Snohomishdatsun guy Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 The stuff you wackos do is amazing. So many ideas on my build... Your car will be one hella machine. 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted October 11, 2021 Report Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Snohomishdatsun guy said: The stuff you wackos do is amazing. So many ideas on my build... Your car will be one hella machine. Thanks! We try. Quote Link to comment
goes2fast Posted October 12, 2021 Report Share Posted October 12, 2021 On 10/4/2021 at 9:13 AM, datsunfreak said: Mine, but old pic. It's gone now. 😁 You might have sold a little too soon, I just read an article about how these cars are shooting up in value. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2021 On 10/11/2021 at 10:12 PM, goes2fast said: You might have sold a little too soon Selling too soon and too cheap. 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted October 14, 2021 Report Share Posted October 14, 2021 I accomplished quite a bit today. Unfortunately, I only took pictures of the coil mount and wiring... which I will have to direct y'all to the instant grams to see because... well, I'm a Luddite and refuse to learn how to post pictures here. I'm sure John will post more later. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2021 10 hours ago, dimlight65 said: I'm sure John will post more later. Tail light loom going in, left side done... Routing and trimming wires for the right side... Right side done... And dizzy/coil wiring done... And yes, that is a stunt coil. We will install a new one shortly. But that coil bracket mod, though... 👌 2 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 Took our first ever go at making a set of bespoke spark plug wires using red 8mm stuff from Summit, featuring the patent pending Dimlight Racing wire separators While I struggled with that, Tim finished routing and terminating the wiring on the other side... 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 This is sooo much better than the "Spaghetti Mess" I would have made by cannibalizing a set of bespoke V8 wires, running whatever hodge-podge lengths that kit had, and letting it flop wherever it wanted to flop. I'm super grateful to John for a) "taking the tools out of my hands," thus forcing a prettier solution on me, and 2) "taking the tools out of my hands" by building the wires. 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted October 16, 2021 Report Share Posted October 16, 2021 2 hours ago, datsunfreak said: Ok, John. You were right. The blue wire to the water temp sender is too long. I'm going to shorten it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted October 17, 2021 Report Share Posted October 17, 2021 (edited) On 10/14/2021 at 7:34 AM, datsunfreak said: But that coil bracket mod, though... 👌 Ugh, I can't wait until the red Blaster II coil is in it. That old thing in there is driving me cra-cra with its grottiness. Edited October 17, 2021 by dimlight65 1 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 Left side tail light harness, fuel pump wiring, and battery charger wiring routed... Right side done, but won't really be tidy until we put in a battery... We got tired of looking at the remnants of the old license plate holder, so we finally did something about it. It still has the holes for mounting the plate, which are supposed to hold the top edge of the plate, but we decided to do something different with them. The hole you see in the panel there will most likely be used for a license plate light of some sort. We also cleaned up the cut below for the exhaust tip to come through... Funny how just putting in the lights makes it start to look like a real car again. And yes, they will come back out again for paint... 1 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted October 21, 2021 Report Share Posted October 21, 2021 9 hours ago, datsunfreak said: We also cleaned up the cut below for the exhaust tip to come through... He's using the "Royal 'We'" there... HE did all that beautification work y'all see there. Mainly because he doesn't trust me to do cosmetic work! 2 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted October 23, 2021 Report Share Posted October 23, 2021 Today's progress report is up on the instant grams. Basically, I installed the MSD Blaster II coil, and used a BSP to NPT adapter to install the oil pressure sensor. After that, I got tucked in to wiring the stuff that the under-hood relays are going to power. And yes, that headlight connector is too short to reach a headlight. But to quote Captain Lincoln F. Sternn, "Relax Charley, I got an angle." Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 I bought Tim an early birthday present... 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted October 26, 2021 Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 Blue wire... pull the slack back into the cab out of sight. Why is this just single plug?????? Dual plugs are way better. Shorter burn time so ignition advance is much much less. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, datzenmike said: Why is this just single plug?????? Dual plugs are way better. Shorter burn time so ignition advance is much much less. 4 plug engines look better, are easier/cheaper to maintain, and are a fair bit less complex. Also, this was originally a 4 plug engine (1980 model A10). Why buy/add a bunch of parts you don't really "need"? Edited October 26, 2021 by datsunfreak Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 1 hour ago, datzenmike said: Blue wire... pull the slack back into the cab out of sight. That would work, but at this stage, it's a hell of a lot less work to just shorten it. 😁 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted October 26, 2021 Report Share Posted October 26, 2021 Agree, if 4 plug then don't bother. Ah, I thought it was a Z22 or Z24 so this is a Z20 then. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 27, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2021 18 hours ago, datzenmike said: Agree, if 4 plug then don't bother. Ah, I thought it was a Z22 or Z24 so this is a Z20 then. This is a Z20S, but we have a Z22E as a backup plan just in case. 👍 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 28, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2021 (edited) In order to finish the wiring for the front lights/fan/etc we needed to finalize the location of the radiator, and which radiator we were going to use. We had 3 new radiators to choose from and ended settling on a MK1 VW Rabbit/Jetta radiator. It is a good size/capacity for the engine, but small enough to fit well in the available space. The lower mounts are pins on the bottom of the radiator so we made some aluminium brackets to hold those (along with silicone rubber bushings of course)... When mounted it is going to lean back ever so slightly so that we can mount the electric fan on the outside between the radiator and grill... This radiator location necessitated moving the oil filter about 2" further to the right side as it was rubbing the radiator. This won't be much of a change for the final set up, but better to move it now than after we've already made hoses for it. Access to remove it is still good and it doesn't seem to be in the way of anything here... We should be able to make top mounts for it Saturday, and hopefully some kind of "shelf" above it to act as a cover/air block. But the good thing is that now we can finish routing and terminating all the wiring for the lights/fan/etc (that bundle of wires you see in the last photo). We wanted to run it under the radiator and now it looks like we can. 👍 Edited October 28, 2021 by datsunfreak 5 Quote Link to comment
dimlight65 Posted October 30, 2021 Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 Photo dump on the instant grams. Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted October 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2021 Also a few I took... Tim mounted the fan... Tim made some upper radiator hold tabs... Loom getting sorted to go under radiator... Fan wiring sorted... It comes around the side to the fan switch... 2 Quote Link to comment
datsunfreak Posted November 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 The wheels Tim recently bought for this had an issue fitting the car. There is this weird step lip inside the center bore that was keeping it from seating all the way onto the hub. We considered a few different options like spacers (pushes the wheel out too far) and having a machine shop remove it (they are all scared to modify wheels), and I had a wacky idea. I have an old Bosch router at home that is sort of on its last legs, and a few cheapish flush trim bits, so I figured why not? 😁 And yes, I tried it on a piece of scrap aluminum first... It worked out surprisingly well. Just had to go slow and be super careful. Will try to test fit it on the car tomorrow, but my confidence level is high. 👍 Main debate now is to do this to just 2 wheels, or do all 4. The rears won't have this issue, so... 1 Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 2 hours ago, datsunfreak said: It worked out surprisingly well. Just had to go slow and be super careful. Funny, just last night I saw a show on Motortrend where a guy was making a piece of aluminum trim for a door panel. He did the finish work with a hand router (with template) and he used dish soap as a lube / coolant. I made a mental note to myself as I have never seen that before.. 2 Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted November 2, 2021 Report Share Posted November 2, 2021 I've seen a few guys pull that trick. Long as they were careful it always seemed to work decently. The dish soap cutting lube is a neat idea. Glad it worked for you. I would just do all 4 then you don't ever have to think about it again. 2 Quote Link to comment
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