osmars v8 datsun 510

v8datsun510 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:38 pm

Hello every one first post on this forum, I am usually on the510realm.com figured i post in this since its the second most active forum that i have found dedicated to old school cars.. Little bit about myself I am 24 and live in San Diego California and i work as a Volkswagen technician for the last 5 years.. I got into cars when i was in high school mostly honda civics. after six civics and a couple of those got stolen i decided to go old school and bought a 1971 datsun 510 with a 22r and 5 speed transmission.. The car has been in my possession for about two and half years. My plans for this car have been to make it look close to stock but with a beast of an engine, that's why i went with a v8 but not an American v8. I went with a modern Japanese v8 out of a 91 lexus sc400.The current status of the car is down, the engine is in the car,engine mounts have been fabbed up aswell as the transmission tunnel and transmission mounts..Engine management will be taken cared by megasquirt and all my gauges are autometer nexus gauges.. well enough talk and here are the pictures
this is how it looked when i got it..

after three months in the body shop this is how it looked

put back together

22r engine

this is how it looked prior to removing the old motor last feb.

and finally this is the new engine in the car

here are the engine mounts

john · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:05 pm

Wow...

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Slappy · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:55 pm

Jesus dood, that car looks amazing... :tu:

v8datsun510 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:13 pm

thanks, i got a couple more pictures from that photo shoot my friend did on my car..

skyrine · **Posted:** Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:11 am

Wow cool car, i was bummed thinking you put a 350 or something in it but lexus is a great choice. Sweet car.

KenH · **Joined:** Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:10 am **Posts:** 55

boxy car, but I simply adores it! :wink:

bonvo · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:13 pm

im kinda curious as to why someone would put 22r in it to begin with

NSR_s30 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:30 pm

That dime is a little hell raiser. :tu:

pl510sss · **Posted:** Fri Dec 04, 2009 1:10 am

Holy cow!!
Nice pick on the motor

It would be cool to have my VQ and your SC400 powered 510 together on some meet.

What are you using on the rear diff?

666mojo · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:22 pm

And i thought my Olds Rocket 215 was a pretty close fit up front !

v8datsun510 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:23 pm

Sorry for not responding work has been slow and have not had much time to work on the car,since i last posted the cross member is done and both engine mounts are completely finish, The rear diff that is on the car i don't know what it is, it was on the car when i bought it and it has no markings or stickers.. I bought a r160 vlsd from and early svx.. I just need to make some adapters for the u joints and then im going to buy the wolf creek racing cv kit.. For cooling i am using a radiator off of a early vw rabbit and a scirroco radiator fans. Here are som pics of the mounts and cross member and steering rack..

the steering rack is not done yet only one mount has been made, the other mount will be similar..

MikeRL411 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 23, 2010 3:56 pm

Great job! I wonder if the Torsen differential from the JDM Toyota Soarer version of the original Lexus SC400 could be "persuaded" to fit.

Eric · **Posted:** Sun Jan 24, 2010 3:09 am

Nice car, why dont you have wipers on it?

KresSlyda180 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 24, 2010 9:11 am

v8datsun510 wrote:

Hello, figured i post in this since its the second most active forum that i have found dedicated to old school cars.

2nd?? Whose the 1st?.. and we want names!!

v8datsun510 · **Posted:** Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:44 am

eric wrote:

Nice car, why dont you have wipers on it?

i live in southern California and it only rains like a hand full of times every year, so i dont use them and keeps the car looking cleaner..

Chickenwing · **Posted:** Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:56 am

nice work

Pacific coast 620 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:13 am

Hey those Libres look familiar... :lol:

Anyways good progress Osmar & ty for the pics. We still meet on Thursdays in Mission valley if you can stop by. And as always if you need any help im here.

v8datsun510 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:54 pm

Pacific coast 620 wrote:

Hey those Libres look familiar... :lol:

Anyways good progress Osmar & ty for the pics. We still meet on Thursdays in Mission valley if you can stop by. And as always if you need any help im here.

hey thanks a lot, il stop by tomorrow well not in my dime but ill cruise over say whats up..

got the steering rack mocked on to the cross member and ran into a small problem, the tabs for the steering rack brackets are too long and only have like 2 inches of ground clearance.To solve this i am going to raise the car one inch all around and make the tabs smaller to get extra clearance. oil pan to ground clearance is four inches, the joint thats on the steering column will need to be changed to allow more angle so it that it will work with the steering rack..

I have bump steer spacer so the lower control arm will be straight and not at a angle like this pic

Pacific coast 620 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:25 pm

Damm too bad you could'nt rotate those steering tabs a bit to get em away from the ground. I know the welding has been done already but i think different braces can be added so you can leave the ride height alone. If i see you Thursday ill explain better.

v8datsun510 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:43 pm

osmars v8 datsun 510

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