NOTE: Many picture
FULL ARCHIVE HERE

If you just wanna see a bunch of pics in one go - SEE HERE

Otherwise, read on for the summary and latest happenings!

How it started
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New bits





Interior





Totally irrelevant pic of me with a couple of chicks who reckon they like Datsuns


That'll do for now - any more picture links on this page and it will load slower than PRO-20T's engine bay.....

OMG Jeff.. First time I've seen your steering wheel Love it..

How much did one of those set you back?

jeff jeff his our man

good work there i see you used the home painters old favourite

presher pack primer

good work

Awesome work mate, i like the new format. Im sure you can add another hmmm 50 pics to it

Yep, Supercheap Auto cans I didn't even own a compressor at that stage of the build Borrowed one (a Supercheap 1HP toy) for the colour spraying!

What you see is just a quick DIY tidy up to bring the crappy engine bay up to the same standard as the Jap '1/2 Day Auto Paint' job on the exterior...

I beated/painted the engine bay in the shed myself for under 200 bucks all up ($20 panel beating hammer kit, wet/dry paper, 3M drip check, (Fully)Sikaflex, filler, primer/filler cans and 2PAK colour)

This paint will be all stripped out again when I do the body/paint refurb in a few years when I can afford it (or when Fitzy Industries offers to do it for me )

Love your work jefro ...very inspirational

one word horn....

the car too

Jeff, how much did that Nardi wheel cost? Or did it come with the car? Love it..

The Nardi wheel came with the car from Japan Mark, lucky hey.

Here's some bits that didn't come with the car, but arrived in the post today

Sweet.. how much luck can someone have.. First the car, then the Watanabe's, now the steering wheel..

Glad you like them 9lives, they sing pretty good too

cool, nice score with he badges they will look great on the coupe.

Seen a few of these badges pop up on ebay of late.

Here's the story of the car and current specs:

1971 Datsun Bluebird 1800SSS Coupe

The previous owner (Paul) privately imported this coupe into Australia in 2002. It arrived fitted with an S13 SR20DET that had been dodgily installed by it's original owner in Japan. The engine and conversion kit were sold locally prior to me purchasing the car in Oct 2003.

The condition of the car was pretty good on arrival in Australia. The body had been resprayed in Japan, but the engine bay featured some fairly daggy 15+ y/o paint requiring stripping/a bit of rust repair/beating and respraying. I fitted some locally sourced seats, harnesses and carpet to give the interior a $600 lift.

The build up to what you see on these pages took place between Dec 2004 and March 2007, with engineers cert and rego acquired just 3 working days prior to driving SYD-MEL for the Phillip Island Nissan/Datsun Sports Nationals at Easter! In the time it took me to build the car our family grew from 1 to 3 kids, my wife and I sold and bought a house and I had a fairly major change of jobs.... no wonder it took a while!

I plan to iron out any mechanical bugs over the next 3 or so years (not that there really are any ) then strip the car down and give it a complete bare metal show condition rebuild. Will also be doing some serious rust prevention and body strengthening as done (bloody well) by Nik sr20datsun to his 4dr in Melbourne. Gotta make this baby last forever!

Engine:
Nissan SR20DET Turbo engine from 1997 RPS13 180SX
Standard internals - only about 10,000km on engine as at July 07 (was from a 180SX written off in 1998!)
GT2871R BB turbo 52 trim comp, 0.64 turbine, internal wastegate
Cheap $35 Turbotech ball/spring mech boost control valve
Direct port NOS Sportsman fogger kit - not yet connected/tuned
DIY steel bundy tube turbo oil/water lines
HPC coated low mount UAS stainless turbo manifold
Factory 1992 S13 ECU with PLMS Developments realtime tuning interface
Standard S15 injectors
Standard SR20DET fuel pressure regulator
Z32 VG30DETT air flow meter
Cheap Chinese behind grille FMIC (Hybrid-ish)
2 x cheap 10" fans from Summernats stand
DIY intercooler plumbing
Dual sequential BOV (HKS-ish)
5L finned alloy sump (Greddy-ish)
SAAB 9000CD 2.4 turbo radiator
DIY mandrel bent 3" Exhaust system with Magic CAT, 18" long resonator, muffler

Fuel System:
Walbro GSS342 255 L/Hr high pressure in-tank EFI pump.
DIY modified R31 Skyline cradle and swirl pot mounted in 510 tank
510 fuel level sender still works
5/16 tinned steel bundy tube send/return lines

Brakes:
Rebuilt 240k brake booster with 15% upgraded mechanical advantage
R33 GT-R 1 inch master cylinder
Wilwood rear brake proportioning valve (under driver seat)

Front:
Nissan R33 GTST 296 x 30mm floating vented rotors (factory)
Nissan R33 GTST 4 spot calipers
Datsport ADR-OK Braided Lines
HD Bendix Pads
DIY modified Z31 turbo 5 stud hubs

Rear:
Nissan R33 GTST 297 x 18mm floating vented rotors (factory)
Nissan R33 GTST 2 spot calipersInternal drum type handbrake
Datsport ADR-OK Braided Lines
HD Bendix Pads

Driveline:
Rebuilt S14 5 speed with DIY short shifter
Exedy 9 puck ceramic cushioned sprung centre clutch
3" Ford V8 tailshaft with Navara unis
S14 R200 short nose viscous 3.7:1 LSD (soon to be R33 Nismo R200 2-way mechanical 4.11 LSD)
Custom EN26 hi tensile heat treated CV shafts and S14CV joints

Suspension
Front:
DIY 'Datsport inspired' 200B front crossmember
Datsport lower control arms
Datsport castor rods
Datsport adjustable swaybar
DIY R31 struts with adjustable spring platforms and Cusco camber tops
DIY Roll ctr correcting spacers and steering arm spacer rings
King lowered springs
Z31 KYB Excel-G inserts
New Noltec bushes, 200B tie rods/ends, ball joints and draglink (track rod)

Rear:
King lowered springs
KYB Gas-adjust shocks
DIY reinforced rear crossmember with camber/toe adjustment, shortnose R200 mounting, remanufactured/relocated/re-angled A-arm mounts (no pivot bush distortion at new ride height), modified A-arms with integrated R33 5 stud CV hubs, under-member exhaust path, nolathane bushes throughout.

Interior:
Factory SSS dash (all bits work with SR conversion)
Nardi Torino wheel
SAAS Enforcer race buckets
Klippan 4 point harnesses
4 point steel roll cage (padded)
Autometer oil pressure gauge
Autometer oil temp gauge
Autometer water temp gauge
Autometer exhaust temp pyrometer gauge
Autometer liquid filled boost gauge
Cheap CD player
Cheap speakers
QuikTrak satellite tracking system
Moulded carpet and 25kg worth of sound deadener

Wheels & Tyres
Front R32 GTST 16 x 6.5, 195/50/16
Rear R32 GT-R 16 x 8, 225/45/16

Performance
1/4 mile WSID 12.2 @ 113.8 on 15PSI
Dyno Pulse Menai 219.7rwkw @ 17PSI

Mmmm... Can't wait to see you brake 11's on Drag Radials.. Don't brake anything else though..

good to see you getting a hold of some badges Jeff!
will look much better with them on!
do you have the rear 1800SSS badge aswell?

Those badges are sweet, they are very similar design to genunie rx2 coupe badges as well.

thats a good detailed list you got yourself there jeff

Thanks Fitzy - about time I came clean with the specs hey...

Dattoboy - yep - 1800SSS badge is already on the car.

Gun - yeah, glad I've finally got a complete set. Would like to re-plate them, just gotta find a plastics chrome plating joint