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  • Birthday 02/28/1921

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  1. Thanks for the pix Yardbird. That is most unfortunate, such a nice 810 with that potential and nice looks falling in the wrong hands can certainly end up with that clown wheel treatment that I abhorr myself. Poor 810, those clown , or Barbie Doll look wheels as I call it, made it attractive to the wrong kind of crowd and God knows were it ended up! If lucky, someone might see it and rescue it from ending up looking like Barbie Doll's car, enormous chromed wheels, corny paint colors and a boom box that makes the glass and trim fall off:icon45: Jaime.____________________________________________________
  2. Hey John. Any photos of that 810 racer???? Would like to see it. Thanks. Jaime._____________________________________________________
  3. Definitely I will. My car will be on the road in about 15 days or less. Thanks for the interest , it is a cool Datsun, and for the record, in Japan, there was a straight 6 version, the Datsun GT2000. It was a 610, with a longer frontal section and different grille. Something like the US 810 ( 6 cylinder car ) and the UK/AU version of it, shorter front section housing a 4 cylinder engine, other than that being identical cars. Stay tuned. Jaime.______________________________________________________
  4. Thanks John. It was a pleasure to do business with you. Hope you are doing great this weekend, hope you get to the podium with your powerfull "Z". Jaime.______________________________________________________
  5. About the SCCA, you can go to their site, you can call them and talk to the staff, I am not going to do what you can do. It is as simple as you contacting them, what I told you about the rotary engine is a fact, and I am behind it 100%. If you want to corroborate that fact, contact SCCA, it is up to you, as easy as that. Thank you for explaining my point to your Z audience. A piston engine and a rotary engine have the same cooling requirements and risks. A rotary engine is not prone to, nor has any engine tempereture problems inherent to it's design. Some people like to make phony statements about rotary engines, and say that rotaries overheat....among the list of ignorant comments. Rotary engines are not the norm, because only one company was able to master it's design well enough to be marketable. Many tried, ( including Nissan/ Datsun ) , and most failed. I am leaving this thread, it is obvious this is a ridiculous argument in which people take sides, when there is no side to take, these are combustion engines, options available. Suddenly I become the enemy and the rotary engine is something to retort at. Bon Voyage. ____________________________________________________________
  6. I do not care about your childish posture, go play with snowballs little bratt, learn how to talk like a grown up.
  7. Hi. About the rotary engine being the engine most used in racing today , and the statement that there are more rotary engines racing on any given day, SCCA can reply to that. I found that information in SCCA bulletins , and it is a fact. The rotary engine has been swapped into a lot of racing vehicles . The second statement, what I meant to say is that piston engines with steel cylinder heads can endure higher temperatures w/o damage. Aluminum cylinder heads can not endure high , extreme temperatures with out damage. Aluminum cylinder heads are more fragile. For that matter, temperature considerations are facts applicable to both piston and rotary engines, and the rotary engine is not prone to or suffers from overheating. I like both piston and rotary engines, like I said I have Datsun cars, a Suzuki 4X4, as well as rotary engined cars. I do not take sides. My initial comment was meant to invite the person considering engine swaps to study the posibility of a rotary engine, the 20B in particular.There are other great engines that can be swaped, it is up to the owner of the vehicle to decide which way to go. Jaime.____________________________________________________
  8. Right on. This is a great car, and these cars are getting rarer and rarer, by the time you have it done, it will have a lot of value. Jaime._________________________________________________
  9. Nice. By the end of summer I will be getting a nice 280ZX that was owned by an elderly lady. It is mint. Can't wait. You got yourself a solid car. Looks like it is free from rust and strong. Keep it up. Jaime.________________________________________________________
  10. Just to add, I had several rotary engine cars ( I am a Mazda and Datsun fan, curently owning a Datsun 710, 610, 1200 p/u, RX7, RX8 , and owned an RX3 which I regret having sold ) Rotary engines are ultra strong. It is a myth that rotary engines are bad. They last long, provided the cooling system works ( unlike a piston engine with a steel cylinder head that can overheat . A aluminum cyl head piston engine can not overheat and it's cyl head warps easily ) and the oil is kept within specification. About the weight of the Z as consideration, the 20B 3 rotor engine is more than enough for a Datsun Z. It has 400 HP outright w/o modifications. This engine was offered in Eunos Mazda Cosmo cars never available in the US. Available in Japan, UK, NZ,and other nations. Jaime.______________________________________________
  11. Check the latest Rolex 24 hour Daytona race. A Mazda RX8 won the race outright with a rotary engine in the GT class category. 9th overall and first in GT class competing against all big guns. The rest of the pack nade it to the end line with great positions. Check information: http://rotarynews.com/node/view/984 Rotary engines are great and worth of consideration. On any given day, there are more rotary engines in competition than any other brand of engine . There must be a reason for it. I hope Nissan develops it's own version Rotary Engine. Back in the 60s Nissan/Datsun was working on it. Jaime.____________________________________________________
  12. Hi. I am shortenignthe 280ZX front strut assemblies to match ground control coil overs. What are the options for strut inserts commonly used? I know there is the HTS 102 Tokicos. Any other applications for the front??? Insight is appreciated, I need to decide pretty soon. My car need to be re assembled soon after a painting process and I do not want to go w/o perf suspension. Jaime._______________________________________________________
  13. I really like this 810 project. If you are anywhere in CA, you should drive it to JCCS , the "Japanese Classic Car Show" that will happen in Irvine this year. This is an awesome car!!! Jaime._______________________________________________________
  14. Congratulations. Excellent project, it is not easy to find a nice 810 . I am following your work, not only because I like Datsuns a lot ( have a 610 and a 710 myself, owned a performance B210 and soon will purchase a 280ZX from an old lady ) , but I have been looking for an 810 ever since. I always wondered why I could not find any built ones. It has a 6 in line powerfull motor, I like it. What suspension are you using for the front? I have a 610 that is in the final stages of suspension mods before hitting the road. I am using 280ZX strut assemblies which are similar to the 610 assemblies except for the heftier caliper and vented discs. I am shortening the assemblies, so I need shorter struts to go in. Ground control coil overs with Eibach springs for the front. Hope to see more pictures. Jaime._____________________________________________________
  15. Hi John. Thanks for the reply. Good to know about the HTS 102. That sounds great. About the iluminas, how many options/ models do we have?? I am definitely looking into materializing this purchase, so I am genuinely interested. What applications would you have for the rear? Jaime._______________________________________________________
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