About time I posted, I suppose!!

Recently bought this 120Y with the CA already fitted, but have been making some upgrades & improvements! The conversion was done well but a few things were a little agricultural for my liking, so I'm sorting these out bit by bit. I'm also changing the stuff I didn't like to make it into "my" car.

Currently the details are:

1978 Datsun 120Y 4d Sedan
CA18DET / Haltech / GT28R / 5sp
Stock 120Y open diff
252rwhp @ 16psi
13.5 @ 109mph (2.5 60ft)

Absolute hoot to drive, good on fuel as well. A few pictures, for anyone interested.

Skinnies



This is behind the grille:



Summing up my traction issues with this diff/tyre setup



Currently making improvements to the and intercooler intake piping, shortening an R31 diff to fit, and completing upgrades to the fuel system. Hoping to be back out at the drags soon to crack a 12 on this turbo.

After that, am planning a larger turbo and built motor, but one things at a time!!!

welcome bud,nice score, looks familiar?stock open diff!!

Those two guys in your boot should fix traction problems. They come with the car?

Car was build ~12 months ago, and is from North QLD, so don't imagine it would be particularly well known.

Yes, stock open diff... holding up fine so far... no grinding noises or anything! I have an R31 diff that I'm cutting down to go in shortly, just gotta finish my cooler mods & new piping first.

It was still wheelspinning a tiny bit even with the guys in the boot. The tyres on it are absolute junk, and the lack of an LSD doesn't help things.

Ok well after much ado, I finally have some road wheels! A surprisingly expensive exercise in the end (three sets of wheels, one set of hubcaps, a round of powdercoating and a set of tyres), but after all that I'm quite happy with the result.

The other good thing is that having it rolling again also allows me to start making serious progress on the diff upgrade which is much delayed/long overdue.

I'll take some better pics in better light tomorrow, my camera phone simply doesn't cope with taking pictures at night. Still, this is enough to give you an idea what it looks like. Want to change wheelnuts and organise some basic centrecaps but you get the general idea.




Also making slow-but-steady progress on the boot trimming. This being the first real trimming I've done I had some initial issues, but now it's coming along nicely.

Again the pics are crap, I'll get a better one when I can get at the car in some daylight!

Been doing a bit of tinkering on the beast again. All the new rims are on, boot trimming is finished, and I've painted & fitted up the towbar.

Also spent a fair bit of time tidying up the engine bay, powdercoated the cam covers, tidied up some general wiring and hoses and replaced some bits and pieces and got my head around a lot of stuff that was done before I bought the car.

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I've also got new brakes all 'round, hopefully they should arrive shortly. Slotted rotors & QFM pads front & rear, and new fluid. Should make a fair improvement on the existing gear which although an upgrade is just straight from a half cut with old rotors & rubbish pads. Will post some pics when that's done :)

Wohoo!

Looks good with those black wheels, like a Bee should.

Cheers!

Also, it's hard to see in the pics but the towbar is black (ish) too and it all looks fairly tidy.

The body is annoying me but I'll leave it alone for now. I'm not a perfectionist but it's something I'd like to look at doing in future.