anthonydavis521

Appreciate the information!

Appreciate the information I am gonna try to source the best parts I can

Hell ya! I cannot wait! I went last year glad to hear it’s on again I missed this year but I am fersure gonna be at the up and coming! Super rad!

Is this the powerland in Brooks,OR?

Looking to know if anyone knows where I can get a rebuild kit for the L16 or even an L20

I think I’m gonna do the conversion to disc just because the price is not terrible. I appreciate the advice because it would suck to have all that power and a terrible braking system

Yea it’s been using oil fersure I have added oil a handful of times since driving it I think I will rebuild the L16 regardless of if I am using the motor or not just to have as a back up so it stays on the road

Yea I have been running it hard we have been talking about it and we think the piston snapped or something along the lines Of that. I am gonna start to tear into it this week and I will have better info on what my dumbass did. I have heard the L20B would be ideal in the aspect as far as cost effective and “easiest” but I want a challenge and It’ll take some time but I’m patient fersure I am leaning towards the KA24DE or K24 which ever motor I can get my hands on. I have looked ever since that night and just been reading about other’s projects and I feel it will be worth it in the end. I just refuse to let this truck become a junker it’s my favorite car I have and I want my kid to be able to have it in the years to come. I am willing to put the work into it I have a place I can leave it so it stays in the same condition until the project can be completely finished.

So I got the motor running how I wanted it, I have been running it as my daily for the last couple of months. On Tuesday I was driving up I-5 doing about 75 I heard a knocking I let off to pull over and check it out before I could it went boom! Have not had time to pull it apart and verify but I had it towed to the shop my pops runs and I turned it back over to hear chunks of metal clunking around. That being said I am almost positive she’s toast. I want to rebuild the motor or swap an sr20det or Ka24de or maybe even K24 swap it. Any advice as far as what would be most cost effective or even the most fun? I have been reading several threads on the ka24de and seen a thread about swapping the Honda K24 which seems like some work but would be pretty sweet any thoughts on this?

I don’t think that it does it mentions it in the direction but says it will vary on the type of kit but I’ll verify a few things get back here

I will set the points and get my timing corrected I do think the motor gets hot sometimes but I have been talking to few people I know they said it’s normal cause it’s old but I did turn my idle up I’ll make these adjustments and report back

My name Is Anthony I have a 1971 521 Datsun pick up with an L16 everything is pretty much stock except the carb it came with a 32/36 DGEV Weber carb. I tried rebuilding the carb but I had a lot of issues with the choke so I just saved up and bought a new Weber I installed the Weber and it fired right up I have been learning about tuning and attempting to get it to that sweet spot. I noticed it pops a bit if you hit the high rpms just right. I assume it’s running rich just cause the popping happens often. I also believe the timing is off, when I shut the motor down it still fires a bit here and there yesterday I drove it into town where I work and I went somewhere on my lunch turned off the truck and she fired 8 times so I turn the key back over and it fired up I shut it down and it completely shut down like it should have. I am still new to working on the truck and am just trying to soak up as much knowledge as I can that being said any advice is very much appreciated I can take photos, videos and try to provide better info. thanks in advance