Monsta01
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So the pieces went back together and i had myself a sweet sounding new engine to run in feel free to discuss i love feedback //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/47808-monsta01s-1979-datsun-160j-sss-discussion/ A lil bit of painting rocker cover also happened in this time
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So with these datsun engines the power is truly all in the head, what i wanted was a fast street car that sounded aggressive but wasnt super hard to drive round town at low speeds, what i ended up with was this, a peanut head as we call them skimmed 40 thou, 2 mm oversized valves from a 2 litre engine, a stage 3 cam grind from franklin cams and double valve springs to suit, i didnt want to go into porting at this stage as i wanted room to grow later on.
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So next up was the strip down of the engine, me and my dad did this and we went about so that if it went well the crank didnt have to come out, we were successful in this and got away with a home and new rings and big end bearings but that wasnt all that was going to be done now i had commited to modifying
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Monsta01's 1979 Datsun 160j sss discussion
Monsta01 replied to Monsta01's topic in Project Discussion
Hey matt im not truly sure on the rarity id love to know real numbers but that cud be some digging, i just know i havent seen many at all and they are awesome cars. -
The first carbs put on were dhla 48 mm way too big for my lil 1600 which made it near impossible to drive there was no inbetween it was idle or 4000 rpm clutch dump takeoffs it was hard work and took its toll quickly on the engine bore washing it, after sourcing them i made the switch to 40mm dhlas but the damage was done and the smoking was getting bad but for a while i just drove it and enjoyed it till i wanted to start the rebuild.
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So after saying to my matesi didnt want to mod this car it was too perfect and awesome first on my mod list was a custom 2 inch exhaust system about 5 days after ownership, from there it went downhill haha then it was time for the doooooor of twin sidedraughts i had heard it and needed it myself so on they went and the real sss was born.
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So these pics are of the night i got my baby, spent a day in auckland looking at a few different dattos but finally settled on this baby and so glad i did. More to come, got a lot of pics etc so updates will keep rolling, please discuss
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Discussion thread: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/47808-monsta01s-1979-datsun-160j-sss-discussion/
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discussion of my build thread
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My name is Todd im a 22 Year old mechanic from Rotorua, this is my 160j sss ill do proper updates soon with what iv done from start to finish but for now a picture of how it sits will put up discussion thread in a minute cheers guys.
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