captaingamez Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 I am gonna start a build thread for my 910. I bought this thing just before joining ratsun. and I intend to turn it into a fast, clean daily driver over time. I have known about these chassis for a long time, but never thought seriously about getting one until I was left with a garage full of datsun parts, and had a family. As I said I have a garage full of datsun parts. For one, a Nissan Borg Warner 5 speed which I will likely rebuild before installing. I have a megasquirt, and a fully rebuilt L28ET that just needs a turbo. All of these parts, in addition to a bunch of other random things I have around here are from my 78' Z that I had years ago, which was in pretty bad condition rust wise. I picked the car up a few weeks ago for $850. Luckily it is a rust free car, unfortunately, I dont think it has ever known the definition of the word "shade". [/url] 2 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 so the car is an automatic, or I should say was an automatic, I was going to keep it that way until I could afford to put in the borg warner, but the U joint in the driveshaft was bad and they are non serviceable and that turned into its own headache. a custom drive shaft for the auto was $250, and im gonna have about $350 into the manual swap with the driveshaft and all, the parts I had to eventually buy for the borg warner anyway. so I found one with a manual tranny an I am swapping it over right now. so here is the issue, see the two tranny crossmembers on the ground?, okay, well the bigger one goes to the L4N71B tranny only offered in 83 and 84, the smaller one goes to all year manuals and the 81 and 82 autos with the 3 speed. so easy fix right? WRONG, the crossmember isnt only bigger, it sits 6 inches back, In fact, the tunnel is also 6 inches wider to accomodate for the larger transmission. so the auto mount that goes with the car is going to be modified and fabricated to mount the manual tranny on it 1 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 got the clutch kit in yesterday from Gripforce. picked up the master and slave a few days ago god I love how cheap stuff is for these cars, $33 I also got a braided -4 AN clutch line yesterday 1 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 swapped the pedals too, at least nissan kept that simple, ish, once I found a maxima to rape all the parts off of. thats the CORRECT brake pedal (this was the easy one to install) here is the complete clutch pedal assembly I pulled from an '83 and heres the CORRECT clutch assembly. and here is the installed master with the AN -4 line and fitting. 1 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 and a small preview of things to come..... these will be my new transmission mounts.....4 of them not 3. 1 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 I like where this is going :D 2 Quote Link to comment
ArchetypeDatsun Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Nice man, there was a member here that didn't post much but had a nice black 82 datsun maxima with a L28ET swap. He bought already with the swap had a top mount intercooler and a nice BMW front air dam. I have pics somewhere on my photobucket let me know I'll post some if you want. 2 Quote Link to comment
Dirttrack510 Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 I like where this is going :) 1 Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 heads up, you already have the clutch line. buuuut... This guy here, is a bolt on for nissan. Correct fittings on both sides. Used it on the 510, even tho its for a 240sx. http://www.ebay.com/itm/89-98-240SX-S13-S14-1-piece-Stainless-Steel-clutch-line-/150491965764?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item230a052944&vxp=mtr Should be about the right length for you too. 1 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 that 240sx line is nice, I went to get the fittings for my line though and they gave them to me, cant argue with that. post a few of those turbo pics up archetype, they will make for some good inspiration! that black color is hard to find too. 1 Quote Link to comment
ArchetypeDatsun Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Here ya go. 4 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 wow that is a beauty, is the owner still on here? I love the top mount intercooler. I really wanna know where he got his front lip and bumper, it looks perfect, to anyone not in the know it looks like its stock. im gonna bet that its from a honda accord 1 Quote Link to comment
ArchetypeDatsun Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 No it's from a BMW don't know what series but it's BMW, the member bought it this way already with everything you see. He bought pretty cheap from a lady it was her husbands car but he had passed away so she knew nothing that was done to it. I'll find his name last time he was around he tried selling it for $4500 I believe but a lot of members bashed his price. It had been on CL for a little while before he bought it. 1 Quote Link to comment
ArchetypeDatsun Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 Here was his for sale post link don't know if he still owns it or not but try to get a hold of him. Oh and the front air dam was from a BMW E30. http://community.ratsun.net/topic/50928-82-810-4dr-maxima-l28et-swapped/?fromsearch=1 1 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted May 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 if its clean that price doesnt seem unreasonable, all things considered. maybe im crazy..... 1 Quote Link to comment
ArchetypeDatsun Posted May 21, 2013 Report Share Posted May 21, 2013 He did do a lot of maintenance to it because it was running like crap before. Also if you are interested in more Maximas with L28ET builds there's plenty of them on HybridZ.org that's were I first saw the black maxima turbo. I have a 79 810 wagon and I want to do the L28ET swap but I really like the good ol' L24E runs so good maybe in the future. 1 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 alright so I got some work dont this evening, I got the auto trans crosmember cleaned and sanded down to bare metal for welding. and I cut the plate that the transmission will mount to through the hockey pucks. 1 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 new sachs flywheel for 280zx turbo, among numerous other cars. 1 Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Turbo & hardware will not fit with the steering box. 1 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 you mean the turbocharger? where are people putting it then?, it looks like theres plenty of room in there, but I havent put anything in place yet. 1 Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 Everyone that i've seen has had the box swapped out for R&P. 1 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 which rack pinion box are they using?, i prefer mechanical steering anyway to be honest seems the guy with the black one had power though..... 1 Quote Link to comment
Z-train Posted May 22, 2013 Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I believe 280 racks.They are the same frame. 1 Quote Link to comment
captaingamez Posted May 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2013 I will keep an eye on the 280zx racks, but most I have found are power steering, idk why. I prefer the look of no power steering too, it cleans up an engine bay, and gets rid of one more thing that holds fluid. less maintenance, ect... but I would like to see someone put EPS (electronic power steering) into a datsun, that would be awesome. EPS is better than fluid power steering in so many ways its ridiculous, much less loss of feel and no stupid lines going everywhere, no leaks either. my civic has it and it is pretty sweet. 1 Quote Link to comment
ArchetypeDatsun Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 The 81 280zx turbos have Rack & Pinion after that 82-83 280zx turbo & non turbo models all have rack & pinion so keep an eye out in the yards. 1 Quote Link to comment
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