housew Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 i dig the snowflakes like that Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 man those are nice cars. hopefully those wheels are just rollers for painting Just wished you put some higher end wheels on them. Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Very nice. Snowflakes are classic. I have a set on my daily 4dr. Quote Link to comment
iwayman Posted July 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 man those are nice cars. hopefully those wheels are just rollers for painting Just wished you put some higher end wheels on them. Higher end wheels aren't really in my budget right now, but down the road I'd like to get a set similar to CCW classics in a 16x8. One last update for the paint. I've been slowly working the hood with some 1500 grit paper to ease out some of the blemishes, nowhere near perfect in person but it gets the job done. It's officially back on the road again. Color matching wasn't perfect, but it's close enough that few people will notice. However, some bad news for the red dime. There is no compression in cylinders 2,3,4 of the VG30 and sub 100 in 1 and 6, leaving 5 as the only one with good compression. As a result, it is looking like it will receive the L16/4-speed out of the blue dime and go out on the market. Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 CCW classics in a 16x8.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pimpn http://motormavens.com/2011/07/center-stage-red-hot-datsun-nickel-dime-510-nissan-bluebird/ That's the ticket. You must have $$$ but what I see. only thing mabe good as the CCW is the stock Hubcaps 1 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 CCW classics in a 16x8.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Pimpn http://motormavens.com/2011/07/center-stage-red-hot-datsun-nickel-dime-510-nissan-bluebird/ That's the ticket. You must have $$$ but what I see. only thing mabe good as the CCW is the stock Hubcaps That's a nice car. But why do people with nice looking cars always skimp out on small details. i. e. wheel center caps. Those wheels looks ghetto with no center caps. Quote Link to comment
Son_of_a_Datsun_Guy Posted July 19, 2014 Report Share Posted July 19, 2014 Center caps come in two varieties. A. Ugly and plentiful. B. Cool and hard to find. 1 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 no center cap give a deeper dish illusion I think. My cheap Filipinp made Rota RBs look better w/o the Rota center caps. be hones it looked cheaper. snowflakes and swastikas mostly ruin a nice 510 what I see. even cheap Chinese clones CCW Classics would be better. Konig, Rota RBs and the new Enkei Pasasport type clones out there. Hubcaps would be better with the small white strip Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted July 20, 2014 Report Share Posted July 20, 2014 Will you be parting out the VG stuff or saving it? Can I get some more info on that distributor? There is no compression in cylinders 2,3,4 of the VG30 and sub 100 in 1 and 6, leaving 5 as the only one with good compression. As a result, it is looking like it will receive the L16/4-speed out of the blue dime and go out on the market. Quote Link to comment
iwayman Posted July 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Will you be parting out the VG stuff or saving it? Can I get some more info on that distributor? I will likely try to sell it as a complete package, with the transmission, custom motor mounts, custom oil pan, carb setup, three other vg manifolds (pathfinder, 200sx, and 300zx), FI wiring and engine management, and what not. I will not be selling that dizzy with it, though, because it is a mechanical advance mallory setup for an L6 and the advance is off for the VG engine, I have a Saudi dizzy that I would include to complete the carb setup instead. That's a nice car. But why do people with nice looking cars always skimp out on small details. i. e. wheel center caps. Those wheels looks ghetto with no center caps. I've found that sometimes the center caps don't fit over the grease caps on the hubs, this could have been the issue with the front hubs with those CCWs and then he may have chosen to not run them in the rear to be consistent. Nearing completion, working on a pc project mounted under the seat that will run to a screen under the dash. I've set up software that hooks up to the nissan consult port and allows me to get every readout from the ecu, rpm, water temp, air flow, throttle, battery voltage, oil pressure, the list goes on. Should be a fun, cool feature. 1 Quote Link to comment
iwayman Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Update with some shitty pics Completed my pc/ecu readout project, turned out ok so far. Turn on your speakers for a fun time, a little pop out the exhaust right after I let off. http://youtu.be/IXgUtn3x7ww Gutted out a pc and deconstructed it slid it under the passenger seat Using a nissan consult port and ECUtalk software I am able to get a ton of different readouts and read engine codes And I just left the power inverter chilling on the trans tunnel for now to access the power switch on it. Over all I have only spent about 50 bucks on this because I have been able to use old parts that were laying around, just needed to purchase an inverter and a s-video/rca adapter. Quote Link to comment
housew Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 thats pretty slick. is that motor obdII? Quote Link to comment
