Page 5 of 9

Re: blitzballas pit of money and happiness (Sunny Coupe)

Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 10:21 am
by blitzballa
2 doors wrote:Hey,I'm warrick, 0273330715, I'm just down the road from Blaine, he does all my blasting, I can do the epoxy.
Thanks for getting in touch will PM you! :D :D

Re: blitzballas pit of money and happiness (Sunny Coupe)

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:45 pm
by Bartman
blitzballa wrote:Still looking at the potential for NOS for the SC though.
The carb to supercharger plate is already drilled and tapped 1/8 npt for a single fogger nozzle.
I got very close to spraying it, but I burned a piston not long before I was going to, and decided I was getting over building new engines.

Re: blitzballas pit of money and happiness (Sunny Coupe)

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 1:38 pm
by blitzballa
Bartman wrote:
blitzballa wrote:Still looking at the potential for NOS for the SC though.
The carb to supercharger plate is already drilled and tapped 1/8 npt for a single fogger nozzle.
I got very close to spraying it, but I burned a piston not long before I was going to, and decided I was getting over building new engines.
I meant to ask you as well Bart what sort of mods you made to your A15? Taking mine round to my bald mechanic and he was interested to know.

Re: blitzballas pit of money and happiness (Sunny Coupe)

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 4:14 pm
by Bartman
Conrods were polished, balanced, shot peened, ARP rod bolts fitted. (Small ends opened up to 20mm)
Crank shaft had the oil galleries enlarged a wee bit, (As per 1972 nissan rally prep guide)
Custom made oil pump utilising L series pump gears.
Flywheel was doweled on to the crank
Pistons were HPC coated. (I think they were Mazda E5(?) pistons)
Big cam
cylinder head had L20B 42mm inlet valves, with manly lash caps.
dual valve springs
rocker shaft springs were replaced with bushes
polished rocker arms
ported ports.

And probably a bunch of other shit I can't remember too.

Re: blitzballas pit of money and happiness (Sunny Coupe)

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:04 pm
by blitzballa
Bartman wrote:Conrods were polished, balanced, shot peened, ARP rod bolts fitted. (Small ends opened up to 20mm)
Crank shaft had the oil galleries enlarged a wee bit, (As per 1972 nissan rally prep guide)
Custom made oil pump utilising L series pump gears.
Flywheel was doweled on to the crank
Pistons were HPC coated. (I think they were Mazda E5(?) pistons)
Big cam
cylinder head had L20B 42mm inlet valves, with manly lash caps.
dual valve springs
rocker shaft springs were replaced with bushes
polished rocker arms
ported ports.

And probably a bunch of other shit I can't remember too.
Thanks for that Bart will be very handy info to have!!! Finally fully stripped the car so its on axle stands atm. Couldn't find anyone with a rotisserie for sale so decided to not be lazy and finally build mine. Have had the designs for a while but just been too lazy to do anything. And finally treated myself to some wheels today!!!
20160315_215521[1].jpg
The are Hoshino Impuls Pro Spokes 15" and 6.5" wide with +5 offset. Will have to take them in to Royce Clive to get drool worthy but definitely think they will look the part. Almost tempted to whip my suspension back on just to see what they look like!!

Some photos for you guys also:
20160312_200544[1].jpg
20160315_215456[1].jpg

Re: blitzballas pit of money and happiness (Sunny Coupe)

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:01 pm
by Bartman
Did you buy those off Max?

Re: blitzballas pit of money and happiness (Sunny Coupe)

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 12:33 pm
by blitzballa
Bartman wrote:Did you buy those off Max?
Off the old school forums? Yep.

Re: blitzballas pit of money and happiness (Sunny Coupe)

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 8:01 pm
by Bartman
Good score.
I wanted those too.

Re: blitzballas pit of money and happiness (Sunny Coupe)

Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 10:25 am
by blitzballa
Have been pretty busy this week getting my rotisserie finished off finally!
20160511_215234[1].jpg
I have one of these either side and they should hopefully do the trick!
Mounting them in the rear bumper mount hole and the front mounting member.
20160511_215243[1].jpg
20160511_215308[1].jpg
Still have to make my chassis trolley which I am going to use to transport the shell on the transporter but that shouldn't take me long. All up I think the trolley and the rotisserie will have cost me $300 so not too bad (even if I am only using it for a week or two).

Also picked up an H165 diff with factory B310 mounts for a three link which was an awesome score! (Thanks Jesse). Bit of work cleaning it up though and will have to get new hardlines made but nothing too major. Still have a spare H165 leaf sprung diff going cheap if anyone is interested.

In any case will hopefully have the car looking nice and painted in the next few weeks! Definitely aiming to get it road legal by Akaroa. Watch this space!

Re: blitzballas pit of money and happiness (Sunny Coupe)

Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 6:38 pm
by classicdat
That leaf sprung one sounds interesting. Paul is after an axle, do you know what it is out of?