Hey JNCers! I picked up my 3rd Datsun last fall to join the 521 and the 1959 l210!
(I am not sure what happened to my 1959 L210 thread, but I am guessing it died when the forum got its cosmetic changes? I will try to make another sometime.)
This 510 will be my daily beater, as it has a good-to-go LZ22 under the hood. But is a tad cosmetically challenged with its spraybombed cammo paint job! Which is kinda neat, with the hidden bre stripes, but not quite my thing.
This bitchin dime was built by Chris of Maine of the BBlist. He named it Chapman, and true to the spirit wanted to make the lightest 510 he could, so it is missing a ton or the interior.
A very New England 510 with its FUTOFAB and New England SCAA stickers in teh window.
Currently I am scrubbing off the paint to get down to the original paint/patina beneath! On to the pics.
When I got it:
Lz22 under the hood!
Oil Pan: Stock Datsun 510 L16
Block: Z22S Truck, bored .020 over, decked .005, honed for moly rings, all galleys tapped and plugged, oil dipstick relocated to passenger side, oil jet drilled to .110, chain guide holes retapped to accept 8mm bolts
Crank: Z22S Truck, rods and mains turned .010 and micro-polished
Rods: Z22S Truck, ARP rod bolts, resized big ends, balanced
Bearings: Federal Mogul
Pistons: Z22S Truck, NAPA replacement (cast) machined to flattops, polished, balanced
Rings: TotalSeal Moly Faced, zero gap second ring, hand filed top gap
Timing Cover: L20 Truck
Oil Pump: Nissan 280ZX
Front Pully: NAPZ24 Truck
Flywheel: Z24 Truck, 18#, used with Z22S 225mm clutch
Water Pump: NAPZ24, with 4 blade plastic fan
Distributor: A15 electronic, modified with ball bearing shaft and recurved for 14 degrees mechanical and 10 degrees vacuum advance
Timing Chain: NAPA replacement kit
Oil Pump Drive: L20
Head Gasket: NISMO Competition
Head Studs: ARP
Head: W53 closed chamber, mild valve unshrouding, venturi pocket porting, new spiral groove cast iron guides, new intake seats, intake and exhaust valve tips height equalized, 3 angle valve job hand blended
transitions. Intake ports gasket matched to 1.50” blended into stock 1.25 dia port. Intake ports and chambers equalized and cc’d. Oil passage blended to match block jet outlet location. Shaved .015 on the bottom and .017 on the top, Goodson .015 thick cam tower shims.
Valves: Manley Severe Duty stainless, flow relieved chrome stems, swirl polished, back cut radiused intake profile. 44mm intake, 35mm exhaust
Valve Seals: Felpro Viton
Springs: Norris 120# seat pressure at 1.60”
Retainers: L18, stock
Keepers: modified Chrysler Hemi
Lash Pads: Top End Performance, .210 -.240 high
Rockers: Hand selected for best valve stem tip alignment
Cam: DAMB grind, on a U20 L18 core 520L/268D measured at .025 lift, zero lash. Drilled and tapped cam rear for 3/8NPT plug
Cam Towers: 260Z with modified internal spray bar
Intake: Datsun SSS 1.50 runners with dry water passages
Carb Spacers: 3/4 thick epoxied marine plywood blended from 46mm to 38mm
Carbs: Z-Therapy Hitachi Z-car SU roundtops, with modified Z car airbox (integral air horns)
Plugs: NKG BPR6ES
Wires: Accel 8mm
Exhaust: NISMO header, O2 sensor, pan-evac scavenge system, 2" exhaust pipe
Fuel Pump: Nissan mechanical
Some video!
The other thing I LOVE about this dime is the custom military style dash! From Chris: "Stock dash layout (with working vents) except: A/F meter in the place of OEM temp gauge, Fiero tach in tach nacelle, custom center instrument pod with clock/timer, permanantly installed G-Tech meter, two channel EGT gauge (one stopped working last week, needs a $40 sensor) Autometer Pro-Comp volts, oil pressure, coolant temp guages (mechanical) bank of six toggle switches, vacuum ports (one manifold, one distributor advance) and dash dimmer knob (not connected) Idiot lights for alt and oil pressure, plus an unwired spare."
There is no interior to speak of but I did get some stock 510 seats from Chris!
Let the paint removal begin!
And a little snowman on the hood from my Daughter.
All in all this is a really straight car for New England. But eventually I will have to do something about the fiberglassed rear QPs.
Since this shot I have removed the cammo from the hood and grill and bumper. It is a long process! Eventually it might see a paintjob. But I am a fan of patina Datsuns, and don't want to lose teh mojo for a while. But knowing me, some bitchin door graphics will show up soon enough and who knows what other cosmetic touches. Some of my inspiration!
