Malachi Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Hello everyone, I have decided to start a build thread on my 71 510. I got the car more than a year ago and have been working on it sense. I'm currently 17 and this is my first project car, also it's my only car so I drive it every day. I bought it from a guys that had it sitting on his property for 20years with no engine, tranny or seats. I will now give a list of every thing I've done to it. -Engine -L18 from 74 620 bored/honed 1mm over and decked.The crank is std/std.Head is a A87 close chamber with new valves,guides,steel seats and was machined at a shop. -I rebuilt the engine with new pistons,rings,bearings,fel-pro gaskets,oil pump,timing kit, freeze plugs,spark plugs,plug wires, and excedy clutch. - L20b cam,match box distributor, mallory coil,weber down draft carb, IR alternator, and aluminum radiator. -Drivetrain -1980 280zx 5speed, techno toy crossmember, and shortened driveline -Brakes/Suspension - New components for rear drums, 280zx front brakes, t3 coilover kit with 175lb spring, mr2 KYB inserts,t3 RCA's, ball joints, sway bar links, tie rod ends, control arm bushings, tc rod bushings, and brake lines. -exterior -280zx rims painstacinly painted and polished, new clear side markers, H4 halo headlights, Bmw ellipsoid's with 5000k hid bulbs, New 185/60/14 tires, 5% tinted rear windows. -Interior -Wink mirror, grant gt wheel, mahogany shifter knob,vintage stereo with amp and speakers, front seats from my uncle, and I got the rear seat at eagle rock. I'm sure I left some stuff out but that's where I'm at with it and I'm constantly working on it so I will be posting everything here. 8 Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Nice build. Welcome to ratsun. Post up some pics of interior :) Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Cool love the build did you get cam tower shims from Silver Seal? since you milled the head Quote Link to comment
Malachi Posted April 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Cool love the build did you get cam tower shims from Silver Seal? since you milled the head The head came with cam tower shims and I only had the chamber side of the head surfaced, so I was able to achieve proper rocker geometry. Quote Link to comment
Malachi Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Today I washed my car and took some high quality pics 2 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 looks great Welcome to Ratsun and nice first post a build thread with pics :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: 1 Quote Link to comment
5150 Wll Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Nice job and good attention to detail!! Looking good Quote Link to comment
Malachi Posted May 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 I bought some 86 Dodge D-50 springs for my car. Here is the ride height before. Now here is how it sits with one coil cut off the D-50 springs. My friends think my car is slammed, lol obviously they have never seen a 510 that is actually slammed. 5 Quote Link to comment
hobospyder Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 But the big voice? I like them rims though 1 Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 Solid execution! Looks good man. Quote Link to comment
Malachi Posted May 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 Today I had my car aligned at the tires shop, in preperation for the Datsloco swap meet being that it is a 3hour drive for me and my car was pulling slightly to the side. Here are the specs. Currently I don't have adjustable TC rods. The guy at the tire shop said my Caster should be some were between 1.5-2.5 degrees. I'm wondering how much caster you guys run, I drive my car daily but I care more about handling than tire life. Also I plan on auto crossing. Quote Link to comment
izzo Posted May 20, 2016 Report Share Posted May 20, 2016 I do alignments for a living. They could of printed off the other sheet and it would have been easier for you to read. I do believe that's WinAlign from Hunter. Quote Link to comment
fisch Posted May 21, 2016 Report Share Posted May 21, 2016 Nice 4-door, reminds me of mine! Quote Link to comment
dukerollo Posted May 22, 2016 Report Share Posted May 22, 2016 Cool build. Especially for someone your age and for the car being your daily, that makes things tough. I look forward to where you take this. Quote Link to comment
Malachi Posted May 24, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 I had a great time at the Datslocos show in Manteca, here are the goodies I bought. I got this brake booster, I hooked it to vacuum and it seemed to be working properly. I will need to bend new lines from the master to the junction block and I'm going to uses a 15/16 master I got off my 280zx. I also bought these rocker trim pieces, it's hard to see in the picture but they are very strait and dent free. I need to make brackets for the ends. And a yellow Ratsun decal, I put it on the more ratty side off the car B) 1 Quote Link to comment
tr8er Posted May 24, 2016 Report Share Posted May 24, 2016 Welcome. Nice Datsun. Quote Link to comment
Malachi Posted June 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 I did a couple things to my car last weekend. I cut the unneeded brackets off my throttle linkage. I bought some new rims that popped up on craigslist, sadly the tires are cracked and I just got new tires on my other rims so I will not be running the new rims for awhile. I also installed my brake booster and it works great. I bought a line bending tool at harbor freight, used it to bended new brake lines for the master. 2 Quote Link to comment
Jester Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 looks great Welcome to Ratsun and nice first post a build thread with pics :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: What he said. I love it when the younger guys come out and build a kick ass car. Your doing it right kid. Your BUILDING a car instead of just buying a newer one. And you will know every inch of that thing, trust me. 2 Quote Link to comment
an_orange_s2k Posted June 2, 2016 Report Share Posted June 2, 2016 nice! love that drop 1 Quote Link to comment
Malachi Posted July 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2016 I've got a few things done this summer so far. First thing I did was installed a cheap little tach on my steering column. The Tach works great and can't be beat for the price. I than installed my dual electric fans that came with my radiator, with a Hayden adjustable rely kit that works excellent. I had to offset the fans to make them fit. Next I bought a turbo thrust muffler and payed a local exhaust shop to run 2in pipe form the down pipe back. He did a nice job on the angles, It's a good 1in-1.5in high than the old one. No more rubbing on speed bumps when I have 4 people in the car. The exhaust sound is nice and deep, plus it's not as loud on the freeway but louder when I put my foot down. The latest thing I have done is replacing the window felts with new ones form Taiwan. WOW! what a deference, the car sounds so much more solid when I'm driving it. 6 Quote Link to comment
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