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Im pretty much on the same path… just which route at this point…. need to do some more research on the DP kit

Signed up for the April 4th Track Day @ Thunder Hill! Pretty Stoked!! Question now becomes what do I focus on first…. Coil overs or upgrade brakes... Was originally leaning toward doing coil overs… but now I am starting to think of Brakes. Its possible I may end up doing both… Basically right now looking at either the DP racing Kit with 10" Vented rotors and Wilwood Calipers or possibly running 200sx stuff…. Also stumbled upon some vented drilled and slotted rotors that supposedly will fit w/ stock 510 brakes… not sure if I believe it http://community.ratsun.net/topic/65521-stoptech-vented-drilledslotted-rotors-…-for-stock-510-brakes/ I have always wanted to stick with the Stock 510 struts to keep all geometry the same (and since I have a spare pair that has already been cut and welded), also so that I can run 13's. I might have access to some 200sx Struts… but sounds like it will be just as expensive…. They will need new rotors and pads, as well as coil over conversion… and the kicker, custom bump steer spacers. Anyone run the DP racing kit? Done some searching, but have found much on it.

Just stumbled upon these… tried searching to see if anyone had used them, but couldn't find anything... I Searched for the full specs, but wasn't able to find em. Planning on making a call to find out full specs, but I find it hard to believe they will work since the brakes were designed around a non vented rotor…. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sph-127-42001cr/overview/year/1971/make/nissan/model/510 http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sph-127-42001cl/overview/year/1971/make/nissan/model/510 Not that I think vents themselves would really help the stock 510 brakes…. but at least there could be some nice replacement rotors out there. Found these while searching brake upgrades, for myself. -Debating on 200sx vs Stock 510 struts w/ DP racings kit.

Signed up intermediate... Still thinking about it.

Signed up!

Signing up Question is do I go driving school or low intermediate- asking you guys who made it out last time...

Convienent... There was already one hole drilled.

More goodies - returned some stuff to JEGS used the PayPal return credit to pick this up from Summit. Pretty stoked. Quality seems awesome! Can be mounted to the roll bar via clamps or hard mounted via machine screws/bolts. Adaptable to most fire extinguishers as they mount using clamps. The ones they offered looked pretty nice so I grabbed those too. Drake Motorsports fire extinguisher bracket Now the question is where to mount it... Either back on the cage in the backseat or up front on the passenger side along the trans tunnel. Thinking of doing it up front so I can actually reach it from the driver seat

and some more There are more on my photo bucket… but most are just repeats…

Ok…. In no particular order I think this one below is my favorite

Damn I need to get off my lazy ass and post the pics I took! Hopefully tonight...

It's not raining down here!

watching this- might have to travel for work this weekend… but if I am around I will definitely doing a dyno pull or two

I'm optimistic we will get some shine... Probably a bit of both... Planning on going unless it's downpouring when I go to leave

What Rotors do you start with? Interested in this. Want to keep my 510 struts and 13s but upgrade my brakes

Thanks- I was a little nervous tearing it apart but these things are pretty simple There is a thread in one of the z forums about someone making them. Could most definitely be done on a cnc. Might be a market for it, since I am pretty sure those parts are NLA and the only supplier is in Japan. As for the 4.44 ... It's really fun... Just not on the highway.... 75 at ~3,800rpm

Not too much to update- spent Saturday at busta's place. Tore apart a spare set of front struts I got a little while back. Guess I scored ... Already cut down and had some nice tokiko inserts that seem to still be decent. Will probably run em for a bit. Now I just need to scrape some cash together to get a coil over kit. Pics

I take it you ran a DMV report on the VIN to find where its located? Pretty sure if you willing to pay the money and you have the information you can find the cars registered owner could be wrong though

Oh yea- the new subaru diff cover had really long studs on it… so i pulled those and replaced them with bolts… SOOO much easier- probably going to do this with all my diffs

Alright… 4.44 is in the car!!!! Took a lot more work then expected… ended up tearing apart the LSD unit and shimming it up… it was breaking away at 35 ft lbs or so… which is way to loose… its shimmed up to about 70 ft lbs now… better but i would like it higher. Definitely works though, let off the clutch kinda quick and high rpm and the backend just stepped sideways. Then I took the 4.11 out of the car and spent forever trying to wrestle the 4.44 in before realizing the driveshaft flange was different…. and wouldn't fit through the x-member without going perfectly straight in… which can't be done with the spare tire well... Thankfully I've got a donor housing now so a quick trip to Busta's place to borrow his air tools and we had it switched over. bolted it all up this afternoon. It is definitely quick! my speedo is definitely off, will need to run my phone to try and figure out how much… but i thinks its about 5mph off which means at 55 I'm running about 3k rpm. definitely not gearing for the trip to canby,… but should be super fun on the back roads. Now for pictures. I didn't take any at Busta's place… I think Skyblue has a couple of swapping the flange... Lets just start with this one… Damnn what a good looking car The insides of an LSD unit - The center has the spider gears, the top and bottom are the clutches Pabst Blue Ribbon FTW!!! Read on another forum that you can make your own shims from cans… so why not… unfortunately i couldn't find any pics when i did it so hopefully this is right??? some poor bastard is gonna buy this from me one day and open it up and be like WTF!?!?! Then I went to put it in… wrestled with it forever… took a hammer to the spare tire well to get more clearance… still couldn't get it in…. pulled it out and put it next to my other one and the flanges are different sized. Old subaru on the left… new subaru on the right (datsun ones are rectangular) the big difference is the old subaru/ datusn is 4.5cm and 5.5cm (I think) eye to eye and the new subaru is 5.5cm all around. I might have a problem… 4.44 LSD up front (still had the subaru flange); Top is the 4.11 LSD; Bottom Left to Right - 3.9 LSD, 3.7 Open, old grenaded 3.9 open… now donor diff Bolted up

Never have too many... This 4.44 might be a bit excessive though... Hopefully find out this weekend

Wahhhoooo !!!! Goodies showed up today. Got another LSD center unit to build the 4.44... Spare stub axles and fresh bolts. Even got a 4.11 LSD sticker. Packed awesomely and shipped quick - thanks YENPIT !

Been asked about this before... Found this while cleaning some stuff up. 90% percent sure this is correct. Cam specs

I might have to snag of few of those from you...

There might be a video soon to… need to go pull my go pro from the car still. Chances are its no good though… had the camera inside mounted on the roll bar and since my windshield is crap you probably won't be able to see much… but well see