edutechnic Posted July 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Drove to work this morning! Amazing...ly loud. I still have the manifold going to a water jet-cut flange to 2:1 collector and the rest of the exhaust isn't on the car yet, but I have the pieces. AFRs are looking good in Tuner Studio, and it continutes to auto tune it even better. No more rich breakup under high throttle now. The TO bearing is screeching like a mother though so that will have to come out soon :( Love the front disc brakes, even with the stock booster, love the KA 5 speed, and love that it's staying right in the mid 180s for coolant temp. We'll see how it does this evening on the trip home. When I first got her out of the garage: Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Like, ew Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Lightened the KA loom Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr New outer tie rods Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr We thank this BMW for his (fatherland!) contribution to this Datsun's life. Used these to make the 2:1 collector on the flange I designed/cut Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Got the fuel pump mounted a wee bit better. Need to drill and tap holes for these mounts to get rid of the metal zip ties Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Routed wideband O2 Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Had a kid Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Sucked at plasma cutting by hand (forgot to turn the machine up) Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Did some CAD (cardboard aided design. Source: Project Binky) Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Should have left the 2 holes as 2 holes, would have helped later when I welded the tubing to the flange Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Test Piece in mild steel on the plasma table Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Enough, it's water jet time Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Quick drill out to 1/2 on the stud holes and voila Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr KA collector is a bit bigger than the L18 Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Kill me now Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Bought a 4x4 Express van...wtf is wrong with me? Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr Did some CAD Untitled by Brad Buccambuso, on Flickr 3 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Good to hear it's out on the streets. :D 1 Quote Link to comment
edutechnic Posted July 8, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Good to hear it's out on the streets. :D Thanks Redeye...and them mounts!!! 2 Quote Link to comment
5t341tH Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 i love that cad modeling! 1 Quote Link to comment
The Engine Room Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 It looks like you figured out the problem with the wideband. What was it? 1 Quote Link to comment
edutechnic Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 It looks like you figured out the problem with the wideband. What was it? The problem was the O2 bung was about 2" from open air and it was pulling in air between pulses. Once I put the collector on, I instantly had good readings without any changes in wiring. Then it was just calibrating Tuner Studio to match what the Innovate gauge said with some guesswork. 2 Quote Link to comment
kaoss Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 Great thread, very clean truck. Thanks for posting. 1 Quote Link to comment
Shaggy620 Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 How did you do the steering flip I'm confused lol Thanks for the compliments, ya'll. I love the orange a LOT. My brother in law came up and we got started. He was engine rebuild duty, I was on engine pulling duty. It was rainy and cold and oh so much "fun." Well, here we were, all prepped up to put this thing back together...seems easy enough... Prepped the headgasket PO put on but never drove or even heat cycled the engine. We changed to a new head gasket after the head bolt fiasco. New head bolts. I read the head bolt torque sequence incorrectly by calling out 82ft-lbs...not degrees of rotation. It's 52ft-lbs boys and girls. 52. Fifty-two. Math problem for the day: 2 hours later. I would like to attribute our success to vulgarity, BIL tenacity, and multiple approaches to problem solving: Drill it out Drill a hole for the ez out Break the ez out vulgarity Buy 2 mor ez outs Drill out the ez out Fail at drilling ez out metal vulgarity Try to reach in there with a shaved screw driver and a crap ton of tungsten stickout to turn it vulgarity Resort back to drilling Cut multiple ez outs as the pilot holes degraded Vulgarity got the ez out to bite, removed the bolt Sorted. Thank you BIL. On with the engine assembly. As I've' mentioned, the PO of this engine was a retard on wheels, and stripped out 3 separate bolt holes in the head: Oil pan, timing cover, exhaust manifold. And started a few bolts in crooked. I bought a tap and die set and got to work. Drilled out the oil pan bolt from m6 1.0 to m8 1.25 Exhaust manifold bolt from m8 1.25 to m10 1.5 Was accidentally sent two passenger-side swap mounts (sounds like something I'm supposed to do, Redeye, much love, the mounts are amazing quality) The replacement and a shipping voucher was sent, that's super nice/responsive/awesome. I ain't even mad (read: I have multiple days left to complete this swap yet..) Multiple head-to-timing cover bolts missing. At this point, I hadn't tapped the stripped holes yet. I just decided to go to the hardware store and buy long versions of m6, m8, m10, and m12 (incorrect, there aren't m12 bolts on this thing ;) and cut them to length, as needed. Worked out great. I mean, who doesn't love putting bolts in vice grips and using a cut off wheel for that custom fit Nissan can't give you. Decided to address the 240 trans. It was, disgusting, but you can see the aluminum shining through like a beautiful sunrise. Took paint thinner, a nylon brush, and a wire wheel on a drill, followed by a gasoline shower to get the metal automotive part visible again. This was after 5 minutes of scrubbing that area. Need an after shot when I get home but it was midnight, I wreaked of gas, and it was cold. Centerlink time! My BIL tried to get the joints apart with my HF ball joint separator, which is tough as nails, but it was a no go. I'm sure he loosened it for me. I changed the pivot point on it and hid behind the grill like the wussy boy that I am and held the impact on until BANG. Driver side came off clean. Then the passenger side, which may have been a little bent, went 2x as long with the impact, and broke at the threads, and shot the centerlink 5 feet up in the air, landing here Too close for comfort. Here is the joint, and the Goforitoffroad.com flip kit, finger tight. Ordered a new inner tie rod from Autozone Performance Parts and More. Bog monster. The alternative to filling the joint with grease is baptism by immersion. I hope this has room to be squished on a wee bit more. I also test fit my BMW E30 rack out of morbid curiosity. It's about 6" too long...rack & pinion dreams... This is shiny. I like this. Soooo, the next two days will be EGR delete, transmission beautification, fitup, and driveshaft shortening, wheel powder coating and tire mounting, and over the weekend, if all goes right, wiring and fuel. Hoping to drive this thing next week! 1 Quote Link to comment
WAGON JON Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 KA-hillaaahhh build so far! Much props! Like all the shiny parts! :) 1 Quote Link to comment
2wheel-lee Posted May 31, 2017 Report Share Posted May 31, 2017 How did you do the steering flip I'm confused lol Google "tie rod flip kit" This is very common for Jeeps and other offroad vehicles and a few other applications as well. 1 Quote Link to comment
CekGarage Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 It has been a bit since this thread was updated. However, through blown head gasket, bad parts, a move, a switch over to Speeduino ECU, lack of brakes, no seats, and cooling problems, we got a chance to work on the truck together. I took a moment to go and visit Brad this past weekend. Not only did we get the truck running and driving, but we had fun and I got bored and recorded it for some fun. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GD6snTuPKs (I am also posting this in hopes that he will stay motivated and get the truck finished up) 1 Quote Link to comment
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