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This is my first datsun I have ever owned. I had a subaru I took the engine out, and that's where I got hooked on cars. I had a few turbo cars, but never did the work on them and I found myself selling off cars right and left since they meant nothing to me. While I was at a car meet a few years back, I saw my first 510 in person and had to have one. It took 2 years to find the right one. I drove it for about 2-3 months before I tore the engine out. I regret taking it out so early since I could have just done the suspension and enjoyed the car a little longer but hey, it's like a high schooler having sex. So as of now, it's under the knife. My plans are a sr20det swap. I first started out with a ka24de. I tore it apart since I bought it with a blown head gasket, but it wasn't good enough. So, I decided to sell it and buy a semi built sr20. I'm a college student working 90 hours a week and it's hard for me to do this in a garage with limited space, but I'm fortunate enough to have it in a garage.. Ok enough talk since I know you ratsunners love pics :P

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This is the first fill up when I bought it down in Oregon! I had to drive it back to Olympia and let me tell you, I had to jump up out of the seat a few times over some "steep" hills to reduce some weight so this baby could chug on over! This is when I decided the 90hp wasn't enough haha :)

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61E062ED-D355-4DD8-989C-2F72DEE531A0_zps Jon at CT Power Coating did a great job!!

B7464336-9FE7-45E7-95BF-FCDAAE9C8A0C_zps old ones were bad...

A24D566A-627C-472B-BAB1-6EC229D93410_zps great deal on ebay. Rear coils with cv conversion (cv's still need to be installed)

4D546838-70A9-4F7E-B6CD-BBE7408A384C_zps got the ol crossmember flipped

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D3308FD6-7CC2-4130-827C-4D173FB77008_zps why what a nice little surprise :) r160 LSD

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EDFB3D44-D799-41CB-A338-F5D5D32CC6E4_zps maxima front. Were supposed to be 280zx... Long story.. Ha

1F806FCF-4E65-43FA-B428-FC9787EC5209_zps possibly a shift knob... I got excited haha. Have to represent!

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C8BC70E5-667D-465C-BFA5-A04F18196F16_zps neighbors hate me for this :O

DBB0D32A-CB44-46B8-9E9D-FF6039C7E1D2_zps little painting to make things look better..

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D3512FA9-E664-4464-815A-789AF7CEFF07_zps had to pull this out of a 240 in the dark pissing down rain... Fml

533B18F0-A764-44A5-B948-D231489BF299_zps got her back home safe!

5DC31A8B-9EC5-4A60-ACE8-B82E5A80B663_zps supposedly a "custom 510 manifold"... I'm glad it fits at least.. Well, I hope with the t3/t4 to t25 adapter...

84E480B2-30B2-4A25-B667-293665E3025E_zps before you post a single thing, he never drove or got it tuned with that ugly filter that starts with an F... (Even though it's orange :D )

2EFC66E7-3443-418E-BFCC-C7DC7BEEC542_zps L jet babbbbyyyyyyyy!

4F2F6CB6-92D1-4C5F-9E54-260952DD2E2C_zps I might cut the strut shorter and run mr2 inserts... I'll decide once the engine is all in and see if my fenders will allow.. Trial and error, right?

6BDC8680-6294-462B-91CB-B05963A295AF_zps wiring harness from wiring specialities. Very clean. They did great work.

9789F5E5-7F35-46B2-8DC0-1B0856886CAF_zps after I had some buddies over (one being a drifter) we tried to put the entire engine and tranny in. I didn't make the tunnel bigger since I didn't know exactly where I would run into problems. It had a 280 5 speed hooked up to the l16 so I wasn't sure if he did that. Turns out he didn't. And turns out I never want a "drifter" to work on my car when he say "just cut the core support out and screw it back in...." To me that wasn't an option. The core support is already weak enough, no need to make things worse. So the next night I finally got the engine in for a little mock up!

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Ok now I'm really some for the night lol

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jesus ...... serious swap and yeah never include drifter kid in your plans to work on a datsun .. all your zip ties will be missing...there will be nos energy drinks half drank everywhere and the floor will be slippery with all the extra bolts left over

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