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Pulled the smelly old CA20E engine out last weekend.
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Haha, glad old mate hooked you up with reg.
Thats you, me and camel now with the same club reg dude
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Nice work at the drag strip. RS-X represent!
Strange about your turbo though.
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ps, forgot to mention congrats on the new daily!
Rotary coupe life
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Oh page two now?!
Ha, anyway, moving right along to the present and this just turned up from summit. I was not too keen on putting a cam in when I had the heads off etc, due to that becoming another potential hassle, when I really wanted to get it back together asap.
Now its all bedded in I can wake the old 302 windsor up!
Specs are the following :
Basic Operating RPM Range:1,800-5,500
Intake Duration at 050 inch Lift: 218
Exhaust Duration at 050 inch Lift:228
Duration at 050 inch Lift:218 int./228 exh.
Advertised Intake Duration:278
Advertised Exhaust Duration:290
Advertised Duration:278 int./290 exh.
Valve Lift with Factory Rocker Arm Ratio:0.471 int./0.471 exh.
Lobe Separation (degrees) 114
Basically its the biggest cam I can fit with a stock torque convertor, it sounds great on the youtube clips I had listened to
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Took it for a decent drive out to chopped back in october with some fellow old school members, you might have heard about it in other threads? If not go check it out! Such a rad event
Took it for a skid in the dirt drags.
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Also got a complete new custom twin 2.25 inch exhaust made for it , sounds really good now.
The guy did a sweet job on it. Super close to the floor as well, along with a couple of dumps at the back now.
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Also thought it was about time to upgrade the brake master to a dual XB Falcon 1 inch bore
Mounted a remote VH40 up under the front wheel housing for max stealthness.
Stops so much nicer now with this upgrade, along with the new front discs
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Wow, just realised I haven't updated my build thread in awhile, A lot has happened since April haha.
Fitted my choice new E street heads
Also fitted some new Comp Cams roller tip rockers
All back together now = happy
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Yeah, definitely a rad wagon you have there!
S12 is coming along nicely. I bought a sweet FJ20E for it recently
I just ordered BC fully adjustable coilovers...
Its starting to spiral out of control with parts... I think I have the sickness.
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If you used the wagon a few times last week, then its doing it intended job!
Heck I am lucky to use my Ute once a fortnight...
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So, is this your daily yet?!
Looking good though mate, I actually had no idea this was yours until just now.
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So I bought one of these (And no, its not the old L series)
FJ20!
I had to drive nearly 4 hours to go get it though...Anyway, its a complete running motor apparently. It was in a Stanza coupe most of its previous life until now. Its obviously from a DR30 originally though judging by the intake manifold length.Has a 280ZX 71B close ratio gearbox attached to the FJ bell housingECU and loom is Microtech MTX-8 (pretty old now I know) with a hand controller to tune itBigger injectors of some kindSpare DR30 Turbo inlet manifold, cam cover and turbo flywheel / clutch setup (bigger diameter)Headers to suit a 510 1600 (probably won't use them, they are pretty ratty but the exhaust flange is good to make a start on a new set)Engine mounts to suit a Stanza (Dont really need these but the rubber mounts are pretty trick looking pieces)Just bought a gasket set for it today. I plan on going through it properly and collecting bits along the way.Having trouble finding S12 FJ20 mounts - Obviously. I might have to make some although I have read somewhere the CA20 passengers side is the same as FJ20.I plan on using this on a daily basis, so I want to get the AC and powersteering brackets sorted. Going to keep this one an NA screamer, some individual throttle bodies would be nice if finances allow!-
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Haha yeah, hopefully one that doesn't over fuel the engine?!
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Feel free to discuss my new money pit!
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Its sitting on super low Lovells springs at the moment, the fronts need to come down some more obviously. I have more suspension parts coming soon to sort this out. Stay tuned.
The eagle eyed will notice I removed the mud flaps and 80's neon side stripe graphic as well.
