banzai510(hainz) Posted April 15, 2021 Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 (edited) PM icehouse on here. To anwser your question I assume YES. Your stock Datsun 521 ON key wire (blk whit)will more or less turn on this box ) and i think the START wire will be used also for the fuel pump. the ECU stuff will hook up to this Can AM box to power and give the correct signals for the fuel pump. KA engine harness ECU ect..... You dont not have to fuck up the 521 harness you just make a jumper plug to plug in to them, incase you want to go back to stock. eample the 12key On and 12volt Key START. you can make a 12volt powerstrip and mount on side if you need more 12volt source. But read this article forward and backwards and hopefully you get this, Hate to see another 521 truck be a goner. also to note your 521 uses Metric nuts and bolts on the motor. Body ,brake parts are all SAE size so dont cross thread bolts if mixmatched lying around. later 620 trucks are ALL METRIC!!!! Edited April 15, 2021 by banzai510(hainz) 1 Quote Link to comment
Zonargx Posted April 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 All good I’m just waiting on my can-am box and the throttle body. Hopefully by mid next week I’ll be getting started with it. I just need to put that engine and trans in so I can measure the drive shaft length and send it into to be made. The rest of the stuff could be tackles down easier. 1 Quote Link to comment
Zonargx Posted April 16, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2021 I rather invest money on an old school car than have a new one and later have to pay more in more complicated parts. 2 Quote Link to comment
d.p Posted April 17, 2021 Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Why not both my man?? Best of both worlds. 2 Quote Link to comment
Zonargx Posted April 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Don’t get me wrong they are nice and some reliable and not that expensive. But I rather have something old school. A car that has some style to it and looks olds-cool 1 Quote Link to comment
Zonargx Posted April 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 @d.p what car is that I can’t tell if it’s a bmw,gti or like an Evo or maybe Kia stinger 1 Quote Link to comment
Zonargx Posted April 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 Ka head is back from the machine shop. Intake cleaned and painted. @]2eDeYe brackets clear coated...I love the raw look of the heating and welding. 4 Quote Link to comment
Zonargx Posted April 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 I got an egr delete and I’m not gonna be running any extra coolant line as to not actually having an heater core in the truck or fan 1 Quote Link to comment
Zonargx Posted April 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2021 (edited) I heard that bbs went bankrupt or something and no more bbs . i had a 93 e36 325i(72,000mile)with the lsd rear diff with the 5 speed.that thing was probably my most favorite fuel injected car I ever owned haha Edited April 17, 2021 by Zonargx 1 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 On 4/17/2021 at 10:28 AM, Zonargx said: heard that bbs went bankrupt NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love BBS 008 meshs Is that Redeyes engine mounts? 3 Quote Link to comment
Zonargx Posted April 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 Yup they are. I love the bbs mesh on bmws 1 Quote Link to comment
d.p Posted April 19, 2021 Report Share Posted April 19, 2021 No way BBS is bankrupt, if anything someone will just buy them or their name and keep making them. I have had BBS LMs, BBS RS-GTs, BBS CH, CH-Rs, love BBS, VOLK and HRE. 1 Quote Link to comment
d.p Posted April 20, 2021 Report Share Posted April 20, 2021 Dude they are still making and selling wheels so I don't know what to tell you. Not to mention there is also BBS USA and BBS Japan which may have 0 affiliation with Germany. Also this is the 3rd time they declared bankruptcy in 13 years. And Bankruptcy doesn't immediately equate no longer being in business either. 1 Quote Link to comment
Zonargx Posted April 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2021 Oh well if I ever get me another car in my I really want list it would be an e30 and do a m52 swap with some chrome black bbs wheels car color brown 1 Quote Link to comment
Zonargx Posted April 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) i went on and installed the tranny first will be putting this guy in tomorrow not sure if I’ll be able to start it up.I just want the measurement for the drive shaft so they can get started ASAP on making it. Edited April 25, 2021 by Zonargx 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 25, 2021 Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 Looks good. You might want to shoot your pictures from a different angle so Mr Tanker does not get upset that you have more Snap On boxes than he does! LOL 2 Quote Link to comment
greenthumb Posted April 25, 2021 Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 10 hours ago, Zonargx said: i went on and installed the tranny first will be putting this guy in tomorrow not sure if I’ll be able to start it up.I just want the measurement for the drive shaft so they can get started ASAP on making it. Put the trans on you say? If that’s the s chassis 5 speed, I don’t think you can swing that up and in because of the fixed trans crossmember in the 521. I had to install mine separately. Trans in tunnel first and then dropped KA in and reattached trans in place. I hate doing it this way, but short of cutting the rad support, which I was not going to do, I couldn’t get enough swing to get the trans tail up enough to get it over the trans crossmember without the crank pulley fouling on the rad support. YMMV 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Zonargx Posted April 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 @greenthumbthats exactly what I did I meant I went ahead and installed the transmission on first into the truck then put the engine in. I was starting to loose it cuz I couldn’t get my engine into the trans. It would t go all the way in. I found a guide pin on the middle top of the engine that kept it from going in.s14 engine with s13 transmission. Anyways I also cut the torsion bar bolts to get the transmission to sit flush 1 Quote Link to comment
Zonargx Posted April 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 Ps I have a lot of cuts all over my arms and hands. Pretty easy install put to many little shit that get in the way. Also I’m gonna have to get some headers this exhaust manifold is right on the way of the ebrake 1 Quote Link to comment
d.p Posted April 25, 2021 Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 Nice work. Is the trans in? 2 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted April 25, 2021 Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) Change to a 620/720 ebrake cable setup and do away with the all the bellcrank on the frame. Edited April 25, 2021 by Charlie69 1 Quote Link to comment
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