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Nice project. Did you get a chance to try re-uploading the first video?

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A '79 Fairlady would have an L20e motor from the factory. It is a fuel injected 2.0L inline 6.

Thanks for the PDF. That is exactly the kind of information I was looking for.

I did not assemble the motor so that is very possible. I originally bought the motor for the head and decided the tear the bottom half open to see what was in there.

I tore one of my motors down to check the internals and found some damage on the side skirts of piston 1. The motor is an L28 with what appear to be Ross forged pistons. The motor is stock bore. I did a compression test and all cylinders were somewhere between 180-190 psi. The damage appears to be isolated to piston 1. The bore visually appears un-damaged. All of the bearings/crank journals were in good shape so it does not appear that any metal fragments made it through the oil system. Prior to tearing down the motor it ran strong and did not show any signs that there was a problem. The CR was a little high to be running on pump gas (E31 head) and I know there were occasions where I could hear pinging intermittently when it was hot out. What has me confused is that the damage is all isolated to the side skirt. If the damage was caused by detonation I assume I should also see damage on the tops of the piston. My best guess is that there was not enough oil getting to the cylinder or improper installation but I am open to any suggestions. I am almost tempted to put the motor back together and push my luck with it since it still had good compression and I don't want to put any more money into this motor.

Mark, I am also in the Austin area and was wondering where you found your vq35hr motor. I would like to find a motor locally to avoid getting ripped off on ebay and figured you could point me in the right direction. Both of your cars are amazing by the way.

Thanks man, is exactly what I was looking for. I didn't see those last time I was shopping around.

I have been looking at the speedhut revolutions guages for my S30 but I was having trouble deciding between the gps version or the ones that have the turn signals built in. Since you mentioned that the gps version keeps track of 0-60, 1/4 mile, etc. I think I will get that version and find another solution for my signal lights.

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I am pretty interested in this radiator for my S30 but I do have one concern. Since this is an aluminium radiator won't it need to be isolated from the chassis? As best I can from the pics this radiator uses the stock mounting holes without any isolators.

I am interested as well if they are still available.

I am not aware of any electric a/c compressors designed for 12V systems. Everything I have ever seen has been for hybrid electric cars that operate at much higher voltages. I guess it doesn't matter how the compressor is driven since load will still make it to the motor either way, only this way it is redirected through your alternator.

This is pretty dissapointing news. I have a fidanza flywheel that needs a new friction surface. I hope they still make the parts I need for my flywheel.