Janksun Posted August 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 Can I use main and rod bearings from an L16 for the L18? Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Can I use main and rod bearings from an L16 for the L18? You'd have to check P/Ns......I can check it out Monday...... Quote Link to comment
Janksun Posted August 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Rockauto shows the same part numbers from L16 to L18 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Head is an a87 head non peanut with round intake ports and square exhaust ports. Don't know if thats normal or not. Normal. :) Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 My truck has the same head but with an L20B cam. I recommend the cam. Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 Rockauto shows the same part numbers from L16 to L18 I can get the rod bearings......not the mains...........from my supplier anyways....... ..............Japanese parts 80% of the time too..... ......I can get mains for L20s..... Quote Link to comment
Janksun Posted September 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 Decided I had enough of my muffler dragging. So I pulled it off to put a straight section in and raise it up a little bit. Ended up just doing a side exit straight pipe. Loud as fuck. I want a muffler lol. Here's the old muffler Playing around with ideas lol No pics of the final product. It was dark and I have a shitty camera. Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted September 1, 2014 Report Share Posted September 1, 2014 .....could've done that at The Keeper's...... :P Quote Link to comment
Janksun Posted November 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 Time for an update. This has been my DD this whole time. It's been pretty rad. My last update I was working on the exhaust. I just side piped it for now until I can afford to get new exhaust all the way out the back. The neighbors are complaining about my loud car lol. Instead of shortening my wagon driveline to fit with my longtail 5 speed I got a driveline from a sedan and put it in. It's just a tad short but I've seen and read people using them with no issues. Well I had an issue. the front u-joint started to go bad and I didn't have any time to fix it so I just kept driving it. Well it broke. Luckily I had just got off the freeway. Well when it hit the ground and bounced around the eyelet where the ujoint sits in got busted. Like so. So I had to source a driveshaft at midnight just so I could get to work the next morning. Found one and got done putting it in at 1am. So I've determined that the driveshaft is too short for the wagon and it needs to be lengthened in order for it to work. I put in another sedan driveshaft and I'm getting the same issue. Front u joint is going bad. It works for a decent amount of time but will break eventually. And I was told I got lucky I didn't snap the tail housing of the tranny off. Anyways I got tired of looking at what looked like a grandma wagon so I changed some things up. I painted the wheels a cream color. Then I decided to paint the roof the same color Then I had a buddy paint a sun and a cypress tree on the roof in some acrylic paint That came out looking pretty good. I went to a Sacramento datsun meet and had a tire blow out on the way there so I decided it was time for some new wheels and tires Looks pretty good IMO. But the sidewall is shorter than my last set so now I'm lower to the ground. So everything is scraping now lol. And I've already gotten stuck in an alley by my house. But it's fun! Looks good! Still runs good! I'm just driving the shit out of it. Next thing to be done is full exhaust because it's the thing that hangs the lowest and hits everything. Can't wait to get that done! 5 Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted November 19, 2014 Report Share Posted November 19, 2014 :thumbup: :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
Driftkid187 Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Super nice goon love the paint on the roof keep up the updates Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted November 22, 2014 Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 lol ginger u looking gud btw its kimberlee Quote Link to comment
Janksun Posted December 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2014 Finally got around to putting exhaust on the car. Me and a friend decided to do it up ourselves and it actually came out alot better than i thought it would! Sounds ok. Just a cheap orielly muffler for now. Thanksgiving day i check all my fluids cuz i was going to drive the car up to my moms house. Look in the radiator and fuhhhkkkkk it looked like a chocolate shake. I flushed the radiator and drove it anyways. Didnt overheat and it ran fine. But it bugged me. I didnt want to tear into this motor so i decided to look for a replacement. Found a reasonably priced running L20b on good ole craigslist still in a truck in rancho cordova. Drove up there with konig209 and pulled the motor. Also on the way home bought a rebuilt U67 head from a craigslist ad for $50. No cam or cam towers or rockers. It was a little dirty from sitting a while. I spent quite some time cleaning it up and cleaning the missing pieces i had pulled off my old head. Sunday morning comes around and its pouring rain. I dont have a garage or a driveway. But i need to get the swap done