Hello Datsun My old friend

"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
07/04/2020 at 19:42 • Filed to: Datsun 240Z

It’s nice to have you running again.. Next up is to tighten up the left front hub and get it aligned . The front end is sit t ing up quite high and I’m not sure why. I installed new end links and sway bar bushings but that shouldn’t affect right height.

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DISCUSSION (30)

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/04/2020 at 19:56

Yours is from Napa huh, mine is from Santa Rosa, not very far from each other.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/04/2020 at 20:04

Could have come over on the same boat.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/04/2020 at 20:15

Hello Z-Car My Old Friend.
I’ve Come to Wrench on You Again.
Because of Tire Wear Slowly Creeping.
From A Spindle Bearing Softly Peeping.
And the lofty ride height hurt ing my brain...
Still Remains.
With the Suspension’s non-silence.

In restless dreams we drive alone
Bouncy streets of cobblestone
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp
Coolant petcock all wet and damp
With tunes of side draft carbs just not right
Persistent pull to the right
Another L24 stalls in silence

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/04/2020 at 20:15

Hey look another person doing that Montana license plate LLC reg cheat ! Yours was on an earlier boat I’m sure, I have a middle of 1971, it does have the fuel door knob etc.. so it was not too far behind.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/04/2020 at 20:17

The dealer is still Nissan:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/510+Soscol+Ave,+Napa,+CA+94559/@38.2925237,-122.2779881,3a,75y,30.73h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1skS0PhjE9h8KnGW6Ms0L9PQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x8085066d70c3a889:0x8ad612b7f246d61!8m2!3d38.2927304!4d-122.2775731

Tripper > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/04/2020 at 20:21

Great color on that MFer. Value on these have really shot up the past few months/year or so.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/04/2020 at 20:23

Look, they still sell Z’s.

Kinja'd!!!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
07/04/2020 at 20:24

The engine on this car is one of the strongest and best running stock L24’s I’ve ever driven.

Jim Spanfeller > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
07/04/2020 at 20:26

Thanks, I needed that.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Tripper
07/04/2020 at 20:30

I detected the start of the hype when the Petrolicious video came out, after that I got more notes on the car etc...

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Tripper
07/04/2020 at 20:34

It is quite astounding. These cars are fun to drive and easy to work on but I would never consider it special in any real way. They made 40,000 in 1971 alone.

Tripper > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/04/2020 at 20:37

This one from a few years ago running Mikuni 44s and sounding like a god damned orchestra was the personal resurgence for me. They were still kind of affordable then but just went off like a rocket from there.

Won’t even make you look for the good part.

WilliamsSW > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/04/2020 at 20:39

So pretty. Enjoy the hell out of it. Screw the value - it’s only value if you extract it.

Selah

Tripper > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/04/2020 at 20:39

Yeabut it’s old and pretty and neat...and everyone agrees with us so they’re expensive now. I feel the same way about 2002's

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
07/04/2020 at 20:40

Thanks this is great.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/04/2020 at 20:45

I’ve got a nice L28 in my shop with a gorgeous set of side-draft Mikunis...

In my head I’ve done all kinds of projects around it. In reality? There. It sits.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Tripper
07/04/2020 at 20:45

Mikunis are expensive, I got triple Webos instead but they sound great. We have a single lane tunnel out to one of our beaches that was a military fort.

Tripper > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
07/04/2020 at 20:48

Yeah I mean I can’t imagine the Webers sounding any worse particularly when there are three . I’m s porting just two of them @ 40mm on the 1502.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Tripper
07/04/2020 at 20:55

My car came with 45s but they were just too much, the 40s are fine. I’ve heard that Mikunis get slightly better fuel economy but the car is pretty good on gas considering how I drive it.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > WilliamsSW
07/04/2020 at 21:18

Oh yeah I drive it as much as possible.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
07/04/2020 at 21:20

You can build an L28 to mid 250 +- with Webber’s and a cam.

i-do-strange-things > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/04/2020 at 22:15

Wow-as someone that had a bunch of Datsuns-You couldn’t find one this clean and dry in New England since the mid 80's. Enjoy!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Tripper
07/04/2020 at 23:11

I love a nice 2002. Such a great shape and that engine is like the incredible hulk of 4 bangers.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > i-do-strange-things
07/04/2020 at 23:12

Confirmed a 50 year old Datsun without rust is very very rare.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/04/2020 at 23:19

IIRC, stock compression is pretty low-- often wonder what a bump in compression would do for it. My tuner wants to boost it.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
07/04/2020 at 23:29

Correct the stock compression is very low. My dad built a 3.1L with 13:1 compression. It was a pain to drive and needed race gas all the time. He lowered the compression to 10.5:1 and it became much more drivable, ie it didn’t try to kill you every time you hit the gas.

So it’s pistons, rods and a maxima diesel crank and voi-la you have a nearly 3.0 l with higher compression.

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/05/2020 at 00:10

Whoa, tell me more exploits of this “Maxima diesel crank” of which you speak...

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
07/05/2020 at 00:14

It’s commonly called a stroker motor and is well documented. IIRC maxima crank, 240sx connecting rods and flat top pistons. Still use the N42 head but you can hog out the ports maybe bigger valves I don’t remember.

These builds are crazy if done right can push 300+ HP with the right cam and carbs.

https://www.oocities.org/inlinestroker/

SBA Thanks You For All The Fish > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
07/05/2020 at 00:23

I’ve had several projects done with strokers— including a monster 396 for one of my B-Bodies— but had zero idea that the Maxima diesel crank with fit the block and caps of the L2x blocks. That sounds pretty awesome actually— I’m about to go down that rabbit hole.

Thanks!

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
07/05/2020 at 00:42

Having driven my dads car with this engine quite a bit I can attest to it’s awesomeness. It’s hard to describe other than it gives you an adrenaline rush doing errands. Distances on the road shrink rapidly with a car that accelerates this fast and goes around a corner. I can hop into a 300 HO mustang and openly exclaim where is the engine? Did the same in an RX8 extra... the only thing that I’ve driven that comes close is a new ford power stroke turbo diesel with 509 HP and 900 ft-lbs of torque.