initially bolted on - went with short stacks for filter clearance (pics below) I spent soooo much time trying to figure out the throttle cable mount… I had shortened it for the old webers and this made it tough as I couldn't bring it up over the fuel line. tried possible a hundred different options last night before giving up… went out and got another piece of aluminum stock this morning and came up with this (Below). the first version stopped shortly after the bolt… but this led to it spinning when the throttle was pulled all the way… so the second version I lengthened it to butt up agains the Jet cover, which keeps it from moving. not the prettiest.. but it works. Runs pretty damn good… fired right up with no adjustments. played with it a little bit to make sure the two carbs were synched. Its running pretty rich so I may try a smaller set of jets… but need to pull the plugs and see how they look. Sounds great! Best she has ever run I think. Heatshield is on hold for now… need to get some longer studs for the manifold… and gotta figure out a couple other things. Did have time to mess with it, as I needed to get my daily driver in the garage to check out an issue, so the sole focus was getting the datsun running under her own power so I could pull her out and back in.

Mikuni 44s :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil:

And the whip cracks!

If I end up running it I'll probably run those thin rubber idolaters

Ahhhh ok Thanks for the heads up I will have have him send me a set with the carbs

Hmmm Todd said this was the style he used.... I'll have to confirm with him

the other thing i realized is that i will probably need a gasket between either the intake and the shield or the carbs and the shield…. since there is a double o ring plastic spacer between the carb and the manifold

Kinda on this train of thought... Started and need to finish it... Might wait for my carbs to show up before finishing...

Nothing really good to update... Car has been sitting like this for a while... Finally got around to customizing the T3 heat shield I picked up... At this point I'm kinda wishing I disn't start, and I just sent it back. ... Cut the holes for the #2 and#4 pipe clearances ... Only to realize #1 needs a clearance too... Also had to add some more bend to it... And only after realizing all that did I realize that the holes for the fuel/air to go through are 1/4 smaller then those on the intake... Not sure about the Mikunis I am waiting on... But the spacers are the same size as the intake ... I'm worried about this disrupting the flow of air/fuel..., Also had to file out the stud holes... At this point I might just call it a loss and give up on it...

damn you guys did some work!

Could be possible...

Gonna hold off on tearing it down… But heres more- In the never ending ordeal of shit that doesn't fit on my datsun... 510T kindly let me borrow one of his 13" minilite wheels… and damn it it doesn't fit… this brake kit is supposed to fit "most" 13" wheels… excluding tylers minilites and my steelies… 0 for 2 as of now It just barely catches the caliper… can't really see it since the scuff on top was so small it rubbed off Then the next item up for test fitting that failed was the T3 heat shield I picked up. Looks like it would clear fine on the longer Cannon style manifolds… but I have the nice short Mikuni one…. and no love. The # 4 header pipe comes out at a 90 degree angle making it a no go ... going to shoot T3 an email on it and see if they have dealt with this before…. But… most likely going to do some custom bending and cutting to make it fit… here are my two initial cardboard templates I think even with those sections of header sticking out it will still be worth putting on --- oh and you can see where the #3 tube has already been clearanced to help fit the carb. Not going to do anything till I get the Mikunis as they may not need as much clearance below them as the Webers did, so I might be able to just bend the shield up more and cut out less

The original issue was the needle valve... So I ordered up two rebuild kits to rebuild em both... Then when I pulled off the front carb... The manifold ear was broken off... Looks like it has been repaired before... So rather the risk it breaking again I am upgrading to Mikuni 44s. Unfortunately this puts the datto out for ~5 weeks

In doing some research for Todd to get an idea of what I am running for a compression ration I did some spying down the spark plug holes to get an idea of what pistons are in this motor. Since I have pretty much no history on the motor itself I have no clue if it has been bored out or not. It appears to have a dished piston with valve reliefs cut into them… any thought on which pistons these might be? L20b pistons were dished but had no reliefs… from what I can tell Its possible they are Z20s pistons? or maybe l28 pistons? my research seems show that these were both dished and had reliefs… Or they could be aftermarket… IDK... What is involved in pulling the head? this is really my first entry into motor work. Oh and it looks like I have a w58 head… so nothing special… unless its a super rare closed chamber w58… doubtful

Couple updates... No photos unfortunately... Talked with Todd @ Wolfcreek Racing - decided I am going to run Mikuni 44s- unfortunately this comes with a wait ... 5-6 weeks for Todd to rebuild then and set them up for my setup... Bummer... But she will run like a champ when they are on there. If anyone has a spare single sidedrafts manifold, it would be great to borrow it and atleast have the car running ... Although running the DCOM as a single probably requires re jetting... DCOMs will be up for sale once I get my mikunis... Oh and looking at the broken one, it looks like it was repaired there before, so this isn't the first time As for the T3 heatshield... It's not gonna work without some tweaking... The shorty Mikuni manifold I'm running puts it too close to the header and it hits the rear exhaust tube... Will have to wait till I have the carbs and then will look into custom bending it Also- 4.44 lsd is back out of the car and the 4.11 back in place. Really like the 4.44 as it's super quick, fun around town and was great at thunder hill west... But it sucks on the highway... And the lsd unit is slipping way to easily. Need to shim it up more

Nice Off!!! Thats a great shot :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

Got some work done- Got the steering box brace in- had to get creative with a punch to mark the spots to drill but made it work. Kit comes with regular nuts and lock washers.. But I went with nylocks instead As for the carb issue... I've decided I'm going to get new ones . Leaning toward mikunis ... Possibly 44s ... Only worry is they will be too big for the motor... But I can always choke em down a little

Id love to sign up for button willow… but I need to figure out my carb situation first… A trailer would be really nice too….

Well got my carbs parts yesterday and started taking this apart.... Pulled off the front carb and found this.... Bummer... I guess it's time for new carbs... So the question is weber or mikuni and 40 or 45.... Hmmm Oh yea this came in today too