JohnnyD

The short block from my Z?

LOL!! I want to keep it Rob, I just don't have the time or money right now!! I just picked up a 77 Celica, and I HAVE a totally finished 300+ HP turbo motor for that, so that's what's gettin the priority!! I really don't want to let the Z go though... Or the motor. I MAY be giving it to a friend though, but that remains to be seen.

So I've come across a new project and I've decided to part ways with my Datsun. I know this isn't the best forum for this, but I figured I'd post it up here as well as craigslist. Code: Pictures: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v5...Datsun%20Pics/ There are problems with this car: It's running on only 4 cylinders. Supposedly it was a rebuilt motor but that was bullshit. Rust is a fairly big problem; there are 3 major holes The rims have rusted & so are out of balance The steering wheel is sticky. It's gross. I gutted the bitch as soon as I got it to see what I had to deal with. I'm waiting on a title. That should be sorted out this week. Turn signals don't work for some reason. BUT on the plus side, I am the SECOND owner of this car. They said the 83K miles on the odometer are actual; it never turned over. You CAN drive this bitch home if you desire to. It gets 16-18mpg. I still have all the interior pieces in a box. As far as I remember, only one thing broke. I replaced the fuel pump, the clutch slave, the fusible links (they are now blade fuses instead of those damn contraptions), the battery & the AFM. If you buy this car, it comes with an E31 head (240), a spare crank, a spare N42 block, and some rare Nismo high-comp pistons with rods. Also some super fuckin' nice black "leather" seats from a datsun 710 that I was planning on swapping in, but didn't have the time or initiative to modify the rails on. Long story short, I'm looking to sell her for what I paid & invested: 1800$ You have two weeks to make an offer. Best one gets it at the end of that time frame. Let the bids begin! (please lol) The engine parts all came from Skib. I'm sad to see it all go, but I bought the car for a girl, and since then have been dumped by said girl. It just needs to be gone. I'm sure you understand. ALSO: I live in VANCOUVER, WA. If you want to contact me, easiest way is by phone: Three six oh, nine oh nine, five oh two six. Thanks!

I just want to say that this was the most impressive build log I've read, and I've seen some pretty damn crazy ones. I just spend the last hour and half going from start to finish and man you have some amazing abilities and ideas. I wish I could even USE a welder, much less make ART like you can. When I see work like that, it makes me feel like I've wasted my life, haha! And i'm only 6 years younger than you!! :lol: Your attention to detail is phenomenal dude! I love, love, LOVE those door panels and the firewall beads, I've been thinking I wanted to make metal panels like those for my Z, but I have 0 fab ability, and no bank account to make up for that fact! I gotta step up my game. This has been an inspirational read. Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that your car, your abilities, and your girl ;) are freaking amazing. Kudos on how far you've come! I can't wait to see the finished product, hopefully in person someday; I'd like to buy you a beer!

Does anybody have a fusible link cover laying around I could buy from them? I priced them on TheZStore at 5.50 a piece, but I don't really want to wait + pay another 6 bucks in shipping for them. I have one still in the original packaging from Nissan, so I only need the one. I'd be willing to pay 5-10$ for one, depending on location. I'm tired of my fusible links filling with water and rusting! Next, does anybody have the under-hood cover for the passenger side hood vent? I have one on the driver's side, but not passenger side and it kinda bugs me so I thought I'd ask. Also willing to pay 5-10$ for this. Finally (this is more of an opinion thing) how much is too much to buy a driver's side floor pan & rocker panel cut? I found one at a local junkyard but I haven't gone out to get it priced yet. Just curious what your guys' thoughts were. Thanks in advance y'all! :) I'm ready to get my Z back on the road!

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT RUNS!! Today I screwed out the AFM bypass adjustment and she ran more or less fine. Had a few snafus getting it out of the 3 years of mud she sunk in, but 5 or 6 clutch dumps got her out and sputtering around. A "spirited" run to the gas station — less than a quarter mile, died 4 times on the way, including HALFWAY in the entrance to the Chevron — and a new tank of gas, and she is purrin like a kitten! Thanks to all those that helped, here are some pics: The man who sold me this gem: In front of Jacob's house: Pretty, pretty :) : And now, my first successful drive for your enjoyment! I decided not to upload my troubleshooting videos (though they're hilarious) since it totes runs now! Yaaay! <3

And a piccy of Skib!!

Hey so I'm having difficulty getting my Z running and I happen to have a megasquirt DIYPNP laying around and I want to know if anybody has any broken ECUs that I could mangle for the plug. I want to make a patch harness for the stock harness to my MS that's setup for a AE86. I have the plugs and wires for the AE side so I just need to make a patch (that's waterproof preferably) from the car to the ECU! Just lemmie know what you got! I feel like any more than 10 - 20$ is asking too much, but let me know whatcha got! I'm sure we can work something out :) Thanks!! Johnny D

I'm sorry, I kinda write novels when I get flustered lol. Jacob is supposed to be sending me his pics, but I guarantee he's passed the eff out right now, so I'll post em tomorrow.