Started collecting pieces to begin the manual conversion. Do you know how hard it is to find manual parts for these things here?! Luckily I got a manual pedal box from a fellow forum member, it's still in NZ at mums place so will have to grab it or get it sent over soon haha.I want to keep the CA20e for now as it runs well, plus the AC and power steer are a luxury I don't want to give up!Will head to pick a part and get a CA20 manual box from a R31 pintara, they are still semi common in the junk yards and I can use all the bits in my budget conversion until the next step.Also currently looking for a FJ20, they are about but also very rare in complete condition with all the mounts, bits and pieces to fit a S12. I also want brackets to mount the AC, PS etc. Probably dreaming as most of that stuff gets binned when they got stuck in Datsun 1600's etc.See how I go on my hunt. I guess that's half the fun building old cars eh? I don't know if I could go SR20 though, even though they are common as and so cheap to get parts for...-
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First order of the day was to fix a few minor things wrong with it and get a roadworthy, get it registered asap etc.
Club reg FTW!
Bought some wheels on the cheap for it,
D hole 15 x 8 steelies, 0 offset rear + 10 front, with 195/50/15 tyres.
Had to roll the rear guard lips, just folded though and not pumped
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So, thought I better get myself a classic Japanese car awhile back, because new german daily driver cars are boring me lately.
Was looking at old Toyotas and Datsuns etc but I decided it had to be a 70's or 80's 2 door coupe of some kind in the end. Pop up head lights would be a bonus.
Got thinking about my S12 RX Silvia CA18ET notch back I owned back in the early noughties and thought hmm, that was a pretty cool, cheap fun car.
Anyway started looking around in Australia and realised these things just are not about. Luckily I got a lead on a car that was not even advertised and found this :
Original one lady owner Nissan Gazelle S12 ,
The main reason I bought this particular one, other than the fact its so clean is because it has a R180 IRS disk brake rear end and they are quite rare here, most of these sold new in Australia came with drum brake live axle rear set ups and I was not too keen on that.
It has factory AC that still works, power steer etc. Really original car, factory head unit still fitted and all that stuff! Pretty hard to find in this kind of condition these days, I mean it is 30 years old!
When I got it, seat covers and window shades had been fitted its whole life until now, so the interior has survived really well.
Only downside to the whole deal is that its a CA20E. Automatic. Yuck I know. But at least it's been cared for and never thrashed.
The Automatic can jog on though, I plan a manual conversion very shortly.
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I cant believe you guys made it back to Brisbane after leaving chopped in one go. That is a seriously long drive!
PF = Performance forums. (its a bit like the Aussie version of OS. Well kind of.) I started a build thread over there ages ago. Was waiting for Camel to start one here but we all got too busy. Blatant photo rip from here though sorry on my last post there.
Like yourself KY, I got no photos of anything, was too busy! haha.
Those time Lapses Hemi got came out awesome.
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You guys ruled getting this thing drivable!
Yeah, if only I bought a fuel regulator for that pump aye, total oversight
Im pretty sure Camel and I will have it running a lot better next time haha.
Still, it got a lot of attention all weekend. Heaps of random dudes were checking it out and taking pics so we must have done something right!
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That was an epic mission.
So grateful for all the help to get the Chev there though, you guys were machines!
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Yeah, I can grab a drum. 44 gallon or is that too hard core? Maybe a 50L fuel can might suffice.
This picture taken from 2013 sums up the mornings after there
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Ive got a small Webber BBQ, should be just big enough for us lot?
Must remember to get firewood this year before we head on in. It gets pretty cold when the sun goes down.
Had to 'borrow' a few logs from another camp site one night haha
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Wait till you see the list for the gasser then.Nearly time to cross back over the ditch and start going through diddys buick list.
Its going to be like one of those discovery channel builds with an unrealistic time frame to finish everything haha
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Liams 1985 Nissan Gazelle S12 FJ20
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Got the FJ20 mounted on the stand to clean it up and paint a few things.
Tracked down a set of FJ into S12 mounts to borrow and copy, extremely rare it seems but should be easy enough to make.
Also found a guy who has some powersteer and aircon brackets, hopefully get them soon!