DatsuNoob's epic 620 build thread

[MicroMachinery]

Very nice.

[Icehouse]

Progress looks awesome! Keep up the good work.

[Guest DatsuNoob]

AE86 radiator is on the way, new oil pump too, I had my main fuel supply line made friday morning. Braided steel, teflon core, turned out pretty nice.

Now just have to get a return figured out. Been buying shit like crazy trying to hurry this thing along. I'm gonna go at it hard this week.

[MicroMachinery]

Drive it down next weekend; I'll buy you a beer ;)

[Guest DatsuNoob]

HAHAHA! I wish!

[Guest DatsuNoob]

Aluminum radiator arrived today. Not too shabby for the price either I must say. It looks like it's gonna fit pretty well, I'll get some pics up after it's mounted. I'll be working on that tomorrow afternoon after I go grab my hoses, clamps, and new thermostat. I gotta go down to the great guys at William's Oil Filter Service later this week and get some more lines made, and buy another -8AN fuel pump nipple. I cant find the other one. Waiting on the new pump, cleaned the drive and bolts for it, getting it all ready. I found some other things like my oil catch, and coolant surge can, oil cooler, and a couple other things that arent a total necessity right now, but will need to find their home in the engine bay for layout purposes eventually. Right now I'm focused on getting all the basics taken care of first just to get it running.

[]2eDeYe]

What? No pics? :lol:

[Icehouse]

I want to see the rad, my truck needs a new on bad. The Pull A Part unit is about shot. Sounds like you got a good one.

[Guest DatsuNoob]

Some new parts came, one was a big box of fail. Note to all 620 owners: 240sx intoke pipes dont fit worth shit if using an aftermarket radiator. I'll look to send mine back, the rad stays. Here's my new Melling oil pump, about 4X the weight of an OEM pump, but whatever, like I told Skib, gotta have something to keep the wheels on the ground, right?

Shitty picture, but here it is after I filled it with oil, new gasket, and lined up the dot and dimple, took all of like 3 minutes to do the whole thing, reinstall, and IMO well worth it.

Went and saw the great guys down at William's Oil Filter Service co. and had a teflon core main fuel line made, got a deal on a liquid filled gauge for my FPR, picked up some fittings, etc. Rarely make it outta there for under $100 :lol: They have EVERYTHING and are a great bunch that truly know their shit. Pretty much a one stop shop.

Here's my 84-87 Corolla GTS (AE86) alum. radiator I bought from ebay for 95 bones

Walked through the JY one day, got some matching Toyota bracketry and nothing worked. So I took a pair of lower brackets from a late 90's Hyundai rad and they worked alot better. In my quest for the right shit, I found mid 80's and on mazda 626 and other passenger cars would work out fine too. Here it is with the Hyundai brackets. Sorry for no flip side shot yet, but both necks are on the passenger side @ 1 3/8" O.D

Here's the start of some very simple lower radiator mounts.

Cant seem to find an upper rad hose that fits any good yet, after several trips to the parts store. tried Frontier and 240 ones, Ford 4cyl truck stuff (dia. too big), and even went back there to see what may work, and no luck. For the lower I used a 98 Frontier that I sectioned out a few inches near the alt and put in a metal elbow with a real mild bend, I had from some random KA parts bin. Worked out real well for getting around the alternator pulley. Still gotta find an upper that works. If anyone knows what fits best, lemme know

I'll get back in there and finish up a couple things tomorrow. Gotta get some new intake bolts and stuff from one of my other favorite shops in Lakewood off 100th. Hi-Strength Bolt is awesome for specialty hardware, awesome friendly old dude that knows his ish in there too. That's my next stop

[]2eDeYe]

I made my upper out of a bunch of 90's with connectors. I spent about 20 minutes looking at hoses before I finally grabbed 2 with a few 90's to hack up. Doesn't look great, but it's effective.