iwayman Posted July 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2014 thats pretty slick. is that motor obdII? 2 I've come to the realization that I have more junk to move than a four door dime can handle, therefor I thought I'd throw together a rack attachment that can hold a couple duffle bags or a light suitcase. I was tempted to buy a legitimate basket for 200-270$ but I managed to do this for about 50 bucks. This has been my first real aluminum welding projects so my welds are ugly but they have solid penetration. Square tubing with thicker walled angle aluminum for the cross bars (which I regret not just getting more square tubing) Welded on all sides of the angle aluminum 1 Quote Link to comment
iwayman Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 The 71 red four door is running once again, but with an L16 and four speed. I don't remember if I posted it or not but I did eventually discover the culprit of my v6 engine failure: the cam sprocket was not torqued to specification by whomever rebuilt the engine (I found Fel-pro head gaskets when I did a tear down). I failed to check the various engine bolts before I ran the engine originally which could have prevented this whole fiasco. The L16 is currently running with a Weber 32/36 and open headers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldlx2N_SzvM&feature=youtu.be Nothing's really been reconstructed yet on the front end Getting that rear end low life 3 Quote Link to comment
r0p0doe Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 2 I've come to the realization that I have more junk to move than a four door dime can handle, therefor I thought I'd throw together a rack attachment that can hold a couple duffle bags or a light suitcase. I was tempted to buy a legitimate basket for 200-270$ but I managed to do this for about 50 bucks. This has been my first real aluminum welding projects so my welds are ugly but they have solid penetration. Square tubing with thicker walled angle aluminum for the cross bars (which I regret not just getting more square tubing) Welded on all sides of the angle aluminum How dose your speaker setup sound? Quote Link to comment
iwayman Posted July 31, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 How dose your speaker setup sound? Pretty good, the sound bounces of the rear window pretty well. Plus I have a 12" in the trunk. I had the stock shelf on top of the speakers and it was very muffled because I didn't want to cut holes for front speakers, however I had those three in the rear and three in the front in my red four door and it was great! Quote Link to comment
iwayman Posted August 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Put that rack to use. Moved 600 miles down back down to central cali with not issues and about 50 pounds on the rack. Also entered the Bayline gathering with son of a datsun guy and also met indy510 there. 1 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 you got to drop the front down a little more to get the rake look 1 Quote Link to comment
Son_of_a_Datsun_Guy Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 you got to drop the front down a little more to get the rake look Don't worry, we're gettin' there ;) Quote Link to comment
iwayman Posted August 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Don't worry, we're gettin' there ;) Damn straight! Saving up for: DIY front coilovers camber plates new wheelset rear disc And with the front coil overs I will likely raise the rear a half inch or so and drop the front 3/4. Quote Link to comment
iwayman Posted October 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 It's been a couple months since I been on here. Spaced wheels a quarter inch. 1 Quote Link to comment
iwayman Posted December 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 you got to drop the front down a little more to get the rake look Done Installed new tie rods and ball joints, a steering box with half the miles, and 280zx steering knuckles. Also Speedhut gps speedo and 8k tach along with a flowmaster 44 Don't worry, I didn't install the tach upside down. 1 Quote Link to comment
iwayman Posted February 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2015 Thought I'd update this. Entered into my first auto-X, after a couple issues with my ignition switch and my electric fan making contact with my accessory belt pulley I managed to make a few runs. Did not put down very fast times and ended up 51st of 56 at a Porsche autocross, but with more seat time and the suspension I just installed I should be able to shave off seconds on my time. Auto-x photos courtesy of son_of_a_datsun_guy Both struts had been sectioned twice by a previous owner, creating slight positive camber in one side while the other was slightly negative. That combined with no bump steer spacers and around a 2-3" drop resulted in a ton of understeer at the Auto-X, didn't help that I was braking too late into the corners, too. 2 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 So... What's up? http://slo.craigslist.org/cto/4928041085.html :sneaky: Quote Link to comment
iwayman Posted May 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 So... What's up? http://slo.craigslist.org/cto/4928041085.html :sneaky: I guess I'll update this with some final photographs and close it out. Sold the SR510 to a guy in Canada, turned around and bought my first modern car, people may hate me but I definitely don't miss daily driving the dimes. Bought this with 7800 miles, hoping to daily this for the next 5-6 years Quote Link to comment
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