jonesy510 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 ok well in order to clean up the mess i have created on ratsun i realized i should put all my ish in one thread haha :D some times i can be a lil slow:blink:... but yea ok so i got a 71 goon i lowered it 3 inch blocks and have 15x7 sportmax 513 rims on it. im in the process of shaving my marker lights and also doing an l18 engine swap with a dogleg 5 speed... i was going to swap to ei but i put the points back in and as soon as i put them in it fired right up :) but i had a bad gasket and now i have water in the cylinders...and thats were i am today... shitty.... Quote Link to comment
sssr20det510 Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 where are the pics?? Quote Link to comment
Farmer Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Cant have a Project Datto thread with out pics. Larry Quote Link to comment
610SSS Posted June 3, 2009 Report Share Posted June 3, 2009 Piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiics Quote Link to comment
jonesy510 Posted June 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 i kno i kno i have pics on other threads... haha but im gunna go snap some right now with my camera phone :rolleyes: ... anyways i finished my l18 swap with a dogleg tranny! i missed driving my goon so i drove circles on my street :D ... i dont think my neighbors liked it to much due to only running nothing but an after market header. i can put around but whenever i put any stress on the motor it runs like shit... i think its the carb... ok ill go snap some pics real quick like. Quote Link to comment
jonesy510 Posted June 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 haha i kno i kno idk y but im super slow when it comes to pics im sorry. i really need to buy a camera but here so when i first bought the car it was completely stock very minimal rust and really pretty straight then i lowered it three inches bought spormaxx xxr 513's 15x7's and decided the painters tape stripes had to go i patched the marker lights ... and still needs body work but this is how it sits as of now... i wanted to c wat blue lights would look like because everyone does yellow so yea.. what do you think? as for the motor its suppose to have a nissan comp header i have a cannon intake waiting for carbs so i can put it on... then i will need a cam and call it good :) sorry for some of the shitty pics. the camera on the phone is shitty..:mellow: Quote Link to comment
inline4 Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 i have a cannon intake waiting for carbs so i can put it on... then i will need a cam and call it good :) will a regrind like this work? duration degree 270/280 valve lift .470/.480 valve lash .006/.008 how much are cannon intakes worth anyhow? Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 I like the Hubcabs better and the blue strips!!!!!!!!! whats the ofset on those wheels? Blu means you got blue balls!thats why we all run the yellow ones. Quote Link to comment
jonesy510 Posted June 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 haha naw i have an asian girlfriend so my balls are well taken care of :D:lol:. when i paint it again i was thinking of paintin stripes back on and may a rising sun on the bottum part of the hatch... Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 but i had a bad gasket and now i have water in the cylinders...and thats were i am today... shitty.... you think head gasket or just a bad intake/exhaust manifold gasket????????? ck the spark plugs and you can norrow it down to where. Which sparks plug are really clean????? OH PS whats the wheel offset?????????? Quote Link to comment
Farmer Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 I want a goon. Lookin good. Larry Quote Link to comment
jonesy510 Posted June 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 thanx! i want to actually paint the stripes on when i repaint the car. as far as the intake idk anything about it. all i know is that it came with the motor from twigzz and he had 40mm mikuni's. the rims are sportmaxx xxr5132 15x7 with a +15 offset... and farmer...i want a truck haha but i guess i gotta get my goon running good first Quote Link to comment
jonesy510 Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 so i have been trying to get my wagon running for awhile now and im completely stumped on whats wrong with it. :confused: :( im on my third dizzy and also new spark plugs and wires. i have checked the gapping on the points of the dizzy and also the gapping on the plugs numerous times to make sure everything is correct. i have checked the firing order so many times im having dreams about it but still nothing. im getting spark to the plugs and also plenty of fuel. the motor starts to run but then dies shortly and sometimes shoots some gas out of the carb. i think someone in the past took the motor apart and put it back together but in doing so messed up on the timing and in order to make up for the difference put a new notch on the pulley for timing and top dead center. my question is am i on the right track buy trying to adjust the dizzy for the timing?.. is it a timing problem at all? or am i completely off track? is there and local guys that can help a fellow ratsun member out? Quote Link to comment
tnip Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 i had serious issues with timing when i got my truck (71 521 w/ L16). i just finally broke down and retimed the motor. watched hainz' video and shazam. timed motor. it's not really difficult once you watch him do it. love the wheels. Quote Link to comment
jonesy510 Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 yea... i was planning on moving to so cal "fullerton" by the end of the month so i gotta do work i guess.. the guy i bought the motor from said it ran fine wen he pulled it all i did was put my dizzy in it and carb but i havent been able to get it fired... Quote Link to comment
yello620 Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Have you done a compression check? Quote Link to comment
jonesy510 Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 no i havent.i had it running fine at one point but once in gear it ran like crap so i figured the compression was fine but ill find out how to do that and see wat happens. a friend and i were brainstorming and the fact that the motor was running prior to been pulled and the fact that im using my old carb from my old motor "which also ran good until put i put it in gear" mayb my carb is bad? when i look into the barrel i see fuel coming out of the jet but i perhaps the fuel isnt enough of a vapor or a vapor at all so could that b a problem? i do recall when i pulled off my carb when i cleaned it that there was two small puddles of fuel in the intake... Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 (edited) I hope you dont let this car go to shit. I went over to SRSANDS place and in 20mins I had his car running better. For him it was caarb but it could have been binding the throttle plate. When tighten these down OI open the plate and use just enought torq to get the nut on . Not to bed ot bind the plate plus some carb adapter are the thin ones and could crack if a Gorrilla torqs it down. Now if motor is timed. Cam /dizzy spindal valve lash correct it can only be the carb. Unless you wired soemthing wrong on the dizzy.(ballst resisitor or something. u use a timming light? if you go above idle and it starts popping its the timming. dist off or th capicitor is fucked Edited June 28, 2009 by banzai510(hainz) Quote Link to comment
jonesy510 Posted June 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 when i had the new motor in and running it was only when i put the car in gear did it start popping and bogging down. i didnt mess with the dizzy or or the car for that matter for about a week or two and went out to start it and nothing... i popped the dizzy cap and i found out that my old dizzy was arcing at the lobe so i put a new dizzy in it and got it to spark at the points again. wen i replaced the dizzy i set the motor and top dead center to make sure i didnt fuck anything up. as for the carb today i replaced it with my friends carb that came right off his car "which was running great" and put it on mine. but still nothing.. for the wiring i havent changed anything from when it running. but i will check it out again. and as far as letting the car go to shit that will never happen because i like it to much :) its just my step dad started to rush me on getting it running and because im moving to la in two weeks and would really like to take it with me.. hainz i wish there was an l motor god like u in my neck of the woods to help a noob ratsuner like myself.. Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 try repalcing the condensor. recsrewing it down to make sure its grounded. Unless you have a real low ohm coil in there, it should be fine. Quote Link to comment
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