[Guest DatsuNoob]

yeah, that was where I was at as far as the hoses go, I've tried almost everything. Still I know there's one out there that'll work. I may have to end up going the 'cut to fit' route and make it work until I find something else a little more pleasing to the eye. I may go down to my favorite shop William's Oil Filter, and see if they have anything, chances are they just might. Thanks Redeye

[J.Chimpo]

 

Went and saw the great guys down at William's Oil Filter Service co. and had a teflon core main fuel line made, got a deal on a liquid filled gauge for my FPR, picked up some fittings, etc. Rarely make it outta there for under $100 :lol: They have EVERYTHING and are a great bunch that truly know their shit. Pretty much a one stop shop.

 

 

haha nice i go there all the time for work there like 2 min from my warehouse. very good people when it comes to helping find thing. another good one is Timco down on port of tacoma road.

[Guest DatsuNoob]

Been gathering parts for finishing up my punch list. Here's my remote oil filter set. Was a pain in the ass since I couldnt find a close enough adapter to go from the 20mm female coupler on the sandwich plate to the 18mm threads on the stem coming outta the block. In the end I just pressed the stem into the coupler, silver soldered, and screwed everything back together. Should work fine.

For the other side, just made a simple little bracket and mounted everything next to the harmonic balancer for easy access and a clean oil change. I used allen head bolts for those of you who love those VW's :D (Kami i loave you loLz)

[Guest DatsuNoob]

Here's a gratuitous upskirt shot.

If things look to be kinda low, it's just because i havent really secured anything quite yet.

 

Here's how I set up my FPR. I like d the loaction and the fit, so I went with it.

 

This next piece took a while to hunt down surprisingly. Nobody local carried it in stock. On my ZX 5 spd I used a 240Z clutch fork and slave. This allows some adjustability in the fork. I imagine if someone wanted the same option, they'd just have to drill out the dimple on their fork and run this one

 

Was stoked to see that my fan arrived in the mail today as well.

I have little space to work with between my rad and water pump pulley (like 2 3/8" I think?) So I opted for the slim fitting 2" fan, 16" in diameter. Gonna fit like a rooster in a sock :lol:

[Guest DatsuNoob]

Still needing a new battery if anyone knows where to get a nice new optima/odyssey (discounts are always nice)

[yello620]

Have you started the dizzy wiring yet??

[Guest DatsuNoob]

No I havent. Honestly I feel bad for whoever's gonna have to sort out the previous guy's handy work, comin into a 1/2 assed wiring job, I thought it would be best to leave that portion to the expert. I'm also color-blind as shit which doesnt help anything. I think I may know how it works, but I'd rather get some confirmation.

[Guest DatsuNoob]

No I havent. Honestly I feel bad for whoever's gonna have to sort out the previous guy's handy work, comin into a 1/2 assed wiring job, I thought it would be best to leave that portion to the expert. I'm also color-blind as shit which doesnt help anything. I think I may know how it works, but I'd rather get some confirmation.

[Farmer Joe]

you got the nuts backwards on the slave cylinder..

 

the pivot nut needs to be in the divot so that you dont wear out the arm with a regular nut.

 

that remote oil system is badass! i like how you put it on the other side of the block.

[bananahamuck]

you got the nuts backwards on the slave cylinder..

 

the pivot nut needs to be in the divot so that you dont wear out the arm with a regular nut.

 

that remote oil system is badass! i like how you put it on the other side of the block.

 

good eyes man,,,,,,,,,,,,, didn`t notice that either till i read your post

[MicroMachinery]

So good to see an update on this. Keep em comin'.

[Guest DatsuNoob]

you got the nuts backwards on the slave cylinder..

 

the pivot nut needs to be in the divot so that you dont wear out the arm with a regular nut.

 

that remote oil system is badass! i like how you put it on the other side of the block.

 

Thank you for your sharp eye and kind words. That's how it came outta the box, will switch things around later today and get the hardware woked out. Getting a little closer, but still gotta get that line made

[skunk]

you can do it!!

[skunk]

oh yeah you left one of your t-shirts at our house when you came down thanksgiving week.

[Farmer Joe]

Thank you for your sharp eye and kind words. That's how it came outta the box, will switch things around later today and get the hardware woked out. Getting a little closer, but still gotta get that line made

yeah no problem man.

 

yeah i think that slave cylinder was supposed to be used where the threaded shaft pops through the arm. and then its supposed to have a spring that goes from that little nub on the slave to the arm to hold the arm in place on the pivot divot