aintnobiscuit Posted July 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2014 Indeed sir! It was missing the fire ring in the external wastegate back then. I finished installing/bleeding the clutch line and some other minor stuff. Going to put a slight angle to the exhaust so i can put it back on, then just bleed the brakes when my GF gets home and do some testing to make sure nothing is going to break when i go for it's maiden voyage (again). Should sound different because the turbo has a 3" exit and the old turbo had a 2" exit. I'm hoping it sounds like a JGTC car :D Other than that I'll spend the rest of the day cleaning up wiring, tuning and trying to smooth out the rear flares so I can primer them. Sunday funday!!!! I really want to drive this to work tomorrow to show my coworkers... they're really into cars as well :D 2 Quote Link to comment
aintnobiscuit Posted July 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Damn... i didn't measure the angle right so I have to cut the exhaust to trim a little more before i can drive it. It was too hot to work on it mid day so I wasn't able to finish. Whatever... did a lot and it's very close so I'm happy Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted July 7, 2014 Report Share Posted July 7, 2014 Sweet build, man.....would love to see this in person one day...... :thumbup: :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
aintnobiscuit Posted July 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2014 Lets see... I got the exhaust done and brake lines bled. I started doing some tuning as well but it's going to be a while. It will idle but the transient throttle table is totally messed up because of the new injector dead times. I also need to attach the brake light switch and clean up wiring. Slow and steady i guess. Quote Link to comment
87mcss Posted July 16, 2014 Report Share Posted July 16, 2014 Just read the whole thread over the past few day. Just wanted to say great build! I'd love to have a boosted swapped 510 some day. Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Come on slacker get this thing done ! Quote Link to comment
aintnobiscuit Posted July 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Piece of advice if you're going to do a swapped 510. Get everything else done before you swap the engine. That way you can drive it and enjoy it while you piece together the motor. You never know how life will get in your way. At the beginning i had budgeted a certain amount out of every paycheck and planned things out so I thought iwas looking at about 1 year to finish the whole thing.... all kinds of stuff happened LOL. Anyway, I'm either finishing fixing the gauge cluster on the 521this weekend or spending some more time on this. Pretty sure I ran out of gas while adjusting the fuel map the other day... so I need to bring gas home. I'll have a friend over so he may help be my eyes while I do some more tuning. 2 Quote Link to comment
SR20DETdatsun510 Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Piece of advice if you're going to do a swapped 510. Get everything else done before you swap the engine. That way you can drive it and enjoy it while you piece together the motor. You never know how life will get in your way. At the beginning i had budgeted a certain amount out of every paycheck and planned things out so I thought iwas looking at about 1 year to finish the whole thing.... all kinds of stuff happened LOL. Amen Brother, you know I can attest to that! I planned on no more than a year and all kinds of things reared their ugly heads. Life happens no mater how hard or meticulous you plan. I'm going on over 2 years now and I am still saying "Hopefully I'll be done in acouple months." LOLOL But on the reals, I'll be done in about 2 months... Hahaha Quote Link to comment
DISLEXICDIME Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 I agree do the engine swap last my car is drive able but not how I want it Quote Link to comment
aintnobiscuit Posted July 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Cleaning up a ton of wiring. Did some last night and it's getting much better. I'm removing a bunch of wiring for the S13 that isn't connected to clean things up right now. Wish me luck. Quote Link to comment
aintnobiscuit Posted July 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Scroll back and look at another picture of my engine bay before. I cut about 50 wires out so now I just have the ignitor and resistor pack in the engine bay :) I mounted the haltech and a grounding strip to the glove box door (it's just double sided tape) and tucked all the wires. Still need to build a bracket and mount it to the firewall at some point so it's out of the way... but this works as a long term temporary solution. Got the dash all hooked up and almost all the wires tucked and cleaned up. Most of the harness I don't need is chopped out. I love having working gauges! I also finished the bracket that mounts the pedal assembly to the firewall.. forgot to take a picture of that. So all was going GREAT until.... i started tuning. This is not related to fuel or ignition, but i started noticing a strange sound while the car was idling. Sounded like something would rub for a split second, then go away. I was like ok... maybe it's just air in a lifter. Then i heard a nice big KLACK KLACK KLACK which immediately went away. Then the AFRs went all screwy and the car idled up to 2000rpm... I did a compression test to make sure I didn't put a hole in a piston and it was consistent. 120psi across the board... which is 20psi lower than it should be. I'm taking bets on the outcome. Option A) timing belt slipped and i have some valve interference Option B) Rod knock Option C) Valve train shit such as a stuck valve Drop a comment below and let me know what you think. I'll update the thread later this week when I can get around to finding the issue. 1 Quote Link to comment
