A 50 year old Japanesse lady: SRL311 01228

[2mAn]

so sadly, not much progress because we bought our own place and Ive been busy moving. Still grateful I got to go the Historics and ride along with a 311s member. Truly a great experience and made some memories with new friends.

Here was a final shot of the Roadster in the old garage, followed by her new resting place




also take note of the tonneau cover!.. its not totally ready yet, but it can still do its job keeping dust out and whatnot while its parked up.

I did have a little time and wanted to get the NOS comp sway bar installed. I got the bushings from JT and they fit perfectly!...



It wasnt too bad to install, I didnt even jack the car up since I was in a bit of a rush. HUGE difference between the bars... Not sure what to do with the old one as I dont see myself ever reinstalling it.

A comparison pic of the sizes


I cant wait to get this car out there and start pushing it, but I still have a lot of little things to get done before its good to go... hopefully soon

[Melon]

[jeenyus]

lovin' the small updates.

[2mAn]

just read this from start to finish! seriously good work on this little gem. Hopefully i can see it when we are in town and maybe we go get some pictures of it for you.

haha glad you made it all the way through!

Id love to bring either car out, I should probably wash the E30 though, its really dirty right now


In other news, I leave for Monterey on Friday, so I wanted to get a few more things done. The seat looks like it might not work out, and with a few more important things to do, its on the back burner for now. Today I finally changed my oil and also installed these new Datsun badges for the fenders that I picked up from a 311s.org member. It also gave me an opportunity to put some miles on the car, so I did a little over 100 yesterday without a problem.

Heres a few pics from today

Comparison of the badges Will throw on for me and the new ones from Nick


Hard to really see the difference until you get close, then its obvious




Looks good to me!



I also did a few other minor things, but Im looking pretty good for Friday!

[benwalsh91]

just read this from start to finish! seriously good work on this little gem. Hopefully i can see it when we are in town and maybe we go get some pictures of it for you.

[2mAn]

That's super cool. Did it help the idle at all? I'm pretty sure the e30 needs some wire love soon.

Idle still feels the same, its the WOT higher RPMs that feel 100x better

[jeenyus]

That's super cool. Did it help the idle at all? I'm pretty sure the e30 needs some wire love soon.

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[2mAn]

I got a chance to work on the car more yesterday... my brother couldnt quite the seat mounted because we didnt have any drill bits at my buddies house.. I will try to finish that part off this week.

While he was doing that, I finally got a chance to make my MSD 8.5mm wires. I had bought a set for a V8 a long time ago, but didnt have the vice to properly crimp the connectors. I also made my spare set since there was 8 wires... If they sell the crimps and connectors I probably have enough extra to make a few more sets! haha the Roadsters wires are so short compared to what they gave me to use.

Snapped a pic of the engine bay


and heres a comparison of the old baby wires and the manly MSD wires haha


Initial impressions were actually a LOT better than what I expected. This past week, I have been fine tuning my distributor to the recommended 20* advance, but it was breaking up pretty hard in the higher RPMs, so I backed it down to 16*... There was still a little bit of breaking up at higher RPMs but it wasnt terrible, nor as bad as 20* was so I left it. With the new wires on, there isnt any breaking up at all, and I think I can take it back up to 20* Overall, Im very happy I did this.

[2mAn]

And your brother, how much does he weigh?

He weighs more than 10% of the vehicle weight itself... the Roadster will definitely be cruising around Laguna Seca

[IceWhite]

And your brother, how much does he weigh?

[2mAn]

Any good bars or restaurants in the area might be up for the imsa race

Honestly Im not sure, we're camping at the track, but PM me and we'll connect out there hopefully

I had a passionate debate with Will about how light my Roadster is now, so I decided to get to work and yank out the Heaterbox and take some weight off the car before I add in the pass seat. My brother has been bugging me about riding with me on the parade lap at the Rolex Historics. I told him if he mounts it, he can ride along... lets see how he does



heres how much it weighs on the bathroom scale (dont tell my wife, but we dont use it anyways sooo.... haha)


and heres how much the plastic seat weighs that is going in tomorrow

[tiger_e30]

thanks!

I actually have a similar second seat thats just some plastic bucket from Jegs. Its low on the priority list, but my brother is itching to join me on the parade lap while at the Laguna Seca in a few weeks, so he is probably going to work on getting it mounted this weekend. I told him I have more important things to deal with than mounting a seat for his ass... haha

Eventually I will paint/ dye the current driver seat to Tan and then I will have to spend some money getting the pass seat to match as close as possible, though an exact match isnt likely to happen unless I get super lucky and find the same material as the driver seat.

Also while Im at Laguna Seca Im going to be taking a LOT of pics of the other Roadsters there as Im going to have a custom roll bar made for the car, welded to the frame and I want to see what the others have done

Any good bars or restaurants in the area might be up for the imsa race

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[2mAn]

One seat, just like my e30. weight savings ftw. looks great.

thanks!

I actually have a similar second seat thats just some plastic bucket from Jegs. Its low on the priority list, but my brother is itching to join me on the parade lap while at the Laguna Seca in a few weeks, so he is probably going to work on getting it mounted this weekend. I told him I have more important things to deal with than mounting a seat for his ass... haha

Eventually I will paint/ dye the current driver seat to Tan and then I will have to spend some money getting the pass seat to match as close as possible, though an exact match isnt likely to happen unless I get super lucky and find the same material as the driver seat.

Also while Im at Laguna Seca Im going to be taking a LOT of pics of the other Roadsters there as Im going to have a custom roll bar made for the car, welded to the frame and I want to see what the others have done

[jeenyus]

One seat, just like my e30. weight savings ftw. looks great.

[2mAn]

no roll bar...