Marks 1977 260c cedric

[mark105]

so yuh pending final arrangements this is goin to be mine

tiz a 1977 260c (230 shape i believe it is) L20E powered with "3 on the tree" auto. apart from the engine shes all standard and has benchys in the front

plans is to get some decent rims n tires as im getting it with only random stuff on it and prolly drop it a inch or 2 to improve handling and use it as my daily comes with brand new wof to, dudes getting one this thursday for me.

also has towbar so i can now tow round the ke26 when needed. n yuh more pics whens its in my possession.

so she has a wof now and shes all paid for, picking it up this sunday. when the owner said its a "3 on the tree" transmission i figured it would be auto but its a manual so even better.

Update Mon Sep 17, 2007

anyways got sent more pics.

the big ol nissan donk

interior pics, crankin OS radio

and shitty outside pic

Update Mon Sep 24, 2007

so took few more engine bay pics. went to do photo shoot some where but it got dark so yuh better pics tomoz.

so yeh untidy as wiring from EFI conversion.

and the other side

Plans=

do huge tidy up of engine bay, finish off engine conversion as its all prety "we wanted it in there and going and nothing else matters"

needs a air filter and so on also. get interior valeted as it needs a clean hard.

and of course rims n tryes n suspension needs attention. (also have almost slicks on it atm lol)

also whats the deal with ecu's being under the bonnet? bit dodge init?

Update Mon Oct 01, 2007

new solex's goin to install them now.

few hours later

Update Sun Oct 07, 2007

had a interesting day trying to get these to fit the 260c

the backs fit sweet, but skylines have much smaller hubs then 260c and this wont fit over the hub on the front

so tiz off to tyre shop tomoz to have tyres taken off, then out to dads mechanics to have centers lathed out and i should have some rims that fit.

still dunno what to do color/paint wise as 2 came matty b and they was shittly done so i paint stripped that off but original paint underneath was fucked too so i need to get em sand blasted or something as im to lazy to clean them up by hand.

Update Sun Oct 14, 2007

comparison of rims

all finished

trued up front hubs

and test fit

Update Thu Nov 01, 2007

prety happy with that tbh even tho they is new school.

Update Sat Nov 24, 2007

had a play again today, new oxygen sensor sees the plug all nice n clean now and richness gone tho it might be a bit lean now but still idles fast for some reason still unsure on this.

got under the rocker cover, no hydro lifters so adjusted the tappets and jesus were they out tiz very quiet n smooth now.

oh and added some os lovin

Update Thu Dec 20, 2007

1.5 inch blocks in back, happy with this, front tomorrow.

Update Mon Dec 24, 2007

ok lowness pics.

previous height

now

im still expecting the front to settle a bit also as the old springs got a bit of a work out from the gas.

also new ones of these in the front

is like a whole new car now, much improved the handling considering my old shocks didnt even work hah.

Update Mon Jan 21, 2008

these look mean ones that suit the best so far, offset tiz a bit wrong for the 260's positive as hubs

dont think any amount of stretch could beat that tho

Update Sun Apr 19, 2009

The RB Conversion

so this car currently looks like this

and this is a donor car

and this is why

and this is the 260's new engine/gearbox. RB25DE and 4 speed auto

one of my current problems. look at old L's sump bowl and where it is on RB's sump

but its not to much of a biggie

my big pile of wires i had to sort out to use the skylines auto box and my foot chucked in for a size comparison.

all i need to do now is finish modifying the gearbox cross member so the skylines gearbox mount fits on it and work out the engine mounts as they are on a slightly different angle to the RB's and get my sump tig'ed up.

Update Wed May 06, 2009

sump is made now

welds

one step closer. engine/gearbox mounts now

Update Wed May 13, 2009

excuse my shit cellphone pics but made the engine mounts, got motor in car, thought auto was sitting a little low but am unsure now as everything seems in line just auto is big and im using factory rb manifold and dump pipe and this sits a little lower again then the auto box but anyways shit pics

trying to show the current line of auto and auto in relation to motor but kinda failed.

and yuh slowerly getting there.

Update Sat Jun 13, 2009

shitty phone pics again but engine finally rests here.

my only problem at current is my starter doesnt fit as it hits the steering box setup and being that my cross member is at the front i have no where to attach a rack and pinion setup anyways and nor do i want to really.

this is why starter doesnt fit, because the starter solenoid hits steering box because instead of being all L series stz and pointing straight up like motor on bottom it points straight out the side as seen on motor at the top

so a remote solenoid and a different means of engaging might be the go if i cant make the L series one fit.

and my yucky rust im fixing

and i attacked it with an angle grinder.

thats all for now. slowerly getting there.

[mark105]

gave up on finding after market starter, used factory one and moved engine over to passengers side bout 20mm so it fit, made nolathane engine mounts as i cant have that bitch moving much. also got a set of skyrine rb25 extractors of trademe and set about making them fit (the whole extractors was like half the price of buying the bends to make my own)

mean getting closer to slammage time.

[mark105]

started it today, sounds lol on just the extractors, not far to go now.

