Well done guys hope to see the way datsun should have built these cars soon in the flesh. Light datsuns with Nissan Cossies perfection.

What are the new restrictions on CA engines these days?
The info doesnt seem to be too clear

960kg with 3/4 tank of fuel. will go up a little more with the r32 rear brakes, stainless fuel tank and coils. so probably end up at 960kg dry with rear coils and stuff

going for noise test shortly...will see how that goes

new rules just seem to have got tighter on the actual figure that are used to figure out maximum capacity. basic formula is still tare x 2.5 for turbo and x3 for NA but the weight figure is a point of debate.

all i can say is if you get your car rego'd, put in 730kg for the tare, dont let them fill it out

and yeah cruise will be in order soon, just no one go and organise it when im mid way through coil conversion

95db for noise test. not bad for a straight through 3 inch exhaust

so its only weather thats going to hold me up now. might even try to get the brake test done during the week

also getting the stainless for the new fuel tank tomorrow so will start on making that soon too

Awesome dude. So you going to sell me your old fuel tank ?Will work well with DE wagon

will be cutting the fuel pump mounting flange out of it so it wont be a whole lot of use. will just be a standard tank with a big hole in it

Souns like a donut and about as useful as the hole in one of them. Would love to get some tips on how you modded the original tank, e.g what parts you used. You must be getting excited drawing nearer to legal CA wagon.

what i normally do is just cut all the fuel pump mounting section of a fuel tank out and then weld it into the 1200 one

for this one i used a early/mid 90s magna tank as the donor as it was a bit better than the commodore tanks i normally use. has a larger opening for the fuel pump to go in so its easier to fit a larger pump and holding bracket in there, also the standard magna pump is very similar to the walbro im running, same size, outlets and electrical connector, so you can use the standard magna wiring thats in the tank and the standard magna fuel pump bracket and rubber mounting

down side is i think its sticks out of the tank a little more than a commodore one so if room is tight it might be a bit harder to fit




you can see the section i welded in at the front of this tank, and if you look closely the hole at the back where i wanted the pump to go then figured out it couldn't fit
also cut the back corner of the tank off as it made removal and installation of the tank rather difficult as you cant get to the breather lines

then i drilled out the standard feed line and put an 8mm line in to use as the return

didnt baffle the tank as its a little hard to do without cutting a really large hole in the tank, in which case i would just put a swirl pot in anyway

havent had any fuel delivery issues with it and i've had the tank down to only about 3 litres of fuel once or twice

the sedan used to starve once you got to about a quarter tank and then turned hard to the right, like in round abouts and such. this doesnt really seem to have the same problem

will be good to have the engine and stuff signed off mainly so i can start doing the rear end of the car. going to cut out and fold up the stainless for the tank today and then hopefuly get a bit of it done over the weekend and figure out where im going to run the coilovers and how im going to make the arms so that they done run into everything

Magna, volvo and other car bits.... you are the bitsa master! :))

Most of it is nissan. But im not fussy, i use what is available and works

Have now started on the rear coils. Had final engineers inspection on the weekend so now just waiting for the certificate to arrive in the mail and then into vicroads to get it all official

so today i started on the new fuel tank. Got the basic shell done and got the baffles and swirl pot welded in. So just gotta do breathers, return line and the stuff in the top of the tank

tomorrow ill make a start on mocking up the rear crossmember in one of the other wagons

will try to remember to take the camera to gets pics

Cool, Thanks for the tip on magna stuff. Actually remembered i have a R31 tank same as the other CA wagon had and there a pretty damn easy fit. One of the other wagons Ay. I'm still chasing the chrome that goes under the rear quarter windows. Will buy them if ya willing to sell ?