mrmark Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Wow, cleaned up real nice!! Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted February 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 Wow, cleaned up real nice!! Yea, i know. That blowing cabinet is a real dream come true! I totally recommend to get one of those! I got 1 week holiday next week so I think I'll be posting tons of pictures here :) Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted February 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Hi again! I have again something new. I'm cleaning these aluminium parts. And I'm also doing some painting with other parts (I will add those pictures tomorrow) But here's what i got now, Sandblasted parts Before After After So I will add more new photos on this week :) Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted February 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Here again! With lots of new photos to share! Let me introduce myself I'm Jimmy, 16 year old. Building this Datsun for my summer car! I love to do things on my own and always happy to learn something new. Back to car, haha :D Custom paint booth 666 Sorry for flash, but the Nissan logo is actually matte black! Looks shiny and nice ;) You should compare this to the old photos that i have on page 1!!! Finger corner, sorry. But more shiny and awesomeness AND FINALLY I MADE IT, the bearings, here you go First up, we went shopping to our local junk yard and found this lovely stove for car parts. ( 1 hour in 175 C ). and before that, the bearings needed to be in 300 C for like 10 min roughly, just that the factory grease would melt off. And then I used some paint removal to finish them. After that, I used some steel wool to have nice contact with the final product (techline glide something). Sad to say, it didn't go so well at the first time :( But the second time was a charm and we had a nice coating! Out of stove and ready! Then it was time for piston coating! (reduces heat from engine = more efficiency) 3 ready, 1 to go! Shiny ;) Ahhaha, this part was awkward, the stove started to smell so bad so i had to put it outside! There was some gas leaking out of the vents, ugh... But after all it was a happy ending! Here are the finished pistons with coating (back there is my fathers toyota's pistons, but on the front is my datsun's pistons) And MORE good news! I got a cheap BRAND NEW turbo! It was like 355euros, normally they are like 450 euros and up, but i ordered this one from ebay.uk . So got my turbocharger and I'm working on fuel injection system next. Yes! I'm changing to megasquirt, because I met one Swedish guy who has a datsun with turbocharged A15 and megasquirt so I may have some tips from him! Tomorrow I'm going to assembly the engine to half ready :) Stay tuned for more~ Leave thoughts and feel free to comment! Quote Link to comment
SIXTY-NINE-DIME Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Im excited for this. 16 huh? Hats off to you! 1 Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted February 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Im excited for this. 16 huh? Hats off to you! Yup, 16. Soon 17 :) And I'm glad that you like it! Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 New weekly updates! So today I decided to work with the intake a little. So I took a shovel and dug our opel vectra out of snow (50cm). Just to make sure it has 4-point injection system and a electronic mainboard that i could use with my datsun! And all the sensors could be used too :) So the injection system out of this + sensors + mainboard(so i can tune it with megasquirt!) Then I got my hands on to the aluminium head, and we added the heat resistance coating over it Old head gasket served its last time, but very well! Heated it a little and lifted the vents so they didn't stuck with the head And here's the finished view! Looks good overall, few cracks on the coating((Lack of cleaning) but at least 90% of the piston area is covered with this coating) And I got the turbo now! Sorry I didn't take a picture of it, maybe later on. But hope you liked this post. More pictures coming next week :) Stay tuned Quote Link to comment
NWOleman Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Nice job! Keep up the good work and welcome to ratsun! Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Nice job! Keep up the good work and welcome to ratsun! Thank you! And I will. I'm always glad if someone is interested or just following this project :) And If you have any suggests to my project, feel free to say Quote Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 yea this is a nice project so you did decide to go with the EFI? Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 yea this is a nice project so you did decide to go with the EFI? Thank you! And yes I do, dellortos were too big for my engine and new ones would cost more than EFI system :) (at least here in Finland) Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 By the way, I need information if anyone knows about transmission swaps done to A15 engine! Quote Link to comment
