KyushaKai Posted September 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Hahaha yup, snuck it in at 2am. Securitys kinda used to it already... I've brought up countless sets of wheels, fenders, hoods, exhausts, seats, etc. The running joke is that I'm building a car in my apartment. I was having problems with the diff hitting the body every time I drove it, but I was not willing to sacrifice ride height or cutting into the cargo floor. So the other day, I added another leaf to the pack. Rear suspension for anybody who cares consists of: Additional and flipped #2 leaf (second longest), trimmed down to fit the pack. Adjustable KYB shocks 3" drop blocks Leaf spring clamps Drive shaft tunnel redone. This set up nearly eliminated any metal on metal contact and kept the height the same. The only time anything hits is on big bumps or when I launch hard. That's no fun so later on, I'll work on finding more clearance. Using The Dime Quarterly's wagon issue as reference, I'm probably looking at about a 190 lb/in spring rate in the rear. Other than that, I've just been playing with my new welder and building up my confidence. Sometime next week I'll be building an exhaust for the wagon since the current one is driving me nuts. The Y-pipe is cracked and the rear end of it fell off of the muffler. I got a Top End Performance shorty heady from eBay, and am planning on running 2" piping into a cheapo Thrush muffler. I'm mostly doing this for practice and to try and find a bit more ground clearance. I've got a pretty good idea of how to do everything but if anybody has any more tips, I'd appreciate it! Quote Link to comment
Dzaster Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Looks good Lance. The wagon that is. :blush: Heh. I'm heading up to Oahu this Friday. Gotta pickup and arrange YB shipping of the parts I scooped from the dude in Maili. LMK if anything exciting is going on there, maybe come check you guys out. Officially "Following Topic" now. :thumbup: 1 Quote Link to comment
KyushaKai Posted September 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 I'm free on Saturday if you got nothing planned. Maybe I'll try round up a couple of guys to talk story and have some grub or something. Quote Link to comment
Dzaster Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Shootz! Will be in touch. Stay motivated dude! Wagon really is looking good. Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 I'm free on Saturday if you got nothing planned. Maybe I'll try round up a couple of guys to talk story and have some grub or something. Cuz zippy or go to kine Libby's manapua.get some pork hash. Quote Link to comment
Dzaster Posted September 27, 2013 Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Had some Zippy's Ox Tail soup just today here in Maui. Gonna have to grab a box of Libby's goods. Meanest pork hash IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment
KyushaKai Posted September 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2013 Damn, I haven't had Libby's in a super long time. You guys are making me hungry now! sfnklajenvious 1 Quote Link to comment
KyushaKai Posted October 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 So I went on vacation to LA for a week to check out Formula D and crashed at Antonio's house from MotorMavens. The cool thing about hanging out with Antonio, is that he knows so many people and all the cool places in LA. Every time that I've gone to southern California was with family doing dumb touristy stuff, so I told him I just want to do the kind of things that the locals do, and eat where they eat. Antonio's friend, Jeff's super cool Subaru 360 Van on 10" Hayashi Streets and Advan tires at Micro Image (they specialize in small cars). Jeff's Boss' Fairlady Roadster on Hayashi Talons. Pretty cool Z at the Slammed Society show at Irwindale during Formula D. RHD Bluebird on what looked like 13" Hayashi TRV's The next day Jeff took me to Super Car Sunday that featured the Z cars. It was an off Sunday though, so he said there were way less cars than normal. Anyway, I got to ride in an SR20DE swapped Fairlady roadster up Mulholland on the way to lunch. So much fun! This little thing was pulling in a GSXR-1000 in the twisties!! Jay Leno showed up in this crazy fire truck thing with a hydraulic bed that lowers to the road. Perfect for picking up crashed bikers, he said. We cruised to this super swanky auto detailing place where the owner of the local Nissan dealership had a couple of his cars on display. According to him, this is an unfinished BRE chassis that sold and completed independently. ABSOLUTELY PERFECT ROADSTER. My favorite car of the whole trip. Chassis #00222. The owner's father originally sold the car at the dealership, and it was bought back where it was a part of Nissan's Z restoration project. What's a trip to LA without going to Cafe Lu? HAHAHAHAHA!!! For those who don't know, it's a Vietnamese coffee bar where the girls (who are all import models), serve coffee and tea in lingerie. I had so much fun and I got to meet so many cool people! I got to meet Shin and Sakai from D1 Japan (Shin is the new director), and they invited MotorMavens to throw an event at Suzuka next year! Holy crap, I gotta start saving my pennies... Another notable moment is cruising in the VIP booths at Formula D, talking to the booth girls, and getting free grub from Hankook tires while my other friends who came up had to eat a $6 burger from the concession stand lololololol! And the foooood! Hawaii has ZERO good Mexican places. OMG, fried shrimp taco. I'm dreaming about it already... 5 Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 I hear the orange wagon may have an orange friend showing up to accompany it? 1 Quote Link to comment
jalen Posted October 22, 2013 Report Share Posted October 22, 2013 Pretty cool Z at the Slammed Society show at Irwindale during Formula D. RHD Bluebird on what looked like 13" Hayashi TRV's Both these are perfect! Quote Link to comment
