Datsun 510 Pro Touring ????

[aussiebj]

Well after a 750 plus mile drive on Saturday the 510 is in my driveway..ill post some pics latter today....here is a crappy cell phone pic

[PleaseNoSteve]

Nice - cant wait to see some more pics!

[Mr.VENGEANCE]

wooord.

[showa]

That looks like a great solid start !!!

[Tig]

Man, I'd love a nice 510, one of my all time favorite rides.

That one you snagged up looks great. Lookin forward to some more pics for sure.......

[aussiebj]

5-22 The day after the first Track Day......Well i made it to the Pocono event......here is a recap.. leave 3 am for the 3hr drive to Pocono..get to the gates at 6.05 ,good im the first there, this will secure a place in the garage...take some pics of the car in front of the Pocono sign ...Then i notice my trailers front l/h wheel is almost ready to fall off....so they let me in early ,i take the wheel off and no wheel bearings left at all just the inner bearing race welded to the axle.....OMG what do i do now, no fun if i cant get the car home...I run out to the auto parts store at 7.30am and they open at 8..i wait, and they dont carry anything, but they send me to a trailer place just up the road ..they dont open till 9am go figure...so i head back to the track to make the first session....I get the car all squared away check and recheck everything...This is it first time on this fast track with a new untested car....(Oh bty i could not adjust the boost lower than 15psi so yes you guessed it Race fuel ..shes running 110 octane).....they wave me out on the track for the warm up laps....The exhaust has a very small leak just below the turbo pipe small enough that you can hear it in the video.....so off we go everything looks good oil pressure good ..water temp good ...tires comming up to temp...noise still there..... after warm up, off we go motor running strong throught the twisties ,now on to the back straight lets open her up... 15psi through 4 gear up to 120mph..then i here a noise that gets louder so i slow and pull into the pits......I lift the hood and check out the exhaust as it sounded like the pipe came off....but to my surprise it was actually a failed spark plug that the complete center of the plug blew out of the motor, i mean the only part of the plug that was left in the head was the metal base with the thread.....so i ran off to the parts store and they had some autolite plugs ...ill take what ever i can get at this point to salvage the rest of the day..on the way back i stop at the trailer place and pick up the parts i need for the trailer ,and then to a hardware store to buy a grinder and chissel.....get back its lunch time .....after the great buffet lunch i fix the trailer and then replace the plugs....we are back in business.....back out on track shes runnig great 120mph at 7000rpm is the best i can do, as i run out of gear on the long straight... this is where i wished i had bought that 5 speed..after 4 laps i noticed the water temp climbing up to close to 200 so i pulled in to let it cool down ....checked the thermostate ,and it had been modified to just be a restrictor....changed the water added some water wetter...and back out for another session..she was running great but the water temp was climbing again after 4 laps....so i pulled in and called it a day..after that session was over an instructor that i knew came up to me and told me he was in a 2010 roush mustang and was right up my but comming off the main straight into the infield ,as soon as i made the first corner i was gone and the student in his 427hp stang just could not catch me..of course that was until the end of the back straight...but all in all it was a great day with an unproven platform.the 510 was a hit with everybody...now ill go over the entire car as my next event is on july 16th at Melvile NJ on the Lightning circuit.....and yes i have pics and video in car and out ill post it up soon...Barry

[ArtosDracon]

Very nice for a fresh car. I personally love these 70's and early 80's imports. Briefly had an 82 Corolla that I still regret having to get rid of. A first gen Celica has always been one of my dream cars. My mom keeps trying to get me into the 510's as she had one when she was younger and said it handled better than our go-kart, lol, I actually almost believe her too.

Congrats, hopefully you can get the temp issue worked out, I bet it's just a fan or fan clutch issue.

[aussiebj]

Here is a quick vid i just made of the 510 running down the front straight at 120mph and 7000 rpm .....if you turn up the sound u can here the motor purring.......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGGKM6LZNbg

[zuess4u]

YES...a 510 is a streetfighter/pro-touring...fun car. It was my first car I owned, have a load of good memories with my 510.

here is a link to one of my all time favorite 510s...Yellow Fever...its done right. Id post pics but, not sure they would come out right.

http://www.bryanf.com/510/index.htm

[bosses son]

awesome car! looks like it is going to be allot of fun!

[twosaturns]

YES...a 510 is a streetfighter/pro-touring...fun car. It was my first car I owned, have a load of good memories with my 510.

here is a link to one of my all time favorite 510s...Yellow Fever...its done right. Id post pics but, not sure they would come out right.

http://www.bryanf.com/510/index.htm

I like that yellow 510 also, but last time I posted about it, some other datsun guy here ripped me a new one over it. I guess the 510 fanbase is pretty particular...

[70fireturd]

just jet the stock Webers and call it a day. LOL

[zuess4u]

I like that yellow 510 also, but last time I posted about it, some other datsun guy here ripped me a new one over it. I guess the 510 fanbase is pretty particular...

I know I know, but there has to be SOME respect, just in the fab alone right...lol...frickin purists..

[Jim Nilsen]

It sounds like your day at the track was an interesting one to say the least. The things that pop up or pop out, fall off or just plain fail are a surprising event. I had bolts come loose a valve cover leak ,blown engine and a couple things that just let you know it's racing even if they want to tell you it is just a TRACK EVENT,LOL.

You survived without any actual damage to the car and that they say is a blessing, just ask those who hit something or get hit !!

Sounds like you give em a good run for the money up to 120mph which is more than fast enough to keep them behind you. I'm good to 125/130 mph in 4th but have 5th and 6th to go after that so yea, you need a 5 spd if you had more room to go in the straight. The one thing is, at 120 mph you don't have to wait long and the turn comes up quick and the brakes have less to stop which was a good thing in my case.

I bet you will do really well in an auto x and most of the events have both types of racing to kill your car soon enough !!!!

Glad you had fun and found an auto parts store close by, I had to do the same kind of run to one and it is no fun when you miss the time to enjoy the event with others because you are thrashing on your stuff.

[aussiebj]

Here is a little longer vid with some in car footage....enjoy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMkd_ddwq6I

[The Stickman]

Great car cool vids. I love going to Pocono. I hopeto get back there with the wagon sometime.

[ssx]

I really want to build a 510 also...Need to find a nice base car!!!

[ErikLS2]

Man, wish I never sold my 510 I had in high school. They were all over then in Calif (1986). Never got to make it into what I wanted it to be. Had one hell of a cam in an L20B. People at drive thrus would always ask "man, what do you have in that thing?".

[ArtosDracon]

I wonder what ever came of this, or if he's too busy driving it to be on here all the time.

[Mingus]

Love the 510s in this post.
I had one in the late 80's. Flared fiberglass front fenders, matching bond on rears, sidedrafts, 5 speed. Only problem was we went a little low and stiff with the suspension. Ended up with basically no travel and it would knock your fillings out on every bump. Handled awesome on nice smooth pavement but just chattered on anything rough. I'm sure it would have handled much better with a bit of travel and some softer springs/shocks. Ah, foolish youth. It was destroyed in a shop fire after I sold it.
As for engines, around 20 years ago I saw a Fairlady roadster with a Maxima V-6 in it. They did a really clean conversion and it hauled ass. They kept the EFI when it seemed everybody doing any kind of retro swap back then always yanked it. If I remember right it took them months to get the wiring sorted out. We're lucky to have all of the plug & play harnesses now.