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- 17 Dec 2023 09:17
- Forum: Powertrain
- Topic: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3643
Re: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
Morning World, My heart is pounding right now, in 20 minutes I am off to get my car and drive back to the garage. Going to clean the interior, as I cannot get at it once in the garage, and then give it a good wash and wipe down on the outside. Looking forward to see how the wide band is at part thro...
- 15 Dec 2023 13:38
- Forum: Powertrain
- Topic: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3643
Re: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
Hey Jeff & All, It was an amazing time in that early 70’s period, in what is now 50 years ago to 1973. I was 23, young and full of excitement as the Japanese car scene really started to bloom here. Finally it was not all British and Italian stuff racing. There were a LOT of BRE clones, running B...
- 09 Dec 2023 15:04
- Forum: Not Datsun/Nissan related?
- Topic: moar good videos :P
- Replies: 799
- Views: 192426
Re: moar good videos :P
Afternoon World! Another of my miscellaneous ramblings here today, as I sit here at my desk, we are having our first snowfall of the season. It’s 1C on my porch right now and maybe ½” of wet snow and mixed rain. I hope all that are still on this site are doing well. As I contemplate getting my 510 b...
- 08 Dec 2023 09:26
- Forum: Suspension
- Topic: Apex Engineered Rear Kit Issues
- Replies: 3
- Views: 253
Re: Apex Engineered Rear Kit Issues
I must admit, as I watch those that have bought this kit...will it really help in the long run? Will it justify the cost once a setting is established? I set my Rear toe and camber 40 years ago...and have never touched it since. That is with the rear brackets that Andy made and have been copied for ...
- 05 Dec 2023 07:19
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What did you do on your 510 today?
- Replies: 2061
- Views: 522868
Re: What did you do on your 510 today?
Hey Rheis, So good to see you still have the 510 and are lurking about! You have no idea how funny your post is to me today. Last night, I was going through some of the drive videos we did back in 2008, 2009, where your car had the broken oil sender issue, and then the wonderful drive to the Interio...
- 29 Nov 2023 11:05
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What did you do on your 510 today?
- Replies: 2061
- Views: 522868
Re: What did you do on your 510 today?
I thought I would post this up today as the site is very quiet these days; the heyday of activity has long gone. I had promised myself that when I retired I would get all my writing into one binder, my 49 years of my work history in Precious metals refining gold into a binder..…and…put my entire rac...
- 26 Nov 2023 11:35
- Forum: Powertrain
- Topic: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3643
Re: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
The Test Drive OH My God....it lives!!!! I was so nervous yesterday heading to the shop for the first test drive with the new motor. I had not driven the car since I parked it in the fall of 2021, so virtually 2 years. On arriving at the shop Andy had already installed the air dam and installed the ...
- 23 Nov 2023 08:54
- Forum: Powertrain
- Topic: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3643
Re: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
Morning! I have thought of that, but, have not really felt like hacking up a carpet to fit over my shifter console or cover my Aeroquip line. Let alone no seats or rear interior which does not help either..I have worn ear plugs for decades, a tip that was given to me when I was hillclimbing. That ju...
- 21 Nov 2023 07:06
- Forum: Powertrain
- Topic: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3643
Re: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
Morning World! Yesterday, upon arrival, Andy wanted to double check the timing. He has had, in the past, the drive gear on the distributor shaft actually spin, throwing the timing off. So, we fired engine and at one point, got zero degrees advance!!!?? To eliminate the gear issue he clocked the moto...
- 20 Nov 2023 10:42
- Forum: Powertrain
- Topic: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3643
Re: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
Morning World. Arriving at the shop yesterday had Andy telling me the timing issue was sorted, nothing major, so that was VERY good. The carburetor issue still needs to be sorted, as it appears that the float level is ok. It keeps dripping even when the fuel pump is shut off...a high float level wou...
- 19 Nov 2023 10:33
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: New Member Introduction - 69 510 Project
- Replies: 9
- Views: 302
Re: New Member Introduction - 69 510 Project
Wow, Welcome to the site! That looks like a very good and solid project, looks to have most parts. More pictures...interior..engine, etc.
is there much rust that has perforated the body?
is there much rust that has perforated the body?
- 19 Nov 2023 09:02
- Forum: Suspension
- Topic: Idler arms
- Replies: 64
- Views: 1406
Re: Idler arms
Here are some better pictures of the rod ends
- 19 Nov 2023 09:00
- Forum: Powertrain
- Topic: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
- Replies: 81
- Views: 3643
Re: The Great Rolling Dyno engine rebuild
Morning World! Yesterday I went to the shop to finish installing my methanol system and air filter intake pipe to turbo. At the same time, Andy wanted to check the timing, where, he found the distributor is somehow out! At the same time, we noticed fuel spitting out of the primary booster venturi, s...
- 17 Nov 2023 17:00
- Forum: Project Builds
- Topic: ace028's 72 2 door
- Replies: 152
- Views: 50883
Re: ace028's 72 2 door
I would strongly recommend that you seal up around the radiator! You will decrease the efficiency of that nice rad by air spilling by it, those are very big gaps and you would be surprised at how air takes the path of least resistance.
- 16 Nov 2023 11:54
- Forum: Suspension
- Topic: Idler arms
- Replies: 64
- Views: 1406
Re: Idler arms
One funny story..kinda. Back when we built the 3 510's, Andy of course used these BIG rod ends. A fellow had come into the shop and saw how big these were and criticized Andy for such big and HEAVY rod ends. Andy said nothing. So, 2 weeks later, at a road race at our long closed Westwood race track,...