[mark105]

boring no pictures update.

exhaust... done

drive shaft... done

need to figure out why now ive put the exhaust on it wont idle haha

all i need is an accelerator pedal and gear change and tidy up some wiring and its time for a skid.

[mark105]

so everything for a cert is done. except bleed the brakes and some minor tidying.

been having fun with panel work. commence cellphone pics.

so much rust in boot, went around the back window and then water all in the boot just made it go all over the place so lots of welding and lots of por15 and its now like that, will be in paint by sunday all going to plan.

then cert time in time for napier i hopes.

[mark105]

painted

[mark105]

yus! big thanks to Brock, sused me a new back window. hopefully last peice to the puzzle. cert monday see what happens.

[mark105]

so i did some skids, poped some tyres and this is the result.

number 2 where the bearing goes in the con rod. notice heat marks and look at bearing 2.

number 6 bearings, pwned, right through the copper back to metal and started being mashed out of shape.

number 5 gone, back to copper

number 4 same again

number 3 same again

number 2, 200% fucked, right through the copper and severally mashed out of shape.

number 1, not so bad but is on its way out also

and my sump with heaps of bearing in it.

so yeh number 6 and number 2 bearings spun, number 2 bearing semi spun welded it self to the conrod.

im guessing to have all 6 bearings fucked it must have been on its way out and this just was the final push.

so im off to have a full gasket set, new rings, full set of bearings priced up for this. then im gonna strip it down and send it off to motor preparations in otorohanga where ill have the block fully flushed and cleaned and have everything machined up and pretty much do a full rebuild on the bottom end.

[mark105]

crank went to engine builder today. verdict, its fucked, its bent and possibly cracked.

so if any one knows of a RB25 short block for cheaps i need one.

[mark105]

so i found a cheap block, crank, girdle and rods on trademe as this is what i was needing. it all went off to the engine builder last week and i got it all back today $800 poorer, i did not think there was that much work that was needed but turns out this thing was very neglected and the engine builder confirmed my suspicions that this engine was going to do what it did weather i did skids in it or not, i just fast tracked the process haha. so now i have a brand new engine. purchased the bits to assemble the internals so far but appco cant obtain piston rings for me funny enough which sux cause i got staff discount from him so if any one who works there can double check this for me that would be sweet. so enough talking pics time.

the list of shit they did.

and what it looks like

and some new bits

[mark105]

solved my piston ring problem, RB30 turbo rings haha.

so far measure up good so will have to put em in and measure em up.

[mark105]

owned, RB30 turbo rings didnt fit, once i measured them the top ring was 0.4mm thicker which subsequently meant it didnt fit the top landing. so rang engine builder, he spent half the day trying to find rings and found nothing from all the usual suppliers but managed to find some from a ring supplier in invercargil from a 4 cylinder which should fit, so hopefully find out tomorrow whether i have rings or whether im waiting like months for them to come from Nissan japan and get anal raped on the price.

[mark105]

thought i had better update this as allot has happened but ive taken no photos haha.

update from ages ago, couple of days before Christmas engine builder ended up getting the 4 cylinder rings for me which meant i ended up with 8 of them, they were 4g63 rings that were 1mm over size to fit my 86mm pistons, fitted everything up, was all mint, everything back together, started it up and no 1 was not burning fuel, went over the entire ignition system and it came up fine, so i suspected a sticking open injector, got the injectors cleaned and tested and they came up fine, compression tested it and it came up 0 psi, leaked down tested it inlet valves were leaking. This was new years eve which i ended up leaving very late for cause i was trying to get this going for it so i gave up and went and partied.

So it sat for a few weeks and head came off and went back to the engine builder, they pressure tested everything, pulled head all apart and cleaned everything and sent it back saying the valves had some shit under them but shouldn't have been to major and wouldn't have stopped no 1 firing.

So then i turned to the hydro lifters, found a guide went to recondition them as a new set from Nissan was $2500 worth and found i couldn't get them apart, bashed one so hard i broke it so i cut it open with an angle grinder and found it so baked up full of shitty oil no wonder they wouldnt come apart so Jase found me a low compression RB20DET which i got for $100 and taxed the lifers from, these ones were much better but it took about 3 days of soaking in carb cleaner then a day worth of cleaning to get them back to good nick but that was them all nicely sorted.

Went back and put the whole head and everything back on and compression tested it and got 160 psi on all 6 cylinders and shit me i was a happy chappy after that, so it all went back together and ive been driving it for about a month now, shes all run in and running very smoothly. so happy to have this thing back on the road.

So in the end i think it was the hydro lifters that were the biggest problem and at the end of the day they were the only thing that had not been reconditioned as i thought the engine builder had done them but when i took the head back they said they had just bleed them so it was just one of those things.

So out of the 6 months rego and 6 months wof the car had i drove it for about 2 weeks and i finally got around to putting my cert plate on that came like a week or so after Napier last year.

So on to giving the skylines some attention.

[mark105]

have these crizzle finders sitting round, came on my parts 260C, thinking i might put them on but im not sure, look the business?

Discuss

[mark105]

bye bye 260C

/end of fred.