Pretty pumped on this little guy. We definitely overshot the budget but it was needed stuff to make it look and run good. We have spent about $3500 total on our $1800 car and it makes a big difference. We redid the entire interior. From eBay we ordered a headliner kit in black. This was not that bad of an install but a huge improvement to the car. We then picked up some automotive grade black carpet from a local vendor and redid the entire inside floor. The front and rear seats were done by Fleet Seats here in Chandler with suede centers and black vinyl outers. We do however have a brand new set of Cipher Auto racing seats that will go in later so stay tuned for that update (half cage and harness?). We ditched the wood steering wheel and threw in a Sparco wheel with KSport quick release. With the interior all freshend up, we only have left to add a simple stereo and speakers.

The engine was our next tasks. Everyone keeps asking "what motor"? If we wanted to go really fast, we have other Project Cars to have fun with. This is a throwback so we kept it OG with the 1.8L carbureted motor. First thing we had to do is tune up the engine. Our resident old motor tech made adjustments to the valves, changed the plugs and wires, and then tuned the new Weber Downdraft Carb so the car was running smooth. We had our fab shop make a custom aluminum battery tray and oil catch tank overflow. We then sent these parts and the valve cover to be powder coated in Super Silver, aka Chrome. With all the wiring neatly tucked, we added in a 4800K HID light kit. Our last engine dress up piece is this super beefy front strut bar by WellBiltKustoms.com. The full stainless steel triangle bar fits nicely attaching to the 2 strut towers and firewall.

We will be doing some final touch ups to the interior, setting the ride height, and aligning the car next. It may even become a different color! So stay tuned to our Project 510 Story Here. You can view all our mod update images on our Gallery Here.







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Very cool project!

 

Looks great, nice work!

 

Going to whip up a new article on our Datsun Project Car Blog soon. But thought I would share some pics as it sits at 99% done....













More photos here - http://www.vividracing.com/forums/ga...ages.php?c=514

 

Very cool! looks like a fun project.

 

niuce!!!

 

If you have followed my little Project Datsun build, then you can tell this thing has come a long way. With the goal from the getgo to have a little toy racer that looked the part, we have gotten there. The last few stages to the car were detailed oriented with rebuilding the AC box on the passenger side dash and the new radio mount. Our fab shop custom did these in aluminum and then had them powdercoated in a textured black. The original plastic parts were not usuable and these turned out perfect. Even though we redid the original seats, we wanted a good race seat that would allow us to use 4pt harnesses but still have comfort for cruising. The Cipher Auto seats and TeamTech harnesses dressed up the inside. But the biggest addition was the Autopower bolt in 4pt roll bar. We painted this cage to match the cars body before we installed it. The shoulder belts will get wrapped around the bar shortly. To other bits we added to the car were necessary... With the HID kit in the stock light housings, the light had NO directions and was useless. I learned that the BMW E30 lights were the same and picked up a set of these smoked projector lights off ebay. Final touches were added to the rear with a sweet fart can. The stock muffler was old, rusty, and how no noise. We picked up this little universal muffler and gave the car some *****. So stay tuned for a couple pics and video from upcoming track events before we sell this car off to the world!







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motor swap?

 

Love it!

 

Great find and project they where great little racers back in the day simple, dependable and solid at least my 510 wagon sleeper was until I turbo'ed it however it gave camaros a run for there money.

 

no motor swap, keepin it simple and OG!

 

great car...wish I could stumble on something like this in the tri state area

 

In Indiana, that thing would look like this by now....

 

Dude, get the sewwing machine and fix it up!

 

Please don't let anybody convince you to put a SR20det into it.

If you must go faster, I believe the 4 cylinder L motor came with injection in a couple of later incarnations and is a good starting point for a turbo build.

If the L motor is not up to what you need, I would definately look up the ca18det or fj20...maybe even a z18...with turbo, of course.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbprdBM1uQQ&NR=1