DJ's Starion with 4G64 and RX7 trans *updates on page 3*
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DJpowerHaus
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I'm thinking about retiring the old girl. Its been sitting for the better part of 3 years now with a few minutes of actual seat time between long stretches of fixing things. I COULD put it back together, but after reading all of the current rule books and thinking of all the work that would be needed to A) get it running and B) make it conform to the rules, I think its better to just strip it and store all the custom parts and one day buy a new chassis when I'm ready to go again.
Getting the engine bolted in is about 10% of the way there.
The next 80% can go quickly with help and skill.
That last 10% takes about as long as the 90% that came before it.
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jeffball610
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Or you could change the purpose of the car. What about time attack or something? It's a waste to just let it sit. I say either get it going, or sell it off. I'm sure someone would be willing to pay enough to make it worth selling even if you need to part it out. But I would much rather see it on a track somewhere.
Do it in a Datsun!
1972 Datsun 510
7-bolt 4G63T, EVO 9 pistons and rods, Garrett GT3076R, "flipped" stock intake, Toyota R154, Z31 R200 w/ CVs
1972 Datsun 510
7-bolt 4G63T, EVO 9 pistons and rods, Garrett GT3076R, "flipped" stock intake, Toyota R154, Z31 R200 w/ CVs
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DJpowerHaus
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Junked the police car chassis, white chassis and stars and bar chassis back in the summer of 2011. Bought a rust free 87 a few days later and then started swapping all of the racecar parts over to it. Was supposed to be a few week swap. 4 years later I just took it for paint. Still needs to be tuned after it gets paint.
Hoping to have a nice daily driver with all the go fast parts from the racecar. Going for a very clean car this time. Every bracket and bolt will be clean.
Running a DIYPNP ecu from DIYAutotune. Soldered it together myself. This is a huge change. Sold the Autronic ignition a few years ago. Thinking about selling SMC if this thing runs. Fired up the ECU for the first time in years on a bench and pulled the old .cal file map from it.
Will be so weird to be street driving a Starion again after 10 years.
Hoping to have a nice daily driver with all the go fast parts from the racecar. Going for a very clean car this time. Every bracket and bolt will be clean.
Running a DIYPNP ecu from DIYAutotune. Soldered it together myself. This is a huge change. Sold the Autronic ignition a few years ago. Thinking about selling SMC if this thing runs. Fired up the ECU for the first time in years on a bench and pulled the old .cal file map from it.
Will be so weird to be street driving a Starion again after 10 years.
Getting the engine bolted in is about 10% of the way there.
The next 80% can go quickly with help and skill.
That last 10% takes about as long as the 90% that came before it.
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DJpowerHaus
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The Zero is starting to come together. This swap started in August 2011. First start was in winter 2015. Finally getting it from paint in Nov 2015.
Big Turbo
Big Brakes... Big wheels (9s all around)
Big Color Change:
The color is from a 1973 Galant GTO / FTO... Athens Olive (L47)
I'll post more as the livery comes together. Plasticoat black hood (in the spring), yellow fog light tint, Red and White meatball on the doors, Black sandpaper tape for the chip guards.
I've got 2 days of assembly this weekend and it should finally be starting to look like a car again.
Finally feeling good enough to register and insure it. One of the perks of taking for fucking ever on this thing is that now it's old enough to qualify in MD for "Street Rod" tags.
Getting the engine bolted in is about 10% of the way there.
The next 80% can go quickly with help and skill.
That last 10% takes about as long as the 90% that came before it.
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DJpowerHaus
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Finally the slow process of putting it back together starts.
The tail lights I've had since my very first SQ back in 2002. They've managed to stay pretty nice even having been lightly into a tire wall once. I never really had them on the race car unless it was a show or meet which was rare. I always swapped over to Conquest tails for the rough stuff. They took a few hours to get ready to put on as they were covered in mud and needed a good cleaning, polishing, and even some light socket replacement. All the good pieces from my pile of 8 lights went into 2 that look pretty good, even after 29 years.
Also got some more parts on the motor. Retorqued the head when I changed the scratched up Hyundai cover to my one of a kind "DOHC 2400" with big -10 vent hoses.
Also added some little touches like the light covers. This is supposed to be a subtle reference to the yellow leading edge of the Zero's wings.
The tail lights I've had since my very first SQ back in 2002. They've managed to stay pretty nice even having been lightly into a tire wall once. I never really had them on the race car unless it was a show or meet which was rare. I always swapped over to Conquest tails for the rough stuff. They took a few hours to get ready to put on as they were covered in mud and needed a good cleaning, polishing, and even some light socket replacement. All the good pieces from my pile of 8 lights went into 2 that look pretty good, even after 29 years.
Also got some more parts on the motor. Retorqued the head when I changed the scratched up Hyundai cover to my one of a kind "DOHC 2400" with big -10 vent hoses.
Also added some little touches like the light covers. This is supposed to be a subtle reference to the yellow leading edge of the Zero's wings.
Getting the engine bolted in is about 10% of the way there.
The next 80% can go quickly with help and skill.
That last 10% takes about as long as the 90% that came before it.