Release The Kraken ...

[Skib]

On 4/8/2022 at 6:57 AM, ]2eDeYe said:

Nice work, good to see you have a complete running Datto again

 

Still working out the kinks but its doing very well so far.

 

Been super nice this weekend so I finally got some time to make some -10AN lines for the oil cooler.

Iv been doing a lot of stuff to try and bullet proof the things that have all left us stranded at one time or another because of some dumb failure lol

 

 

 

[datsunfreak]

Godfather theme, or???  😄

[Skib]

10 hours ago, datsunfreak said:

Godfather theme, or???  😄

 

 

Dixie of course 🤣

 

[Lozer]

Project is looking awesome.  How was tuning the MS? Do you know a guy? Love the hood.

[Skib]

On 5/5/2022 at 9:54 AM, Lozer said:

Project is looking awesome.  How was tuning the MS? Do you know a guy? Love the hood.

 

Once I had all the settings correct tuning has been pretty easy.

Iv got input from other MS guys but tuning wise Iv been doing it all myself.

 

Im still waiting on a dyno day to have someone better than me smooth out as much as possible,

but its been running and driving good, Iv put about 300 miles on it so far.

[Lozer]

On 5/11/2022 at 12:02 PM, Skib said:

 

Once I had all the settings correct tuning has been pretty easy.

Iv got input from other MS guys but tuning wise Iv been doing it all myself.

 

Im still waiting on a dyno day to have someone better than me smooth out as much as possible,

but its been running and driving good, Iv put about 300 miles on it so far.

 

 

Thats exciting, I think im gonna pull the trigger on mine this winter.

[Skib]

Got the car out to its first show at the Datslocos swap meet

 

 

 

[Skib]

Finally got to the dash. Pulled the harness and made a bunch of repairs and added the plugs for the new gauges ect.

 

This dash was not just cracked but so warped the cap wouldn't ever come close to fit.

I had to take the fap disk to the pad and use every clamp in the shop lol

 

3D printed some adapters for the speed hut gauges.

 

 

 

 

[datzenmike]

Nice idle oil pressure.... KA pump?

[Skib]

1 hour ago, datzenmike said:

Nice idle oil pressure.... KA pump?

 

Stock L28et pump, but also high output.

 

runs up to 50-60psi at full load.

[datzenmike]

I thought only the ET automatics with oil coolers had them. Is that an early turbo engine? they were all automatics.

[Skib]

1 hour ago, datzenmike said:

I thought only the ET automatics with oil coolers had them. Is that an early turbo engine? they were all automatics.

 

They all had the oil pump, but just the autos had the cooler.
That oil pressure is with a large oil cooler with -10AN lines too.

 

Its an 82/83 with T5 or, was anyway lol nothing left of what's specific for those but the trans really.

[Skib]

Finally got some door panels for this car.

 

Spent way to long getting the door window actuator and locks dialed in.

Adjusting door glass is a pain lol but finally have a complete interior so it feels so much less like driving around in a project.

 

 

keen eyed Z people... whats off about this picture...

 

 

[datzenmike]

It's the big/little things that pay off big time when enjoying your ride. Not much fun having to push outwards on the glass every time you roll up the window. Good going.

[datsunfreak]

9 hours ago, Skib said:

keen eyed Z people... whats off about this picture...

 

All those black screws, the missing chrome from the wood strip, the missing arm rest screw cover... Or is it something else?  😁

[datsunfreak]

FYI, any time I have to screw down a trim panel, I use these. Gives it a more finished look. 👍

[Skib]

5 hours ago, datsunfreak said:

 

All those black screws, the missing chrome from the wood strip, the missing arm rest screw cover... Or is it something else?  😁

 

lol yes, but also no.

 

Clips in 50 year old carboard is nonsense lol so I went with M6 button heads. 

And Im 3d printing some screw covers for the arm rest. 

 

Something less obvious is there lol

[datzenmike]

Chrome strip on arm rest.

[Skib]

nope lol

[datzenmike]

[datsunfreak]

17 minutes ago, Skib said:

nope lol

 

for some reason, I wanna say that door escutcheon is for a 1200/620, not a Z...

[datsunfreak]

Or is it just that this is a 280Z door panel on a 240Z?  

[Skib]

13 minutes ago, datsunfreak said:

Or is it just that this is a 280Z door panel on a 240Z?  

 

lol pretty close... it is in fact not 240Z door panel at all.... because its got 260z doors on it 😂

Fun facts, there are physical door differences between the series one 240z, 72-73, 74-76, 77-78

They just couldn't stop fucking with them apparently lol

[datsunfreak]

4 hours ago, Skib said:

 

lol pretty close... it is in fact not 240Z door panel at all.... because its got 260z doors on it 😂

Fun facts, there are physical door differences between the series one 240z, 72-73, 74-76, 77-78

They just couldn't stop fucking with them apparently lol

 

You know how most automakers are, especially on higher end models. If you can't change the whole car every few years, you need to change all the stuff on it to keep it "fresh". These days it is unfathomable to see a car company keep making the same car for 10 years without a complete overhaul. 

 

Well, except Nissan. They made the 370Z for 11 years. And the R35 Skyline for 14 years (and still counting). And the D40 Frontier for 18 years. 

 

Geez those guys hold onto a car forever...  😄

Edited July 29, 2022 by datsunfreak

[iceman510]

52 minutes ago, datsunfreak said:

 

And the D40 Frontier for 18 years. 

 

 

C'mon, be fair.  It was only 16 years.😉