KyushaKai Posted November 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 One of my best friends, Roy, has been helping me a lot lately, and letting myself and my friend turn his unused garage into a serious workshop. He's been going through a lot of hard times with his personal life so I wanted something for him to look forward to and keep him occupied in the long term. Enter: Thisismatt's '76 620 Longbed. Exactly what I wanted. Something cheap and reliable, yet rough around the edges. Just don't ask me how I end up finding so many orange Datsuns. First step for the truck is to get things legal. The brakes take two pumps to build pressure so I've got a new master arriving either today or tomorrow (we tried re-bleeding the brakes). She needs a new turn signal switch, as the current one won't pull up to signal a right turn. Does anybody have a spare? Or tried one of those remanufactured ones on ebay? I think we also need rear bumpers to pass our safety checks here. And get rid of those humungous truck mirrors. I'm pushing him to make a build thread on here, but IDK if he's gonna do it. I went cruising around the island the other day and thought this would be a nice spot to document this look. I'm currently changing it up and hope to have it done by Sunday for the JSpirit meet happening down here. I've posted a few sneak peeks on Instagram, but I haven't let the cat out of the bag yet. I'm just hoping I can get it all done. Oh and I finally finished redoing my exhaust. It's a Top End Performance shorty header (the one from ebay/racetep.com), two inch over-axle into a Thrush turbo muffler. The old Y-pipe split off completely, and the back half of the exhaust fell off after the muffler, so it was definitely time for a new one. It was definitely an interesting experience. Can't say that the welds are beautiful, but they're strong. It sounds a lot smoother and quieter than before but still somewhat loud. Weirdest part is my Yokohama S.Drive tires are way louder lolol. It sounds like I'm driving a lifted truck on offroad tires. No pics of the exhaust because it's not shiny and cool lol. FYI, that shorty header takes some INTERESTING maneuvers to get a wrench to fit a nut to the bottom manifold studs. 3 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted November 7, 2013 Report Share Posted November 7, 2013 Kailua side yeah? Looking good. That muffler still needs pictures you know. I just noticed you have the other fender light hole. Quote Link to comment
KyushaKai Posted November 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2013 Kailua side yeah? Looking good. That muffler still needs pictures you know. I just noticed you have the other fender light hole. My friend's house is in Kaimuki and the shot against the water is Waimanalo side. Yeah, I got early model lights I want to use. The driver's side fender is a late model so it's gonna be chop, weld, and shave time. I'll try and grab a shot of the exhaust job next time I jack the car up, but it's seriously an ugly job. I'm not proud of it hahaha. Following JustJoel's advice in a thread I made earlier (http://community.ratsun.net/topic/56468-4-drs-and-wgns-who-went-wide/), I broke out the angle grinder, took a deep breath and did this: No pictures during the actual restructuring process or finished product because I forgot. LOL. Anyway, here's a pic of the ALMOST finished product: I ended up pulling the fenders more to clear the rim lip. I took it on a test drive before I did that and on the first big bump, the lip of the rim kissed the double walled fender :sick: 15x8 0 offset with 175/50/15 Nexen CP621. 2 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted November 9, 2013 Report Share Posted November 9, 2013 Oh hell yes. Quote Link to comment
KyushaKai Posted November 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 All this work was done because I was busting ass trying to get my car ready to debut it's new look at the JSPIRIT meet yesterday. It seems the off and on showers really scared people away as it wasn't as big as I thought it would be. No biggy, I had a blast. The crew I rolled in with consisted of a Starlet, a Mango, a Hi-Lux, an MX32 Cressida, myself and another 510 wagon, a 620 KC, a 240z, a '67 Porsche 911, a BMW 2002, and an 80's 6 series. Very cool dudes to hang out with. New wheels! 15x8 Wats with 0 offset and 175/50 Nexens. My grails! Napolean GT suichuuka fender mirrors. Took me YEARS to find a set. 2 Quote Link to comment
Just Joel Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 Love it... Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted November 12, 2013 Report Share Posted November 12, 2013 You just made me google those My grails! Napolean GT suichuuka fender mirrors. Took me YEARS to find a set. You just made me google those. Came up with even more want! Quote Link to comment
clean71 Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 :thumbup: great thread ….love the pics and progress. grew up with ray and have known yoshi for many yrs also .if you need a place to crash my door is open. just pm and ill send you my number. 1 Quote Link to comment
anth Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Holy shit! Stepping up that JDM game haha, those are really cool! Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 So much fun! This little thing was pulling in a GSXR-1000 in the twisties!! i can almost see my dads house in the background. Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 great work. looks really good. more pics! lol. Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 We're did you get those mirrors from,they must be rare as he'll Quote Link to comment
Dzaster Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Trippy stuff I tell you. Thought for a second it was live vegetation as it looks like there's moisture in/on the clear cover. Like a mobile greenhouse. Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 Dude, put a goldfish in it. 2 Quote Link to comment
Dawa Posted November 13, 2013 Report Share Posted November 13, 2013 All this work was done because I was busting ass trying to get my car ready to debut it's new look at the JSPIRIT meet yesterday. It seems the off and on showers really scared people away as it wasn't as big as I thought it would be. No biggy, I had a blast. The crew I rolled in with consisted of a Starlet, a Mango, a Hi-Lux, an MX32 Cressida, myself and another 510 wagon, a 620 KC, a 240z, a '67 Porsche 911, a BMW 2002, and an 80's 6 series. Very cool dudes to hang out with. New wheels! 15x8 Wats with 0 offset and 175/50 Nexens. My grails! Napolean GT suichuuka fender mirrors. Took me YEARS to find a set. do you have the matching shift knob? or more importantly, do you want one B) Quote Link to comment
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