graveltrapp Posted March 7, 2013 Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 This is a impresive project, looking forward to seeing the EFI go in as I will be doing an A15 swap soon. I would think that the standard 4 or 5 speed a transmission would handle the power just fine, I have heard that more importantly is the rear diff when putting down more than 100 horses. I like how you bought a stove just to bake auto parts. You have some cool parents behind you, Don't forget to thank them. 2 Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2013 This is a impresive project, looking forward to seeing the EFI go in as I will be doing an A15 swap soon. I would think that the standard 4 or 5 speed a transmission would handle the power just fine, I have heard that more importantly is the rear diff when putting down more than 100 horses. I like how you bought a stove just to bake auto parts. You have some cool parents behind you, Don't forget to thank them. Thank you! I'm waiting for it too :D and I'm interested in how i can change the parameters and do my own settings to the car :) I have the 4-speed tranny, but i'm looking for 5-speed version. And for the rear diff, volvos' diff is too heavy and it sucks the power that the engine gives out. So I'm looking for alternative solution for now. Haha, we didn't bought it, just took it from the local junk yard :thumbup: . And I will thank them! :) This is going slowly, but mainly because i can make this project only on weekends. But I ordered some new parts from Australia, like cam shaft bearings, front timing kit and stronger piston bolts, for high rpm (about 10k rpm) And new valve springs are coming also Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Guess what time it is..... MOAR project pictures! So here is the turbocharger that i promised to show you guys :) Brand new, around for 350 euros gosh it's beautiful <3 And now for suspension kit that i got Yummy, more parts, we're cutting of 10cm off the front Here we took front-wheel drive opel shock absorber (it's the smaller one) so we can lower the car around 10 cm ;) Here we go ( we weld some bolts to screws so they came off more easily, there were cross-head screws that was so damn rusty ) and that mud guard should go to hell >:( Parts sandblasted, gonna paint it black And here i cut the first peace off And here you can see the how much did i cut, it was that ~10cm and now there is Opel shock absorber inside, fits well and tight. Next thing is to weld up the upper and the lower peace. Oh and the spring plate needed to cut off, we don't need it anyways because we're going to put that custom spring kit to this. Last photo from today, just to show off. Oh and the datsun parts fits to this Opel shock absorber so we can use all the other original parts :) like the upper mounting etc. More photos tomorrow 1 Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 Oh you like photos? Well here we go It was THIS hard to get those shock absorbers, first few meters of snow away and then on -15C you start to get those rusty peace of sh** parts off.. :D Summer, can't wait for it Here is some welding that my father did, looking good :) More welding more... Welded this back together. You wont notice the welding later because it will have some parts on it (customs spring set will cover it, you'll see) And we found out that mazda 626 ventilated brake discs should fit to this perfectly. Gonna buy new parts next week. Can't wait for next weekend, stay tuned~ Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Good news everyone, new parts from Australia arrived! New core plugs, cam shaft bearings, cam shaft timing kit and stronger piston rod bolts(for high rpm) cost $200 I can finally assemble the engine! Hurrayyy! Quote Link to comment
El Compa_510 Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 keep it up bud :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 keep it up bud :thumbup: I will, I'm glad that someone enjoys my posts :) Quote Link to comment
chiwag Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 great project. a man sell me a 210, I have a 510 wagon with j15 engine and let me know if you can put the a15 engine with 5-speed trasmision. I see that different engine mounts and the oil tank. much trouble will this change? you can put the transmission to the engine motor a15 to the j15? sorry i use the google trasletor haha Quote Link to comment
'70dime Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Dude, This things Rules! 1 Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 great project. a man sell me a 210, I have a 510 wagon with j15 engine and let me know if you can put the a15 engine with 5-speed trasmision. I see that different engine mounts and the oil tank. much trouble will this change? you can put the transmission to the engine motor a15 to the j15? sorry i use the google trasletor haha Hi, i know there is going to be different mounts for 5-speed tranny, more info here http://datsun1200.com/modules/mediawiki/index.php?title=60-Series_Transmission . And if you want to put 5-speed transmission to your j15, I suggest to go to technical forum, because I don't know about j15 motor, sorry. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Sorry for the threadjack, but... I have a 510 wagon with j15 engine and let me know if you can put the a15 engine with 5-speed trasmision. I see that different engine mounts If you can find a front crossmember and lower control arms from a B210, they will bolt into your car and the A15 will bolt right up to them. 1 Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 15, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 More photos!! New Mazda 626 parts fits just perfectly!! Damn, looking good ;) It's like super bolt-on kit. Now i need to figure out how to put the rest of the brake system on this, probably using some Volvo parts Look at that! I need to find some nice rims for my car ;) And don't worry, i'm going to paint these parts before they're ready to roll Ooooo, look at these :D new parts from Australia!! ARP bolts, core plugs, FULL front timing kit, new cam shaft bearings, yum. More photos coming this weekend, stay tuned. I'm so exited! Getting goosebumps Quote Link to comment
Atomic Posted March 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Bad news everyone... We pushed the old bearings off. It went all okay But when we tried to assemble 3rd bearing, it bent quite badly... Now I need to order new bearing kit.... And that's not all, sand blasting cabinet didn't work... So no more pictures... Maybe next weekend.. I dunno... Sigh Quote Link to comment
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