OlderThanMe Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 (edited) In March 2010, I designed an L4 shortblock using some off the shelf 86mm pistons, 96mm throw crank, 152.5mm (6")rods. Finding 6" rods is "impossible" so I shelved the idea. Bought myself the lightest weight Datsun I could find, a 1981 Datsun 210 with a 40RWHP A14 engine and a 4 linked 3.90:1 H145 rear end. Car has a basically damage and rust free chassis(other than some slight hail damage on the roof and slight rust on the bottom of the doors but it is 8000X better than my 260Z was. Owner said it was running but when I got there it would turn over and cough but not start. Gave $640 for the car since it was rust and damage free as far as I was concerned. Got it running with a shot of carb cleaner in the vent tube of the nikki carb and I am enjoying the 32-35mpg that the car offers. paint polished up pretty well(I'm a race car technician, hence the vehicle in the background) First upgrades/modifications new complete clutch kit: $53 Sylvania silverstar headlights: $40 240Z taillights nearly fit into the stock taillight holes so they are put in(still need to be properly mounted... I just spliced the 240Z taillight harness with the stock 210 harness to adapt it to the stock 210 body harness. 1g talon seats mounted basically to the floor 280zx Iron cross wheels with 185/65R14 Douglas all season tires. Found myself with a Z20E with the good rods and bought all the other stuff I needed to assemble the shortblock. deburred and smoothed the interior of the block(~30 hours of work with as many different carbide bits as I needed) before: deburred the main caps too block back from the machine shop painted main studs bottom end components ready for assembly(200+ hours later) wrist pins installed with lock rings bottom end together nothing really special about this engine build....just a typical off the shelf bottom end that should be good for setting up the top end stuff. something stupid I bought. Something stupid I built out of OEM Nissan parts but I doubt I'm going to use it... you can see 60% of the back of the valve just looking through the wide open 45mm throttle plate. Edited March 5, 2011 by OlderThanMe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mario_82_ZXT Posted March 5, 2011 Share Posted March 5, 2011 Does this signify your return to Hybridz? =P Welcome back dude! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sethmeister4 Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 Very cool-this is not a Datsun you see everyday. Definitely going to be following this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCchris Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Does this signify your return to Hybridz? =P Welcome back dude! Yeah, welcom back! where are my springs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neverdone Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 something stupid I bought. I agree, you really should have bought a Pepsi. Coke is just too syrupy for me. It's ok though, just remember it next time. Nice turbo by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG33TT Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Thats a sweet 210 you have there. I've got a 79 hb that i've been driving while im working on the 280. Gona throw an l20b in there someday. Been thinking about throwing those 1G seats in the 280, love the way thay feel when sitting in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi303 Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Gona throw an l20b in there someday. Gonna do the OZDat KA24 SOHC head conversion on the L20B bottom end? @ OTM: 40RWHP? thats a monstrous beast of an old datto at least it was the A14 and not the A12, 32Hp is a tad slow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlderThanMe Posted April 8, 2011 Author Share Posted April 8, 2011 NOS Datsun Competition head that I just purchased. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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