yeah that was the bluebird at powercruise. a full feature in Zoom will be printed soon!

Some interesting changes on the 510 soon. Just bought some new wheels and I'm about to start on the new suspension etc.. Can't wait!

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1969 Datsun 510 2 Door Sedam - FJ20ET, GT2876R, Haltech, R200 (Street Car All Rounder)
1981 Datsun 910 Bluebird GX Sedan - VQ30DET, GT35R, Jatco (Project Drag - Street 10sec Car)
2011 VW Amarok Highline TD400i

After a bit of looking I have finally found the right set of wheels for my 510.

17" SSR Professor SP1 - 17x7 +25 17x8 +25.. Tyres are 205/40 Front and 215/40 Rear (Federal 595).

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1969 Datsun 510 2 Door Sedam - FJ20ET, GT2876R, Haltech, R200 (Street Car All Rounder)
1981 Datsun 910 Bluebird GX Sedan - VQ30DET, GT35R, Jatco (Project Drag - Street 10sec Car)
2011 VW Amarok Highline TD400i

Hey mate,

Looks fantastic! Really suites the car.

Cheers,

Trent

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1600 Build: http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=59&t=22694

This car is Mad!!

That is one damn sexy 1600. Looks hot with those wheels. Well done mate.

looks amazing!

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build-threads.com

Thanks lads.

Pretty happy with the 'fitment'. It rides identical to the 16" Enkeis as well.

4x114.3 means I don't need to convert to 5 stud any more, so if anyone is looking for a full set of Z31 gear, let me know.

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1969 Datsun 510 2 Door Sedam - FJ20ET, GT2876R, Haltech, R200 (Street Car All Rounder)
1981 Datsun 910 Bluebird GX Sedan - VQ30DET, GT35R, Jatco (Project Drag - Street 10sec Car)
2011 VW Amarok Highline TD400i

This car looks great mate. I read through your Bluebird build on PF. Keep up the good work.

A little update:

Over the last couple of years I've been piecing together the parts to build some better/nice front struts.

R31 Struts
R32 GTR Calipers
R32 GTR Rotors (296x32)
KYB Z31 Inserts
Eibach Springs
Coilover Kit + Camber Plates
Bump Steer Spacer (bigger diameter at the top so there is no need for shear rings)

The front wheels are SSR Professor 17x7 +32











Next is a rebuild of the front end. My Nolathane has crumbled badly, everywhere! Then onto the rear end. My plans are matching rear calipers, and a tricky rear handbrake solution.

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1969 Datsun 510 2 Door Sedam - FJ20ET, GT2876R, Haltech, R200 (Street Car All Rounder)
1981 Datsun 910 Bluebird GX Sedan - VQ30DET, GT35R, Jatco (Project Drag - Street 10sec Car)
2011 VW Amarok Highline TD400i

So I have been a little busy working on the old girl.

This is a list of things that are being changed to 'finish' the car.

Body :

- Repaint engine bay (looking a little worse for wear)
- Rehang and align doors (i did them poorly 5 years ago)

Engine:

- Haltech PS500 - (10+ yr old E6K had done it's tour of duty proudly)
- Changing plenum
- Toyota Echo Coil-On-Plug conversion
- New radiator
- Retune on E85 20+PSI
- Bellhousing change on gearbox (to try and fix noise)

Suspension and brakes:

- Fit and setup front coilovers and R32 GTR Brakes
- Fit new larger can booster and BM50 Nissan M/C
- New front brake lines and Wilwood bias adjuster

Interior:

- New seats (Recovered 240z buckets)
- New carpet
- Replace the pinchweld around the doors (adding another seal to reduce noise)
- Rewire dash
- Fit 240k Centre console and floor handbrake

Here are a few pics of my progress.

So before I had the engine bay painted, I spent a bit of time over christmas fiddling with wiring. I decided I wanted to do the wiring loom a fair bit neater and better than before. I bought all the required goodies. Raychem DR25, Deutsch connectors, some good quality Tyco wire. I also had been stashing some Toyota echo coils at the wreckers. I hid 2 sets and waited for their next '$50-all-you-can-carry-day'. Mr Wrecker wasn't impressed when i strolled out with 8 coils, 8 plugs and an arm load of other valuable stuff.

First job was the try and mound the Echo coils. They needed a little modification to get them sitting on the plug correctly but that wasn't too hard.


Roughing out the mounting


All mocked up.

Next I went about rewiring the engine to suit the new engine management. The entire old loom was sold with the old computer, so I started at each plug and ran new wires on new connectors.


Injectors and coolant sensor.

After a while it started to look like this:






Add a HD30 connector and 90Deg heatshrink boot.


Completed EFI Loom. Injectors, Coils, Coolant temp, Air temp, TPS, CAS, IAC.

For my first attempt at doing a motorsport style loom I was pretty please.

I did another loom for the engine -> body stuff. Starter, Alternator, gauge sensors, VSS, reverse lights etc.


I quickly dropped the motor back into the car to make sure the plugs didn't foul anything. All good! Phew!

After wiring, I moved onto stripping the engine bay for paint. This was pretty easy, just unbolting and removing stuff. Took 2 of us about 30mins once the engine was out.


Engine bay stripped, ready for paint. You can see where the brake fluid too it's toll.


Assembly has started on putting things back in. This takes ages as it all needs to be cleaned and make pretty again.


New brake booster, M/C, and Deutsch HD30 connectors installed. I'm still waiting for my Wilwood bias valve to show up.


Radiator mocked into place. I just need to mod the top outlet to be a little more suitable to my application.


Close up of the Deutsch HD30 connectors. Both are 21pin. The stud is for the starter motor cable and the -6 fitting is for my under dash vacuum distributor.


Whats next? Once the Wilwood Bias thingy arrives, I can bend and flare new brake lines. Once that has been done, the engine and box can be put back in.

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1969 Datsun 510 2 Door Sedam - FJ20ET, GT2876R, Haltech, R200 (Street Car All Rounder)
1981 Datsun 910 Bluebird GX Sedan - VQ30DET, GT35R, Jatco (Project Drag - Street 10sec Car)
2011 VW Amarok Highline TD400i

Very tidy Tim...!

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Classic Auto Fabrications:
http://www.ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=31659

http://www.lescollinsracing.com/

Love your work Tim, very neat, I'd love to do something similar one day. Where did you buy all the connectors and heat shrink from?

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build-threads.com

your work is superb top notch Tidy Tim!
bar some daggy located bullet mirrors You must have eyes like a snail or crab

Thanks, i think.

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1969 Datsun 510 2 Door Sedam - FJ20ET, GT2876R, Haltech, R200 (Street Car All Rounder)
1981 Datsun 910 Bluebird GX Sedan - VQ30DET, GT35R, Jatco (Project Drag - Street 10sec Car)
2011 VW Amarok Highline TD400i

I bought the Deutsch HD30 stuff from a mining supplier here in Brisbane. Connectors and terminals were about $130 per connector. You need 2 different indent crimpers to do them properly.

The heatshrink and EFI connectors were bought from a USA supplier. Way cheaper than anyone in Australia sadly.

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1969 Datsun 510 2 Door Sedam - FJ20ET, GT2876R, Haltech, R200 (Street Car All Rounder)
1981 Datsun 910 Bluebird GX Sedan - VQ30DET, GT35R, Jatco (Project Drag - Street 10sec Car)
2011 VW Amarok Highline TD400i