]2eDeYe Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Overall I don't think the vent is too ostentatious, but YMMV... Also note I finally installed the Sunny roundel I bought from Japan 5 years ago... :rofl: Hate to be that guy, but I would have run that to behind the gas door to keep that panel clean. Your ride tho, as long as you like it it's perfect. :) 3 Link to comment
Kirden Posted January 6, 2015 Report Share Posted January 6, 2015 Could have routed it a little above the trunk lid then attached an antenna looking thing to it and pulled off the RC car look :P Honestly though, awesome job. Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Hate to be that guy, but I would have run that to behind the gas door to keep that panel clean. Your ride tho, as long as you like it it's perfect. :) S'not my place to say, but he did have a very good reason for putting it there. Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Hate to be that guy, but I would have run that to behind the gas door to keep that panel clean. Well... S'not my place to say, but he did have a very good reason for putting it there. As it turns out, there was a dent there. The dent was about 1/2" in diameter and the metal was stretched a lot and pushed in about 6-7mm. Hammering it out would've been almost impossible, and would've required repainting the entire rear panel. So the debate was, hammer it out and paint the area between the lights black like this car, or drill the hole right through the center of the dent. Since my vent tube lines up with the dent almost perfectly, I went this way. May regret it, may not. I like it, though... :thumbup: If I decide down the road I don't like it after all, it will actually be easier to weld up the hole than it would've been to hammer out the dent... ^_^ 4 Link to comment
Z chopper Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 James Bond flame thrower 2 Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Well... As it turns out, there was a dent there. The dent was about 1/2" in diameter and the metal was stretched a lot and pushed in about 5mm. Hammering it out would've been almost impossible, and would've required repainting the entire rear panel. So the debate was, hammer it out and paint the area between the lights black like this car, or drill the hole right through the center of the dent. Since my vent tube lines up with the dent almost perfectly, I went this way. May regret it, may not. I like it, though... :thumbup: If I decide down the road I don't like it after all, it will actually be easier to weld up the hole than it would've been to hammer out the dent... ^_^ Can't argue with that :lol: Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Can't argue with that :lol: Just realized that pretty much every photo I've posted of the car has the dent photoshop'd out. That is how much it annoyed me. :rofl: You can sort of see it here... Not large in diameter, but very deep. Probably came close to punching a hole through the metal. No idea how it happened, it was in the car when I got it. Actually, that photo was taken the first day I got the car. Been photoshopping it out ever since... :rofl: 3 Link to comment
lok0 Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 I need a bigger garage... I want a 1200 even more now love the flares Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 James Bond flame thrower Or James MAY paint sprayer! "Crikey! It's the Rozzers!" 2 Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Not large in diameter, but very deep. Probably came close to punching a hole through the metal. No idea how it happened, it was in the car when I got it. We have a dent like that in our older Xterra, some asshat shot it with a bb gun one night. I put a ratsun sticker over it. :lol: 1 Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 some asshat shot it with a bb gun one night. Wouldn't be at all surprised if this was a high powered BB/pellet gun hit... :P I put a ratsun sticker over it. :lol: Thought about that pretty hard... :rofl: 2 Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Wouldn't be at all surprised if this was a high powered BB/pellet gun hit... :P I'm pretty sure it was just one of the many dents from the overhead door blowing in on it during that tornado... but I could be high. 2 Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I'm pretty sure it was just one of the many dents from the overhead door blowing in on it during that tornado... I think all of those are on the roof? But anything is possible. Link to comment
KELMO Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 My grey coupe has a (filled) dent in about the same spot. Factory option 1 Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Factory option Must be... :rofl: Or a really, really soft spot in the metal... Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Tank mounts done. Got some 1x2 box and made the spacers to prop up the left side since the floor is lower there than the right side. Also got some of these bushings to make the tank sit better on the uneven floor... Bolted in for the last time... I hope... Cut a small hole in the tail light cover panel to snake the vent hose through... Hose tightened up and the cover panel installed... Some time this week I'll make a fuel pump mount and get that plumbed so the fuel system will be finished... :thumbup: 2 Link to comment
Kirden Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I probably missed this, but what fuel pump are you going to be using? Trying to find a decent pump to pair with the R1 carbs. Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 I probably missed this, but what fuel pump are you going to be using? I actually never said what pump, so... ^_^ Basic low pressure Facet... 1 Link to comment
Kirden Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Thanks. That will be really nice for cleaning up the engine bay :thumbup: Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Thanks. That will be really nice for cleaning up the engine bay :thumbup: I'm probably "telling my grandmother how to suck eggs" here but... You need to mount that kind of pump at the rear of the car so the tank feeds it with gravity. Those are "pushers" not "pullers." Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 You need to mount that kind of pump at the rear of the car so the tank feeds it with gravity. Those are "pushers" not "pullers." What he said. :thumbup: This one will be mounted right under the tank, on the right side of the car, as close as I can to the stock steel fuel line. If you look at my engine bay, you can see the stock line comes into the engine bay right over the starter. If you redirect it towards the back of the cylinder head, you can come straight over to the carb and be somewhat hidden... And by rebending that pipe a bit, you could hide it way better than I did... ^_^ Link to comment
KiloTango1200 Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 What did you do about the brake hard line grommets on the inner fenders? Mine are shot. Your engine bay turned out really nice. Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 What did you do about the brake hard line grommets on the inner fenders? Mine are shot. Haven't done anything to them yet. They are in good shape, and I'll never drive it in the rain, so... ^_^ If they aren't available new, I'd find some rubber plugs that fit the big hole and just punch a hole through the center of them? Option B would be a choke cable grommet? 1 Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 This Roadster throttle cable grommet looks like it would fit? http://www.datsunparts.com/2374 Link to comment
KELMO Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 I have used upper radiator mount bushings for a 02 or 03 I35 Infiniti or same year range Maxima part # 21506-51E00. 1 Link to comment
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