1970 Nissan Laurel KC30 coupe w/ SR20DET

Eric · **Posted:** Sat Aug 06, 2011 9:56 am

Change them back for pictures

KC30 · **Posted:** Fri Aug 12, 2011 5:11 pm

Eric wrote:

Change them back for pictures

Well, today the three bulb sockets I needed finally showed up. I had some broken ones and needed them to finish the LED conversion. So while doing that I switched the right gauge lights out to the old bulbs to get a comparison pic. The old bulbs made that gauge brighter then it had been when all the lights were the old style bulbs, so having the other two gauges LED had an effect on it of course. (It was definitely not that bright before) Regardless, you can still see a difference in just that one between bulb and LED:

Of course, it's a little difficult to get pictures of perceived light.
The only thing is, I'm thinking of going back to the bulbs for the dash turn signal indicators. The new LEDs are great during the day, but F'n blinding at night!

Eric · **Posted:** Sat Aug 13, 2011 8:42 am

looks like it was worth doing

Garant · **Posted:** Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:30 am

i actually thought about doing that, but bright light bothers my eyes at night

KC30 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:49 am

matt wrote:

i actually thought about doing that, but bright light bothers my eyes at night

Yeah, it bothers be too. The backlighting isn't too bright, it's about perfect compared to the original bulbs. The brights indicator was hardly even noticeable before and is about perfect now. I'll admit the red warning indicators are bright, but I want those to be anyways, not something I want to miss. The only ones that were too bright are the turn signal indicators, those are definitely going back to bulb! I don't like being blinded when trying to turn a corner.

KC30 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:26 pm

I've been away for 6 months and since being back I've been able to do very little to the Laurel. The first priority was getting my daily driver ('94 Isuzu Amigo) running decent... something not really obtainable since it's been pushing the dipstick out of the holder the last year and a half. So the next priority was a new vehicle. I happened upon a good deal on a 2011 Durango, which I was extremely impressed with... much more than the Nissan Pathfinder I was thinking of getting. Anyways, to get around to the point, I have only had time to do one thing since being back. Which was to try to fix the caster issue I've got. The front tires, despite having negative camber, have been wearing very bad on the outer edge of the tire. Knowing that my caster was causing this, I ended up rotating the coilover's top mount plate so I could try to fix it. I haven't driven it much since to see how it's wearing, but the initial tests I found it was much more stable than its been in corners. Here's a pic:

On a side note... The best part of having a new vehicle, is that I finally have something to tow the Laurel around with!

wookieballa · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:37 pm

who did you buy the LEDs from? i bought mine from superbright LEDs, they are about the same as yours, i bought green too, but i wanted that to try to match the omori's that i have. i am thinking about re-doing it again, i want something brighter, thinking about going white this time. my gauges are just too damn dark at night, drives me NUTS!

KC30 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:14 am

I got mine from superbright leds also. They still aren't as bright as they should be able to be, but I've been able to bear it a lot better than the stock bulbs.

Norcal510 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:34 pm

You are back! I was wondering what happened with you. Glad to see you been working on the Laurel.

wookieballa · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 8:28 pm

Did you buy green lights, or white?

i think the cluster is already tinted Green right??

Eric · **Posted:** Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:02 pm

great you're back! finally something else than hakosuka's and kenmari's

KC30 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 06, 2012 4:04 pm

wookieballa - I got the green ones, and yeah the cluster's tinted green. I followed what the superbrightled site said regarding that, and I have wondered if green ones would get it brighter.

Norcal510 & Eric - thanks! I've got a lot of catching up to do with this thing, I think exhaust is the next thing I'm going to sort out. Since it's got the SR in it, I want 3" exhaust, but ground clearance is an issue. But I think I've sorted that out and I'm going to be ordering some oval, 3" equivalent, exhaust soon. But than again... the front suspension needs to be sorted out... and the cooling system.... so many different directions to go!

Datsun_S110 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:03 am

Have you fuelling issues now solved with the placement of the fuel surge tank?

Sometimes I've some fuelling issues with WOT, I'm suspecting the 'small' feed line from the tank to the fuel pump as the problem..

Eric · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:13 am

the std. fuel pickup is only 6mm, most modern engine take 8mm. So i guess upgrading that would be a good thing.

KC30 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 15, 2012 6:03 am

Datsun_S110: The fueling issues I had were not solved with the fuel surge tank, nor when I upgraded to 8mm fuel line from the surge tank to the engine. I was completely baffled. But when I was chasing an issue of the headlights dimming out under WOT/high G acceleration (still not resolved, believe to be a relay issue), I upgraded the alternator. Ended up finding out that my original alternator was not pushing enough amps for the fuel pump/s.

Now, with the stock 6mm line from the main tank to the surge tank and 8mm line from there to the engine, it's been running great in terms of fuel feed.

Datto · **Posted:** Wed Jul 18, 2012 3:53 pm

Eric wrote:

Looking nice, how low can they go?
Were can i buy these? i need my rear end to go as low as my front end too!

I'm running these coilovers on the rear of my 510 with T3 front 280ZX coilover struts up front. I have a 7' ground control front spring (instead of the supplied 8"), but had to swap out the rear 10" spring for an 8" to get the rear to sit low enough to match the front.

KC30 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 19, 2012 5:09 pm

Since I'm hoping to get to a couple of car shows soon I had to weigh the Laurel and find out it's weight. It weighed 2560 lbs, so I'm almost ready.

familycar · **Posted:** Wed Aug 08, 2012 3:55 am

first off, BADASS car! hey i notice the Y plates, were where you stationed? i gotta hit you up on the import info, i'm navy in yokosuka looking to bring somethign back now. i checked out a rb20det swapped c210, but was unsure if the newer engine would cause headaches when import time came :shock:

i wish i could bring back my 93 gtr without hassle

KC30 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 11, 2012 4:27 pm

familycar: I was in Okinawa. I imported mine myself, not through the mil port, so I'm not sure how much headache the RB swap would cause you there.

There's a list of things I want to get done still, but I had to get a couple of accessories for the Laurel first:

Now I'm all set for a couple of upcoming shows I've been wanting to get to!

familycar · **Posted:** Sun Aug 12, 2012 2:49 am

i plan on doing it myself as well...when the time starts to get near, do you mind if i hit you up with some questions? be warned, i'll have plenty haha

1970 Nissan Laurel KC30 coupe w/ SR20DET

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