so i could drive to work monday morning since this is my only car. So it looked like i was going to to the swap in the rain. In the middle of a mud puddle of a sideyard as well. I had some issues with the mounts. The ones from the L16 were supposed to fit but they didnt line up correctly. I ended up using one mount from the truck and one from the 510. Still doesnt line up quite how i want but it will work for now. I swapped the new head on real quick started bolting everything up but at 10pm sunday night i was exhausted and quickly realized that it was going to happen. I gave up for the night and called a buddy for a ride to work and back Monday. Got home monday afternoon and started working on it again. Got it all back together and it fired up within the first couple of cranks. It runs a little rough because the carb is jetted for an L16 and not an L20b. I adjusted the clutch let it warm up and drove it around. Decided it was good to go to work tuesday morning. Drove it to work and it was doing just fine. I was driving it home when i noticed a little wobble and sure enough a few minutes later the tailshaft of my transmission snapped off and scattered the rear casing all over the freeway. This happened at about 80mph on the freeway so you could say i just about shit my pants. I slowed quickly to pull over on the shoulder. When i got on the shoulder the road dipped and pulled my car to the left, i was in the fast lane, and for some reason theres a curb at the edge of the shoulder and my car went right over it and straddled it for about 50ft. I pretty much shaved the entire top of it off with my crossmember. But it also ripped my drain plug out of the oilpan and drained all my oil. So i was stranded on the side of the freeway. Nobody i know has a trailer or and tow hookups so me and a few buddies went back late at night and pulled the driveshaft off and rope towed it to my house. So now im sitting here without a car. Looking for parts to get it back on the road. Wish me luck! 2 Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted December 7, 2014 Report Share Posted December 7, 2014 you don't have to look you just have to drive I got your back Quote Link to comment
Janksun Posted December 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 I've got some big plans coming :rofl: :thumbup: :thumbup: 1 Quote Link to comment
Janksun Posted December 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Double post fail Quote Link to comment
mattyhacks71 Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Fuck yes! Quote Link to comment
the510keeper Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 I've got some big plans coming :rofl: :thumbup: :thumbup: ON YOUR FACE 2 Quote Link to comment
DaBlist Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Sorry to hear, hope you get it all back together Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted December 11, 2014 Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 Man more trans carnage. Nice work. :D Love the new wheels and the roof graphics. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
Janksun Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Damn I really lag on this thread. So I got it all back together with another 5 speed and a correct length driveshaft. Been driving it a while now. The L20b burned about 2 quarts of oil per tank of gas. One day I decided to do some donuts. I forgot to top off the oil before I did them. Ran the motor dry and ended up with a rod knock. But hey I was whippin em hella good. That L20b had some power over my old L16 haha. Anyways I got the rod knock on a Tuesday night. I sourced a L16. I was able to pick it up on Friday afternoon around 3:00. I tore pretty much the entire thing down in the back of a truck, "rebuilt" it and threw it in and had it running at 3:03 am Saturday morning. I was supposed to go on a datslocos fun run on Saturday so I kicked ass and swapped out the motor as fast as I could. I ended up sleeping through my alarm and woke up pissed off cuz I was late. Anyways on to pics. Here's what was in my oil pan Tore the L16 pretty much all the way down Here the oil that came out of the L20b And the clutch I had to use because i couldn't get a new one in time And here it is stabbing it into place Also polished up my wheels Before And after Cleaned it up a little bit for the datslocos monthly meet on Friday. Photo credit goes to dattokai Also relocated the battery to the back and polished up my bay a little bit. No pics of that. And cut out a hole in my tranny tunnel for driveline clearance. Going to weld it up when I find a welder someone will loan me. The next thing I have to do is throw on my single mikuni sidedraft. Can't wait to hear that puppy! But now my rear end is whining. So bad it makes my ears ring after I park it. I want to go with an rx7 rear end but I can't afford that right now. Hopefully i can find another solution soon because I don't want my car to be down anymore as its my DD. Till next time! 3 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 sweet update! Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 .....too much Crapface.... :no: :rofl: Quote Link to comment
Busta Nut Posted February 4, 2015 Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 Goon looked sweet at the Datslocos meet!! :thumbup: :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
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