aintnobiscuit Posted August 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2014 Oh man, i found some random pictures and video of the 510 i forgot about that i'll probably put up later when i get off work. Also, i should be finishing up this thing for work so ill have time again! That means I can work on the car this weekend :D It's hard to believe it's only been 2 1/2 weeks since the bullshit happened. The first thing I'm going to do is change the oil and see if there are any metal shavings. Then change the oil with some Mobil 1 synthetic. Then turn the motor by hand to see if I can feel something impeding the engine rotating. If I do, I'm going to pull the radiator, intercooler and timing cover off to re-check the timing... Anyway, just talking shit since i haven't looked at or done anything to it. Quote Link to comment
aintnobiscuit Posted August 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2014 Found two small metal flakes in the oil. The oil smelled like straight gasoline so I swapped it with Mobil 1 - might as well use something better than Royal Purple (Fuck... should have listened to John!). Anyway. EXTREMELY loud knock from intake side of the car every few rotations. I'm 99% sure it's rod knock. I'm just going to put a KA in while I rebuild this unless someone has an L20 they want to sell me :D Should have listened to Nicoclub about the ACL race bearings delaminating. If I would have listened to them in the first place, I would never have had the head gasket issues and presumably never would have had this issue with the bearings. Pretty tired of this whole situation. Quote Link to comment
housew Posted August 19, 2014 Report Share Posted August 19, 2014 sounds shitty. I think the CAT will be a lot more fun than the KA, but at least you'll be able to drive the dime while you get it sorted. Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted August 20, 2014 Report Share Posted August 20, 2014 what a bummer when you get that thing sorted its going to be a rocket ship good luck Quote Link to comment
aintnobiscuit Posted September 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Anddddd.... I'm done. http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/4663925567.html Quote Link to comment
SR20DETdatsun510 Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 WTFUUUUUUUU? No way dude. Don't do it. Sorry your having so much trouble with it. I pray I don't have too much trouble with mine. It's at the shop now and they are priming and cranking it to see if it builds up oil pressure and it doesn't want to yet. Kind of scaring me. It's been sitting for a year :/ Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 My L16 runs great. :poke: Sorry, couldn't resist a little trolling. :rofl: Sad to see you're getting rid of it. :bye: Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted September 12, 2014 Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 Say it aint so joe Quote Link to comment
aintnobiscuit Posted January 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Gonna put another craigslist up at some point, but I'm 99% sure moving and I won't be able to take my cars with me. 510 as is w/all my tools, mig welder, all other welding equipment, 50 trim turbo, a couple other sets of injectors, extra heads & engine parts for $10k. Figured i'd just mention it here first. Also for sale: 2008 Lotus Exige Roadster S 65 Mustang (engine is out but was running) w/ Mustang II front end and 4 wheel disc brakes. It's not all together so would need to be towed. I will put it all back together stock if required. Potentially for sale: 2013 BMW M3 w/Frozen White paint (looking for someone to take over payments) Send me a PM if interested. Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 ^^^^^^^ say it isnt so wher you moving that the cars cant go Quote Link to comment
aintnobiscuit Posted January 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Talking through an offer for a job in Hawaii. It's not that it's expensive to transport them (just a little over $1,000), it's that it's insanely expensive to have somewhere to put them. Chances are I'll end up renting an apartment with 1 parking spot. Nowhere to put the other cars. I have 5 cars right now and if we go, we'll only be taking one. We owe the most on the M3, it's automatic so my fiance can drive it, and it's got 4 seats. Most likely taking that one. I don't want to sell it but this is a dream of mine for a long time. Besides, I don't have enough time taking care of family & working to actually devote much time if any to it. Maybe the next guy can fix all the shortcuts I took with the car and build something really killer. Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 reich intake done yet? lol going back to catch up on this Quote Link to comment
aintnobiscuit Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 Ugh... maybe I'll just put it in storage. After cleaning the garage out yesterday and looking at the car, there's not that much to be done to it. It's just about time. I may hit up a friend on Costa Mesa and drop the car off to him and say fix it, then send me the bill. Who knows.... so many things swirling around in my head it's hard to nail it all down. 2 Quote Link to comment
Josh K. Posted January 11, 2015 Report Share Posted January 11, 2015 That would be a fun car to have in Hawaii. I had my sr powered 240sx when I lived on Maui and it was a blast! Pay someone to fix it and then ship when done ;) 1 Quote Link to comment
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