lil89ram50

do it if you trust the kid. maybe get some collateral

high gloss engine enamel. dry

i have always wanted a brat! those are bad ass

well theres a few pics of some progress. more to come after i get this intake to my welder and have him weld some stuff shut. then have some stuff brought to be sand blasted

how many times you change the ride hieght? one minute your slammed, the next you a monster truck

well i hot tanked and scuffed the block with a da sander with a rubber wire wheel on it. worked super great!!! honed the cylionders, greased the deck, bores, and the front of motor. thn painted. the grease keeps from rusting and from the paint sticking. 2 coats of gloss black engine enamel. and i am done with the bock. also tanked the head, cams, pistons and rings, and all the little pieces. then i sand blasted the front timing covers, water outlet, and a few other small aluminum pieces. going to get working on the dumb factory intake soon. but i'd really like to get an aftermarket intake. due to cleaner looks, and the amount of space they take up. not for the power reasons, as i might even loose a few horses. also, i decided against the ka24e pistons in this. i think the factory pistons will move it along quite well, and, now turbo is still open to questioning in a few years. lol :cool:

no, all these parts were from cars i have fixed. there all junk.. all the good datsun parts go on the shelf :)

cleaned the garage tonight, have a lot of garbage and old parts in there i need to get rid of. i always seem to pile all my garbage, bad parts in the corners. well i pulled it all out today, and i have a complete car stall full of garbage! its crazy. so as soon as i figur out how am going to dispose of it, i will pull the datsun in for winter. maybe even pull the motor for a few days and fab mounts for the ka and put the L back in.

you do that with a gun or a rattle can

96 chevy. 350, auto, 4x4, 200k. runs good, drives good besides rear end. front end is tight, idller arm has a little play. powersteering pressure line has a small leak, radiator has a leak, but i smeared some good gm rtv on it and put some sealer in the radiator. should stop it for a while. also, have a good oil leak, its the dumb oil cooler lines. going to block em off at next oil change.

well guys... i scored hugely this time! we got a new guy at the shop a couple weeks ago. well he said his rear end went out and it just stopped running. so he is going to send it to the junk yard. well he has brand new cooper stt's on it. another guy brings it to the shop tonight and starts swapping his tires for these. well i catch wind of it, go look at the truck and its not to bad lookin. rusty but not too bad. a new battery and it fired right up and runs great! rear end was low on fluid. needs a pinion bearing and seal. . called him up and told him i'd like to buy it. he sais ok. how much is it worth. i tell him 400 bux. he is like freaking out he is so happy, junk yard only offered 75 bux!. call him back after looking over the truck a little more and brought the price down to 200 bux! so all in all im out 200 bux now, but have a 4x4 with heat for the winter! very excited with the score this time!! ordering the pinion next week, it'l hold til then. oh and the new battery, was in the back seat lol

what are these wheels on the back?

nice. i love this place

good job on getting the mazda done guys!

ok, so i get this on the stand today to check out the condition. stripped it down to basicallly a long block. noticed one of the bolts for the injectors were missing. checked compression. 1,2,3, were all at like 95 psi, #4, had nothing. took head off, and found the bolt for the injector lodged in a valve. . onto the bottom end. pulled out pistons, bearings looked great! and they were original too. pulled out the crank, and those bearings all looked great too!. all pistons look like they were replaced yesterday except for a little build up on the tops, but not a whole lot. not a single scratch in any of the bores either. the game plan is to put in some ka24e pistons, nissan bearings, do the dual exhaust cam swap, and install new chain guides. also really want to get head ported and polished and a 3 angle done. also will be getting an ebay intake manifold. as the factory ones are so bulky.

trucks coming along killer man! just needs the rusty rising sun

wel i went and got the motor! truk made it the whole way no problems!i think this motor is trying to beggg me not to pull it lol. ever since i started talking about swapping, it has ran wonderful. but i know in the long run this swap will be the best thing i could have done. well along with front disc swap. So the motor looks great, always kept inside, covered up and all passaged had paper towels in them to keep out dirt. tomorrow i am going to tear the intake and valve cover off. supposedly this motor was boosted for a little while, and has a well built head. it does have an oil return line ran to the pan, and there is no exhaust manifold. so i believ it was boosted. Not a drip of oil on it. but you can also tell they did not clean this motor just to make it look clean. over all, i am super stoked!!! may have just scored big time! but either way, i scord at $100 bux for even a rebuildable core. better if its fine as is. will update tomorow with tear down pics

off to get the ka24de!!!!! first round trip over 250 miles in the datsun since i bought it! hope we dont break down!

dont have pics. the guy wanted 600 bux for this complete ka and trans . then an extra 250 for the clutck set. i told him thats crazy tak. ended up getting him to part the motor, with these prices, got the trans at... well more then what i was confortable to pay for it, but that clutch kit made up for it. this is all through texrting, but ill bring an extra 50 bux when i go and maybe ill be taking the complete motor home lol. he said it ran good when he puled it for a failed attemp at an sr swap. car had like 90k on it. this is all about 85 miles away, and wil be getting it in a few weeks. going saturday to get the first ka though!!! so excited!

found another score! im getting loaded ka intake, tb, injectors ect. - $20 exhaust manifold- $15 ka24de head- $30 5 speed 240sx trans- $150 brand new centerforce 6 puck clutch with pressure plate, t/o and alignment tool. its a brand new kit in the box.- $100!!!!! will be going to get this in about a month. things are really starting to fall in place with this swap for me!

heres some 6 lug wheelss your sure to love at least one set!!! My link

wow great to hear he is doing ok! just got to this thread. when i first read it, i thought he was in a vehicle. i dont see why people have to be such ass holes nowadays