I went to Cost Moar, and bought blade fuses, some spade connectors, and 4 blade fuse holders. Total: 12$. Looks nicer and if the fuses ever blow, you get 4 for like 3 bucks. I kinda like it! Less OEM but also less fire & brimstone if they DO explode. That was kinda skurry the first time it happened... yesterday. lol

Time for an update: First, I'd like to thank Skib, Jim (who I do not believe is a forum member) and my bro Jacob. Skip for the new digs, and Jim for the new AFM that totally fixed everything that wasn't working... For 5 minutes :( PRE-SCRIPT: I forgot to mention I figured out what was blowing the fusible links. It took a second set of eyes to point out that i DID in fact have the damn battery cables reversed:rolleyes:. I didn't want to tell anyone (especially since my other major is electrical engineering) but I can't NOT tell you guys. I feel like i owe it to you for the laughs you'll get, and hopefully to prove I'm not a doucher. lol. On the bright side, I have now replaced my fusible links with nifty 30AMP blade fuses & holders. Much nicer:)! With that being said, READ ON!! So for the past couple days I've been verifying the ignition system's integrity, and finally after following as much as I could with the factory service manual [as I don't own an oscilloscope] I felt kinda stumped. The car would start and run, but only hardly. You could revv her up and it would sound beautiful, but let off the gas and it would start to stumble & pop and would slowly rev down until it died. Our conclusion was either the timing was off [which seemed unlikely given how wonderful it sounded above 2k rpm] or that the AFM had failed. So to verify that everything had a good connection me and my Jacob went to TOWN on every electrical connector in that bay with some electrical connector cleaner, and three kinds of brushes: nylon, brass & steel (a rim cleaning kit from Cost Moar). I told that to my teacher at school (studying automotive) and he put his face in his hands and said: "your MAF is dead, welcome to Datsuns" and promptly informed me that I could get one off the shelf @ Nissan (or apparently Autozone who I called when I didn't believe him) for $401. I immediately got on craigslist Portland and called two guys who said they were parting out Z's: a fellow named John who was unsure about the interchangeability of the AFMs based on year, and thus not enthusiastic about selling me a part he wasn't sure would work; and Jim. Good ol' Jim who said he would guarantee anything I bought from him for 30 days, and also informed me of some of the crazy AFM swaps he had tried on a buddy's car that wouldn't run quite right [ended up being a fuel pump, but the AFMs for 74-78 all worked on a high comp motor]. Ended up meeting Jim at a pizzeria in OC after meeting Skib (wait till you see the pics of you & yer truck man, Jacob can work that camera lol) and I picked up the AFM. We couldn't wait until tomorrow so we ran home and swapped them (I'm sorry to anybody living nearby) and here's how it went down: Turned the key on, let the fuel pump prime for a minute.... Crossed fingers.... Prayed.... Turned the key... AND SHE FIRED UP LIKE A TOP!! Jacob and I were so elated we started dancing around the yard doing the happy dance while she idled around 1500 during warm-up. Ooooh what a happy day! OR SO WE THOUGHT! Probably two minutes passed while we moved around the play equipment in the yard to make a line for the Z to exit her muddy sink-hole that she's been occupying for the last 2.5 years when the motor started to chug like it had previously, and suddenly the revvs began to drop and she choked. "No matter" we thought "we'll just start her up again!!" which we did to much surprise as she fired right up! I kept it at around 2ooo RPM to get her to warm up. After approximately 5 minutes of being at 2 grand the revs began to drop again, and I had to peg it to get it to stay up. [temp gauge reads about a quarter of the way up at this point] Then it started popping again... Now she doesn't wanna start, just like before we swapped AFMs, and it's backfiring out the intake again, but only intermittently! Does anybody have any thoughts about where to look? I'm not sure if we killed the new AFM, or if something is just acting wonky! It kinda seems that things start to go haywire as the car warms up, but the temp gauge barely reads 120 by the time things start freaking out. I REALLY don't wanna keep killing AFMs seeing as how expensive they are, and I'd REALLY like to keep fuel injection, but if I can't figure this thing out, I may have to switch to...*GASP* carbs. Which would obviously would be cool, but I can't afford to keep throwing money at problems. I'm a corolla owner at heart! [Read: cheap & poor :P] If anybody wants to come out and take a look, I'll be working on the thing from around 10am to 5pm tomorrow. Feel free to jing-a-ling my celly: Three six Oh, Nine oh Nine, Five 0 Two Six All help will be rewarded with hugs, high-fives, happy dances and many many many thanks. And maybe beer. Lol. (my bad. AFM not MAF)

Bump for posting pics but no help :/

I'm sorry Mike, I meant 3V between the positive side of the coil & ground with the ignition key on. I know the battery is good because I JUST bought a new one today and checked it before I put it in (12.6V). I know I didn't wire it up backwards because I checked & double checked (and triple checked). Pics: It was the fusible link closer to the front of the vehicle. I'll get more betta pictures later (I took them I promise) but I'm on my blackberry right now so I'm a bit limited. As for the ignition light when I have the key in/cranking, there IS a red light that's on in the voltmeter in dash, but the voltmeter also reads that I have less than 4V available, which like I said isn't true. If you guys wanna dig through my photobucket, my username is XNC. I believe there are some photos of my AE86 build, but it's still just a stock, silver, GTS hatch. Nothing too exciting :) Which is why I'm selling it to fund THIS project :') CAR PICS!! Hachi is a bit different than those pics, got a shorty antenna, the plastics for the headlight and a replacement fender, but otherwise exactly the same. And finally for "lols": The Pimpala!! A tease I like to share is this following picture. I worked for a short while at a shop that pumped these babies out, and it got me building a motor to rival it. Still have it, in fact, but I need a couple hundred more bucks to finish that complete swap, and I'll need a new Hachi to put it in! Thus the sale of my first AE86 :)

The car is across town right now, so i'm gonna have my buddy snap some photos when he gets home, and I'll go take some evening photos. But right now I need some LUNCH! Don't ban me please <3 lol

Well you guys are punks! <3 Well day two and I'm already considering an engine swap... Especially considering a NEW coil is $495 from Nissan http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/pts/2167970480.html Muahahahaa.