91hrdbdy Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 been sorta following this form since i bought my first 73 620 about 4 years ago. ive since sold that one and just bought a new one. here is some pictures its a 74 and ive got a lot planned. its has a ka24de swap and it seems to have been done fairly well it had a few vacume leeks and a bad coil wire but i got that all taken care of. as soon as i get my other project out of my shop ill start on this. i havent had a mini truck since i built my hardbody so im excited to get started. here is my hardbody. i still have it just like you see it there but i dont really drive her much any more. i couldnt get the northstar v8 smoged when i move to cali. so it sits. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tristin Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Looks like a decent start... you mentioned you had lots planned. What are they? Glad you transitioned from lurker to member. Welcome to the site :) Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 welcome to Ratsun the ka is a great motor and the truck looks great cant wait to see what you do to it Quote Link to comment
Guest corvair-air Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 welcome to Ratsun the ka is a great motor and the truck looks great cant wait to see what you do to it motors are electric, this would be an ENGINE. 1 Quote Link to comment
91hrdbdy Posted June 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 im really torn between bagging and bodydropping it. or doing a the same 4 link setup and running a full set of coil overs and doing more of a track truck. i would ditch the whole front end and run a full double arm front clip in it. so it Alot more work. but i all ready have the hard body and i have my bagged and bodied 79 malibu ... decisions decisions. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Nice looking trucks, welcome :D Quote Link to comment
Tristin Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 ^ I don't see the value in this post, WTF? (I liked if only because it was stupid funny) Troll account. Ignore. Quote Link to comment
Ratwagon1600 Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 Welcome dude. Nice looking ride. Quote Link to comment
Guest corvair-air Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 http://www.worldwidewords.org/articles/engine.htm Quote Link to comment
Dawa Posted June 18, 2013 Report Share Posted June 18, 2013 i like your truck. do you have a funnel or something similar feeding that intake? Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 nice truck and welcome aboard. Quote Link to comment
Spoona_Jay21 Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 nice rig man! hope too see more of it! Quote Link to comment
Guest corvair-air Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 What type of ENGINE mounts are on your KA? Quote Link to comment
91hrdbdy Posted June 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 From what i can tell it looks like the factory motor mounts are being used from the 620 and a adapter plate for the ka was made ill snap some pics tonight for you all. Quote Link to comment
91hrdbdy Posted June 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2013 i get some good photos of it when i get back up north i have all my pic onn my dead iphone. Quote Link to comment
91hrdbdy Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 so i did a little work today on the new toy. i got rid of those racing seats in favor of a bench seat. but i have to build a seat bracket so i fab up some tubing and did this.(forgive the mess) i had to notch the seat frame and do a little stiching to clear the 240sx tranny but i think it came out okay.. here is the seat just set in place. ill get some final shots tomorrow. looking forward to driving this thing here this week. Quote Link to comment
91hrdbdy Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 it is the third row seat from a yukon. I like it because it has the seat belts built in. so when i build the seat frame i tied it in to the body mounts on the back and i made a roll cage mount plate that i welded to the floor and did a 4"x6" .250 plate on the bottom side for reinforcement. Quote Link to comment
91hrdbdy Posted September 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 well here is a little update on my 620 i re did everything lol no seriously. every time i tackled a different problem i found more issues and i got fed up and ripped all the wiring out a replaced it with a 21 circuit GM harness spent a few days making all the Datsun switches work so that all done i have a fully working dash cluster. after that i tackled the radiator the truck would randomly over heat so i replaced the thermostat and found the radiator was extremely small and held it with zip ties and a little l brackets bent from 22ga sheet.the part number came out as a 1.2l Datsun 1200 radiator. i felt it was too small for the ka24de. so i upgraded it to a 72 Z car aluminum rad i had to trim the core support a little more. but in doing so i found the previous owner had chopped the core support and did no reinforcements so i cut the core support to round out all the square corners and built some structure and re structured the upper core support. to keep it from flexing you can see how much was cut out from the previous owner. so im on the last leg of the wiring Im going to be moving the battery to the bed because the P.O. cut half of the inner fender out and made a jankie new piece. so until i have the time roll some new inner fender this will have to do. i mounted the Ecu and CAN-AM box in the glove box and make a sheet metal glove box with a rolled lip so it looks smooth and still allows me to access the ecu and place reg and insurance paper work in the glove box. Quote Link to comment
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