Datsun 510 considered pro touring??

[aussiebj]

Gotta love how us aussies will hot rod 4 doors, no one over here would even consider a 4 door as hot rod.....I love it

[aussiebj]

As a side note i got the turbo motor up and running i will do my first event with the current motor as its a L20b and i was told by the guy who built them back in the day with Turbo Tom that with 10 to 15lbs of boost and the water injection i should see 225 to 250 hp..this should be fun...

[aussiebj]

5-22 The day after......Well i made it to the Pocono event......here is a recap.. leave 3 am for the 3hr drive to Pocono..get to the gates at 6.05 ,good im the first there, this will secure a place in the garage...take some pics of the car in front of the Pocono sign ...Then i notice my trailers front l/h wheel is almost ready to fall off....so they let me in early ,i take the wheel off and no wheel bearings left at all just the inner bearing race welded to the axle.....OMG what do i do now, no fun if i cant get the car home...I run out to the auto parts store at 7.30am and they open at 8..i wait, and they dont carry anything, but they send me to a trailer place just up the road ..they dont open till 9am go figure...so i head back to the track to make the first session....I get the car all squared away check and recheck everything...This is it first time on this fast track with a new untested car....(Oh bty i could not adjust the boost lower than 15psi so yes you guessed it Race fuel ..shes running 110 octane).....they wave me out on the track for the warm up laps....The exhaust has a very small leak just below the turbo pipe small enough that you can hear it in the video.....so off we go everything looks good oil pressure good ..water temp good ...tires comming up to temp...noise still there..... after warm up, off we go motor running strong throught the twisties ,now on to the back straight lets open her up... 15psi through 4 gear up to 120mph..then i here a noise that gets louder so i slow and pull into the pits......I lift the hood and check out the exhaust as it sounded like the pipe came off....but to my surprise it was actually a failed spark plug that the complete center of the plug blew out of the motor, i mean the only part of the plug that was left in the head was the metal base with the thread.....so i ran off to the parts store and they had some autolite plugs ...ill take what ever i can get at this point to salvage the rest of the day..on the way back i stop at the trailer place and pick up the parts i need for the trailer ,and then to a hardware store to buy a grinder and chissel.....get back its lunch time .....after the great buffet lunch i fix the trailer and then replace the plugs....we are back in business.....back out on track shes runnig great 120mph at 7000rpm is the best i can do, as i run out of gear on the long straight... this is where i wished i had bought that 5 speed..after 4 laps i noticed the water temp climbing up to close to 200 so i pulled in to let it cool down ....checked the thermostate ,and it had been modified to just be a restrictor....changed the water added some water wetter...and back out for another session..she was running great but the water temp was climbing again after 4 laps....so i pulled in and called it a day..after that session was over an instructor that i knew came up to me and told me he was in a 2010 roush mustang and was right up my but comming off the main straight into the infield ,as soon as i made the first corner i was gone and the student in his 427hp stang just could not catch me..of course that was until the end of the back straight...but all in all it was a great day with an unproven platform.the 510 was a hit with everybody...now ill go over the entire car as my next event is on july 16th at Melvile NJ on the Lightning circuit.....and yes i have pics and video in car and out ill post it up soon...Barry
Here is a quick vid i just made of the 510 running down the front straight at 120mph and 7000 rpm .....if you turn up the sound u can here the motor purring.......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGGKM6LZNbg

[Fluid Power]

whew, what a day! Sounds fun though!

Darren

[tones2SS]

Very cool Barry.
Those 510's are pretty cool.

[aussiebj]

Here is a little longer vid with some in car footage....enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMkd_ddwq6I

[aussiebj]

Finally an update....been busy trying to finish up some other projects.. I picked up some upgraded parts for the datto.. Subaru WRX STI LSD rear with 3.91 ratio and some Beta Motorsports axle adapters so its a straight swap in..also planning on running some modified porsche 911 axles which the rear end would handle well over 400hp..and here is a proposed wheel and flare..i love the old school ansen slots..i would run 15x 10`s with some old time rubber like goodyear blue streaks..screams wide track

[conekiller13]

Can you tell Me where the flares came from? I'm looking for some for the 77 RX-3 autocross car I've been driving.

[aussiebj]

The original flares on the car you can get from japco or classic datsun they are the BRE type flares..the white mocked up flare is from a 240z its called a C-Mod production flare that could be used on SCCA 240Z datsuns..they are no longer made i found my set on
HybridZ`s web site ..They do have a set of what they call ZG flares for 240 z cars that might work for you..hope this helps ..good luck..Barry

[black2002ls]

I love these little cars. I've been wanting to find one that needs some TLC for some time. I had never though about an ecotec swap. Those motors are pretty stout, nor did I know about the 6 spd option. My truck will be paid off near the first of the year, as well as some other financial matters. It may be time to finally get me a tinker toy....