VK210

plannin on completely stripping the engine bay and cleaning it once it cools off outside this evening

itb's is the plan... im just not sure how long the runners need to be yet... further research needed in that department... i believe i will be keeping the stock exhaust manifolds up to the cats... then do custom piping from there... the stock ones hug the block so nice i cant see need to build new ones... thanks infiniti for the freebee... lol... after doing some reading im starting to consider sellin my tranny and gettin a 6 spd and adapter plate... not sure how the ecu you will react to that tho... further research needed there too

So i did have all the pics needed... although when i get a chance today i will take more accurate measurements now that the engine is outta there: firewall to core support top of tower to tower crossmember to hood back to front of engine oil pan to around the tops of the head, in fact thats the cam cover on the left there furthest corner to corner of the heads on the front of engine

yea the steering box most definately has to be relocated along with the master cylinder... yea i will try to get the measurements for you... i have to take my daughter to the dr this morning so forgive me if it takes a lil while...

As of this morning the car was sittin like this A little while later it looked like this Then took a few hour break and then couldnt help my self to get back at it lol The car had an ac in it which i believe was aftermarket so it took me a little bit longer messin with those lines and dismantling the condenser So after side tracking with random shit under the hood i grabbed the engine hoist This is what it looked like before i cleaned on it a little After i took all these pics and got all cleaned up i couldnt quit hovering over the car and thinking how i didnt like that grudge all over the place so i cleaned the majority of the engine bay but it was too dark to take pics... will do first thing in the a.m. sorry

ok got the motor out... that engine bay is filthy... bout to go steam clean it... relocating and cutting stuff is definately part of this project... but from my measurements of the engine bay and the measurements of the engine i see no reason y its not going to fit... i have already spoken with a friend and he will be cutting me some solid mounts on the cnc... and as far as suspension... thats a no brainer as to whether it is getting a different one... thanks again for the support... now gotta get back at it before the wife gets home... lol

its not a vinyl top... thats primer... the previous owner had made a custom hatch out of carbon fiber and kevlar and lexan and only primered after doing so... someone busted the back window out while he owned it... that is the reason i was needing to get that rear window... i bought the car with out a tranny in it... so its possible that it was 5 speed previously... im still in contact with the previous owner so i can ask him for you if you want... sorry i misunderstood the original question... yea it was on cl recently... im sorry if yall dont think i can do it... ima go get back at it... see if i can get this engine out of there before dinner time...

naw its got a blue print and balanced a15 in it... but the guy i bought it from put synthetic in it and said all the oil ran out the seals... the 5 spd auto tranny is from the infiniti... and flat cat thank you for bringing those concerns up... ive been debating on engine management... i will be in contact with a master infiniti tech to discuss what my options are on engine management... no cutting will be made on the car until i know for a fact that i can make it run... and yall could be right... i may get very deep into and not be able to use the engine... boo hoo... ill still have a completely prepped drag car that any carburated small block would run in... in which case i would have to step outside the nissan family to achieve decent power for a reasonable price... i know i can throw in a ka or sr and make major power too but i think if i go thru all the trouble of prepping for a v8 i should use a v8... and chevy sbc would be the easiest thing to throw in... all i can do is try... please feel free to let me know of anything you think of that could not allow a successful build... all criticism appreciated

maybe being raised in a drag racing family has set my goals too high... or maybe i shouldve built, then posted results... jk... i want criticism... im new to datsuns so yall are where i plan to look to when i need opinions... as for being broke... it's more like the wife gon beat on me if i spend more money right now... lol... originally the car was going to receive a 4.3 vortec... but i thought that was too easy and thought it would be cooler to keep it nissan... as a child i played with my fathers 600hp chevy luv and my moms sbc firebird... in my recent years i played with hondas... nothing real crazy... all my hondas received motor swaps along with the typical mods... right now my wagon is the only one that has not received its swap yet... i pieced together a full turbo set up for it... but bought the datsun so im just gonna keep a mild na swap in the wagon to keep it as my reliable daily... ive always admired datsun and came across a great deal on one... all my friends have been doing ls1 swaps in 240's and rx7's lately and i got a friend who just put a ls3 in a lexus is300... another friend is doing ls1 in is300... long story short... i havent seen this done amongst my friends and i wanna do something different and a little more challenging... this is good to get feed back though... very motivating... thanks guys

yea truthfully i was rendered speechless at some of the responses im getting... with all the datsuns that i see in racing i didnt expect to see this much skepticism... oh ye of little faith... lol... this is gonna be a full tube frame and caged car... it will have a mildly narrowed rearend... only doing a mini tub... full suspension conversion... full brake conversion... completely gutted aside of dash, door panels and 2 front seats...

one more...

Here's a sneak peek... i have over a hundred pics ive taken from every angle in and out... if you have any requests for a particular pic lemme know... i even have pics of close ups of the measuring tape on the length width and height of engine, tranny, seperate and together, and the engine bay as well...

yea i didnt check the website out before joining or posting... sorry bout that... expected a little more support... i just have been doing a lot of reading and stumbled across the site lastnight... and yea im aware of the project im getting into... its not gonna happen over night... i just bought the car 2 weeks ago and bought the engine this week... so now im back to broke... lol... im thinking im going to use a mustang rear end and all the front end components from a s13... now im going to photobucket to upload my pics

thanks for the lead... lol... sorry im new to the datsun scene... didn't know if they were a hard thing to find or not... figured this would be the place to find out

looking for 79 front fenders off of a 79 b210 2dr sedan... if anyone knows where i can purchase some from please let me know... thanks