A 50 year old Japanesse lady: SRL311 01228

[2mAn]

While those other items prove to be a headache, I thought I should press on with the manifolds...

Tortured my wrist again getting the heatshield on...



and got the Mikunis on too...



Didnt have a whole lot of time today even though I took the day off from work. Making progress though and just need to iron out the minor headaches.

[2mAn]

Decent progress tonight, decided to work on the manifolds which meant opening another new gasket from Lynchburg Nissan


The header went on with a little fight, still nice and shiny


Next, I got the intake manifold on, tightened the top nuts and decided to stop there.


Tomorrow I will tackle the heatshield, the fun lower (hidden) nuts and then move towards installing the carbs too...

Unfortunately, there was some problems. I had been trying to get the crankshaft pulley on, but the keyway kept rotating up as the pulley was sliding up. After several attempts, I decided to take the keyway and pulley out to make sure it slides in and to my surprise there was a slide bump that seems to be where the keyway was rotating.



I tried to slide the keyway in and it wouldnt slide in all the way.



The other problem, is the coolant outlet on the head. Im pretty sure the tip is broken.


This will be fun...

[2mAn]

Nice work simon, didn't realize the bay was so cruddy before you painted it. Looks great! We're overdue for a supercar sunday meet and drive....

absolutely, I plan to drive this car as much as possible when its done. I need to get canyon runs in for sure!..

The engine bay didnt seem like a big deal at first, but man Im glad I did it. Looks so much better matched.

Looking good, Simon. Keep it up.

Thanks Lorin, Im actually taking tomorrow off from work because Im itching to get this work done.

[LJ851]

Looking good, Simon. Keep it up.

[Sh3rpak!ng]

Nice work simon, didn't realize the bay was so cruddy before you painted it. Looks great! We're overdue for a supercar sunday meet and drive....

[2mAn]

Well.... still no diff, but a few big boxes arrived at my work yesterday!... finally!!



Couldnt resist stopping and staring at the freshness...



but enough drooling, time to open some packages Ive had sitting around for a while, this ones the headgasket. brand new from Lynchburg Nissan



headgasket on, ready for head



head was placed on here, I bolted it down, but not torqued yet.



sadly, this was where I had to stop for the night. Im taking Friday off from work, hoping I have something to go pick up, but regardless I will probably be up late tomorrow night and getting work done on Friday before I leave for the weekend. Goal is to have it ready for the Peterson Breakfast club cruise-in thing on Sunday the 25th.

progress...

[LJ851]

Huge improvement !

Keep it up.

[BlackbirdM3]

Wow, the engine bay looks 100 times better. Can't wait to see it with the head back on it.

Will

[parkerbink]

It's night & day. Great work. Sorry about the delays.

[2mAn]

Well, not sure anyone cares or is paying attention, but I am done with any painting I will do in the engine bay. Didnt get 100% of it all, but it looks 99% better than before.




and just to see a back to back, heres what it looked like before... 7 months ago when I started taking it all apart

[2mAn]

It's.....SUPERcharged.......

https://jalopnik.com/this-supercharg...-it-1836016906

Yea that was on Bring a Trailer recently and I dont think it made reserve...

In other news, Im a bit frustrated with all the delays. The cylinderhead has certainly taken a lot longer than I expected, but the results appear to be worth it, hopefully the bill wont make me feel otherwise...

The diff on the otherhand has been a surprise of frustration. I thought it would be a quick deal but its turned out to be the opposite and in the blink of an eye it looks like it will be another month before Im driving this car...

[LateFan]

It's.....SUPERcharged.......

https://jalopnik.com/this-supercharger-has-a-datsun-roadster-attached-to-it-1836016906

[jeenyus]

Yes, its a non crossflow head. The round ports are the intakes, the square ports are the exhaust. Not an uncommon setup. There is enough flow through the ports that the temps aren't that big of a deal. The EGTs on my engine are pretty high, I turned the glossy Jet Hot ceramic coating a dark dull grey on my headers, so I'd bet the EGTs are 1300+ degrees. With such high EGTs the velocity out the exhaust is pretty good so you have added scavenging on the intake side. In race prep form these engines will make 260hp.



Will

Thanks for your reply and knowledge. :)

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[BlackbirdM3]

so is the intake and exhaust on the same side of the head? square inlets is new to me too. very cool stuff.

Yes, its a non crossflow head. The round ports are the intakes, the square ports are the exhaust. Not an uncommon setup. There is enough flow through the ports that the temps aren't that big of a deal. The EGTs on my engine are pretty high, I turned the glossy Jet Hot ceramic coating a dark dull grey on my headers, so I'd bet the EGTs are 1300+ degrees. With such high EGTs the velocity out the exhaust is pretty good so you have added scavenging on the intake side. In race prep form these engines will make 260hp.

Will

[AWDBOB]

I have a wonderful and fresh WOT-tech cylinderhead in my garage though ;)

This makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside