The car was undercoated in the past and it preserved the undercarriage fairly well. Here you can see the original silver paint. The steering rack was much easier to remove than I thought.

Sway bars will be replaced with ST front and rear, 25mm/19mm with Energy poly bushings and NOS NISMO poly endlink bushings.

New tires for the SSR Mesh! Kumho 225/50/15.

Out with the rear...

05 STI 3.90 LSD R180 with Datsun Restomods CV axles. And my refinished SSR Formula Mesh.

Time to pull the motor and trans!

Nowadays I am prepping the suspension components and engine bay. I'm sandblasting the suspension components and they will be painted with Master Series products: Mastercoat and the AG111 Top Coat.

I also hired a mobile welder to weld in sway bar reinforcement plates. He did a great job.

Wow, you work quick! ?

Love the wheel choice for the look you're going for. Tell us about the engine build plans. 

3 hours ago, Geoff's 240z said:

Wow, you work quick! ?

Love the wheel choice for the look you're going for. Tell us about the engine build plans. 

The engine is from my wrecked 1973 with approximately 4000 miles on it. Bored 10.0:1 F54 L28, polished crank, $1100 port job on the E88 head, oversize stainless steel valves, Schneider "Stage 3" cam kit with "10k rpm springs." Paired with SUs, Clifford Research 6-2 header, and 2.5" exhaust, the engine dynoed at 129 rwhp/ 140 rwtq at 6000 ft altitude which translates to about 160 hp/tq at sea level. My timing was off and the shop wouldn't let me make any adjustments. The SUs ran out of air at 6300rpms at elevation.

Now I'm rocking Datsun Competition Mikuni 44s and a Fujitsubo stainless 48mm primary 6-2 header and twin 60mm pipe exhaust.

Next on the performance block will be a one-off cam from Steve Bonk originally ground for the new John Morton car. He wouldn't tell me the specs until I paid! Great guy.

Here's a photo of the motor in my 73.

 

Edited May 24, 20204 yr by 73str86
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21 minutes ago, 73str86 said:

 the engine dynoed at 140 rwhp/rwtq at 6000 ft altitude which translates to about 160 hp/tq at sea level. My timing was off and the shop wouldn't let me make any adjustments. The SUs ran out of air at 6300rpms at elevation.

That's pretty high up there in RPM.  Curious about the hp/tq?  Usually they're reported separately.  Which is which?  And where/when?  The curves would be nice to see.

Edited May 24, 20204 yr by Zed Head