Finally made some progress on the car. I got all of the suspension painted, then went ahead and got the engine bay painted. The funny part is that during the painting process I kept laying down the basecoat and it just didn't seem to look as good as I wanted. After a couple coats I was satisfied, but the color just wasn't right. After I rolled the car out into the light, I was shocked at how well it looked. Here are some pictures












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So now with the engine bay and under the car painted, And since everything was mocked up prior, I can now begin the assembly of the car. YAY ME!!!!

I went in yesterday and got the engine bay and under car painted in POR-15 rust encapsulating paint to keep the car from having a future rust problem. I get to scuff the engine bay and finally lay color down tomorrow!!!! Pics to come for sure!

I might have to take some time from the project to get my Datsun 720 back on the road again. I put a KA24E in it about a year ago and the valves never have seated right and I think I dropped a valve this afternoon. No smoke, no loss in oil pressure and no scuffing in the cylinder walls, but a definite loss of compression in one of the cylinders.

On the suspension, what you see in the pictures is the stock stuff, but I have prepped and installed 310 front suspension and brakes.

I've been on here so much that I forgot my car is left hand drive.

Love the wheels more Pics- lOoks painted now almOst.

What did you do with suspension?

Nice work, weird looking at all the stuff on the other side than I'm used to! Kinda make some things harder and some easier too I bet!

So I was given a set of Konig B.Bomb wheels 15x7 zero offset with 195/50R15 tires. I'm flaring the fenders a bit, but what do you think?




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I WAS going to use these wheels from a pulsar, but I decided against them. Anybody in the US need a set of four?

So here is where I mounted the motor in the car and mocked up the motor mounts. After all was setting right, I pulled it all out and haven't had the motor in since. Basically cleaning up all the dirty crap, fixing rust and replacing suspension is what has gone on in 6 months.

First I started with the motor on a cherry picker and a jack


I got it positioned exactly where I wanted it




Then with it in position I went ahead and began making the motor mounts. Pretty much went the Mad Dat style, but decided to go with factory S13 motor mounts






With the mounts in place I got the transmission in place and fabricated the transmission crossmember and retained the factory bolts. I will add some bracing, but the member is pretty stout


With the mounts set in the car and using a stumpy trans, the shifter comes up right through the factory auto trans hole dead center. And yes, I'm using the factory console for sure!


And this is what the car looks like from the bottom with the motor and transmission installed


And this is the result with the stock sway bar


Here's the motor in the engine bay mounted

Here's the CA18DE I got off of ebay for about $750. Complete with ECU uncut harness, accessories, etc - SWEET!



Poor engine bay! I think it misses having the A-series in her!


Here is a shot of the interior before we really got rolling on the project. Auto shifter is still half installed

So this is as close to the first picture that I have of the car.

Unfamilia - as for the CA, I'll keep it stock with the exception of the MAF which I intend to use a Z32. I have an Apexi SAFC II to convert the maf signal to the right one. Quad throttle bodies would be pretty awesome!

demacoz - As for the wiring, I sorted it out about 6 months ago before we took the car apart in preparation for paint. I happen to like wiring. I am using the electronic speed sensor in the stumpy 71b with no trouble, the speedometer is fully electronic and programmable. Turns out that the speed sensor signal goes into the cluster where it reforms the signal into something the ECU can understand. I simply took a cluster apart, isolated the board that converts the signal and have the signal going out from that to the ECU and the speedometer.

darrenwilson - pictures are on the way