Four door dimes

[housew]

i dig the snowflakes like that

[banzai510(hainz)]

man those are nice cars. hopefully those wheels are just rollers for painting Just wished you put some higher end wheels on them.

[skyblue]

Very nice. Snowflakes are classic. I have a set on my daily 4dr.

[iwayman]

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.

 

[banzai510(hainz)]

 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

[skyblue]

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.

[Son_of_a_Datsun_Guy]

Center caps come in two varieties. 

 

A. Ugly and plentiful.

B. Cool and hard to find.

[banzai510(hainz)]

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

[datsunfreak]

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.

 

[iwayman]

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.

 

[iwayman]

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.

[housew]

thats pretty slick. is that motor obdII?

[iwayman]

thats pretty slick. is that motor obdII?

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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

[iwayman]

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

[r0p0doe]

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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?

[iwayman]

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!

[iwayman]

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.

[banzai510(hainz)]

you got to drop the front down a little more to get the rake look

[Son_of_a_Datsun_Guy]

you got to drop the front down a little more to get the rake look

 

Don't worry, we're gettin' there  ;)

[iwayman]

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.

[iwayman]

It's been a couple months since I been on here.

Spaced wheels a quarter inch.

[iwayman]

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.

[iwayman]

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.

 

[datsunfreak]

So... What's up? 

 

 

http://slo.craigslist.org/cto/4928041085.html

 

 

:sneaky:

[iwayman]

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