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what's up s/w, i'm steve and this is my current money pit
usually i'm not down with the whole "bought not built" thing, but i wanted to get something that was mechanically legit and just needed a good polish. so i stumbled upon this thing. i thought it was pretty rad and its something I've wanted to build since I've had my datsun 720.
now, i am a very particular dude and i don't like rust holes, fire hazards, etc. so i decided to re-do everything myself since whoever originally did the swap literally threw it in there and didn't give a shoot about anything.
sooo, this is my progress so far
couple days after i brought it home
as i was driving the truck home, clutch started slipping. needless to say within 2 weeks of having the truck and doing some big smokey burnouts, had to get one of these
spec stage 3, figured i'd get something that could take more abuse
this is what the interior looked like when i got it. there was no passenger seat so i had a dodge neon seat just sitting there for a while not bolted in or anything. my girlfriend got pretty tired of it so i needed something more legit
and for some reason, one of the 57 owners of this truck somehow did this. straight up hack sawed through the driver side door jamb and used some black crap to fill it back in.
drove it around for awhile until this happened. went and got sushi and it decided to piss coolant out everywhere. whoever ran the coolant hoses had used a ton of hose clamps and a plastic piece to connect the hoses. guess they figured high temps and lots of pressure wouldn't crack the plastic
so i replaced it with a brass one.
there was a birds nest of wires under the dash and going to my battery. i'm not about that life so i decided to start pulling stuff out. tons of terrible grounds, wires running across the pedals and around the seat belts...just terrible. and whoever cut the floor to put the transmission in anticipated it to be bigger i guess, so they cut this giant hole around my trans. the heat from that and my exhaust would roll into my truck making it a mobile sauna. the shifter plate that came stock still didn't cover it so i took it off to see what i was working with
and i decided to tear the already nasty carpet out of there only to open the biggest can of worms yet
cleaned up one side a bit with a ton of simple green, a scotch bright and 3 scrub brushes
which brings to me to today. started welding up the holes a little after work. not the best, but it gets the job done and is gonna get covered anyway
so that's where i'm currently at. i'm trying to get everything done (weld holes, weld diff, change trans fluid and oil, put in hip hand brake instead of under the dash and change the color) before h20 which is within the next 3 weeks.
and for those wondering the mod list,
rb25 and trans with 70k (when i got it)
greddy intake mani
rfl bov
custom fmic
custom driveshaft
q45 throttle body
magnaflow muffler (side exit under the cab)
drop shocks all around (have yet to get blocks and turn down tortions, but a 4 link is in the works)
apexi powerfc stand alone
sti boost gauge
apexi turbo timer
some ccw knock offs
and of course, a pep boys hula girl
usually i'm not down with the whole "bought not built" thing, but i wanted to get something that was mechanically legit and just needed a good polish. so i stumbled upon this thing. i thought it was pretty rad and its something I've wanted to build since I've had my datsun 720.
now, i am a very particular dude and i don't like rust holes, fire hazards, etc. so i decided to re-do everything myself since whoever originally did the swap literally threw it in there and didn't give a shoot about anything.
sooo, this is my progress so far
couple days after i brought it home
as i was driving the truck home, clutch started slipping. needless to say within 2 weeks of having the truck and doing some big smokey burnouts, had to get one of these
spec stage 3, figured i'd get something that could take more abuse
this is what the interior looked like when i got it. there was no passenger seat so i had a dodge neon seat just sitting there for a while not bolted in or anything. my girlfriend got pretty tired of it so i needed something more legit
and for some reason, one of the 57 owners of this truck somehow did this. straight up hack sawed through the driver side door jamb and used some black crap to fill it back in.
drove it around for awhile until this happened. went and got sushi and it decided to piss coolant out everywhere. whoever ran the coolant hoses had used a ton of hose clamps and a plastic piece to connect the hoses. guess they figured high temps and lots of pressure wouldn't crack the plastic
so i replaced it with a brass one. 
there was a birds nest of wires under the dash and going to my battery. i'm not about that life so i decided to start pulling stuff out. tons of terrible grounds, wires running across the pedals and around the seat belts...just terrible. and whoever cut the floor to put the transmission in anticipated it to be bigger i guess, so they cut this giant hole around my trans. the heat from that and my exhaust would roll into my truck making it a mobile sauna. the shifter plate that came stock still didn't cover it so i took it off to see what i was working with
and i decided to tear the already nasty carpet out of there only to open the biggest can of worms yet
cleaned up one side a bit with a ton of simple green, a scotch bright and 3 scrub brushes
which brings to me to today. started welding up the holes a little after work. not the best, but it gets the job done and is gonna get covered anyway
so that's where i'm currently at. i'm trying to get everything done (weld holes, weld diff, change trans fluid and oil, put in hip hand brake instead of under the dash and change the color) before h20 which is within the next 3 weeks.
and for those wondering the mod list,
rb25 and trans with 70k (when i got it)
greddy intake mani
rfl bov
custom fmic
custom driveshaft
q45 throttle body
magnaflow muffler (side exit under the cab)
drop shocks all around (have yet to get blocks and turn down tortions, but a 4 link is in the works)
apexi powerfc stand alone
sti boost gauge
apexi turbo timer
some ccw knock offs
and of course, a pep boys hula girl
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