Malachi's Yellow 510

[Malachi]

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.

 

 

 

[Lockleaf]

Nice build. Welcome to ratsun. Post up some pics of interior :)

[Josh K.]

Looking good! 

[Draker]

Nice work!!

[banzai510(hainz)]

Cool love the build

 

did you get cam tower shims from Silver Seal? since you milled the head

[maswov]

Looking good!

[Colbino]

YES!

[Malachi]

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.

[Malachi]

Today I washed my car and took some high quality pics

 

[Ranman72]

looks great 

Welcome to Ratsun and nice first post 

a build thread with pics  :thumbup:  :thumbup:  :thumbup:  :thumbup:

[5150 Wll]

Nice job and good attention to detail!!  Looking good

[Malachi]

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.

[hobospyder]

But the big voice?

 

I like them rims though

[Draker]

Solid execution! Looks good man.

[Malachi]

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.

[izzo]

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.

[fisch]

Nice 4-door, reminds me of mine!

[dukerollo]

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.

[Malachi]

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)

[tr8er]

Welcome. Nice Datsun.

[KoHeartsGPA]

Sweet dime!

[Malachi]

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.

 

[Jester]

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. 

[an_orange_s2k]

nice! love that drop

[Malachi]

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.