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I love it!!! I thought the 350 was boring. This one took care of the areas the 350 was lacking IMO.

Indeed^

Since there are so many older japanese cars popping up here locally (especially 510's ) I figured I would go ahead and start on my long time goal of creating a club and website. So I just purchased the domain midatlanticjcc.com Midatlantic Japanese Classic Car Club. 1985 and older Datsun/Nissan, Toyota and Honda. This will be VA, MD, DC & NC. Possible confine to a smaller demographic depending on feedback and interest. I am going to get together with my computer friend to help get it set up. More to come soon. Thanks, Brandon

You can find all the details here http://www.tzccva.org/ Last year was an incredible turnout. There were around 45 cars and some terrific S30's!!!!! Please try and make it out this year. There will be a bunch of guys meeting here in Richmond VA to all drive together. I believe that I have a few 510 guys coming as well. Since I came last year it seems they have opened it up to 510's as well

Nice looking engine bay!! I just noticed that it appears the reason it turned out so glossy on the dash is b/t the coats of paint are way too thick. You need to do many light coats not fewer wet coats. If I were trying to replicate the dash finish, I would use satin or semi-gloss and maybe shoot 5-8 extremely light coats. Dust coats at first. I don't think you ever want to see a wet coat as you see in the previous photos.

The shutter on my Rebel XTi broke a few months ago. Finally got my new Canon 40D I took some pics of one of my dad's (Diseazd) garages. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/3433840445/" title="Zgarage2 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3379/3433840445_504aa8c8ca_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Zgarage2" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/3433839045/" title="Zgarage1 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3331/3433839045_94722e36eb_b.jpg" width="1024" height="683" alt="Zgarage1" /></a>

yeah I think we are all beating a dead horse here. I wouldn't wish that resto on my worse enemy

Makes sense. So what would you recommend to resolve this and run a return? Could I replace my regulator in order to run a return line?

I am still lost as to where I plumb my return from based on my previous post^ Anyone???

Bryan, you didn't tell us Rolph totalled his 510 back in the day BTW, my dad and I also pulled a bunch of parts from a damn nice 72 at our local yard. It was so sad to see that they ruined it placing it up on steel wheels under the floorboards He got the doors, the rear bumper, rear hatch and some other misc. stuff.

That post makes me wheep (especially the Aston) ^ Amazing photos though!!! Reminds me of that show "Chasing Classic Cars" with Wayne Carini

This actually may not be the case in all scenarios. I just went through this with my 510. It has a roadster 5 speed. I was told by all the experts that if I had the roadster pressure plate, clutch disc, etc then I would also need the roadster sleeve and bearing. The consensus was regardless of the trans, you use the same pp, TO and clutch. This was not true for my car though. I installed the roadster sleeve. Put my trans back in and no go I had to use a longer sleeve with the roadster bearing and everything is perfect now I should have listened to my dad all along. When the everything is installed, the clutch fork should be coming through the boot at the middle/closer to the front of the bellhousing (closest to the block). When all together, you should have a slight bit of play before the slave cylinder starts to engage the clutch. If the sleeve is too short, the fork will be closest to the back of the hole and will not have enough room to engage. Which is what happened to me. This is also a chart for the T/O's. The dimensions are in MM. 30501_Chart.pdf

Any photos? ^

Wow!!! Those last B&W photos are incredible. Could you e-mail full res versions to s14silvia@comcast.net please?

I have twin mikuni 44's in my 510. I am running a low pressure Carter electric fuel pump near the tank. Aeroquip 6 stainless line with anodized fitting. It goes from pump to a Holley low pressure regulator. From there the single line goes to a Y distribution block with a fuel pressure gauge. Then one line to each carb. How would I do a return in this system? Could I use the older small hard line that was the feed as the return? I am just unsure the best way to plumb it into the system. I like that system you have fixitman. With the fuel rail. Very clean!!! Any photos of the whole car?

Those are perfect photos of the color!!!!

Great thread^ My dad bought that car from the thread and the dash looks like new

I would say that you want a satin finish as opposed to a flat for the rear panel. if using a spray can you can use semi gloss and just spray light coats from further away to replicate the satin semi-rough texture and finish. Just make sure you use real light coats.

Some more photos of my dads resto for your viewing pleasure. Sorry for the quality of some of these (cell phone). The shutter on my rebel xt died. A new Canon 40D will be the replacement within a week so all new photos will be even better You can see the car is in primer and Chuck is cutting out the old dogleg to replace with the one from Arizona. The detail shows the inside of the new/used part after the spot welds were removed to separate the inner/outer <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/3399890856/" title="0330091543 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3575/3399890856_397d164559_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="0330091543" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/3399890734/" title="0330091543a by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3456/3399890734_3f5af46a80_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="0330091543a" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/3399890584/" title="0330091543b by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3590/3399890584_0ed9ba686e_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="0330091543b" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14049800@N00/3399081141/" title="DSC00061 by RVAE34, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3442/3399081141_39819aef72_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="DSC00061" /></a>

Sears has a nice one for $200. I am going to get the teeter hang up for like $350. probably a bit more as I want the boots for doing the upside down situps. I am a "You get what you pay for kind of guy"

I also would stay away from a chiropractor. They are just glorified salesmen. I went once for my back. My back didn't feel any better or worse but he really messed up my neck. Never again!!! The best thing that helped me was stretching and running on a treadmill. If you can work out your abs that will help to remove tension from your back. I am going to get an inversion table soon. They rock!!! And even with a ruptured disc, its easy to do upside down situps on those things Hope you feel better!!!

Ugg. Sorry to hear that. I feel your pain. I am 30 and have had a ruptured L4 since I was 25. It required me to dissolve my business of building custom high end furniture I couldn't walk for two weeks. Epiderals will help ease the pain. They last about 6 months. It took me about two years before I wasn't in constant pain. Now I think I am just used to it so it doesn't bother me that bad.

Notice my dad hasn't posted his age yet he-he. I better be careful though :tapemouth He always told me he believes in abortion up to age 30. I have 2 months to go

Does anyone know what kit Eiji has on his orange S30? He has the flares and the G nose. I don't have the pic of his car but I am sure you all know the car I am talking about. He lives here in VA EDIT: I sent him an e-mail and he said it was the factory G nose!! Bet that was pricey

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