[mklotz70]

Guess what finally made it into the garage!!

[]2eDeYe]

SWEET!!!

Plans for the powerplant solidify yet? I've seen a few quests on CL cheap here and there

[mklotz70]

I have another, great running E1 that will go in it for now. Once that is in and I have it running, I will pull it back out to do a bit of cleaning and run new lines for the brakes and clutch. I'm guessing that pwr plant will be in there until next year. We'll see. But, since it's in the shop now, I should be able to drive it to Canby.

[BEEBANI]

Nice, can't wait!

[tdaaj]

maybe we can have 2 at canby

[Pacific coast Datsun]

The body looks good MIke. Not alot or rust..motor wise does it have the E-1 in there now?

[Icehouse]

I've been waiting for this project thread for to long I can't wait to see the progress. Yeah that thing is super straight. I want more pictures!!

[mklotz70]

tdaaj......That would be awesome if you had one there too!!!! Even if you have to tow it! SJeff64 has been hinting at his being ready, but I haven't heard anything solid about it.

Yep.....has an E1 in it right now that barely runs. The E1 that's waiting runs awesome!

Body is pretty straight, but it's has some bondo work done over the rear wheel wells which will have to get redone at some point. Other than that, the floor boards are the only real rust problem.

I can probably handle some more pics but I doubt they'll be too exciting at this point


Besides......I don't want to post pics of all the changes....there won't be anything to look at when it hits Canby

[71-521]

just post the teasing ones without showing too much....
keep us guessing...

[BEEBANI]

I totally hear that Mike, I waited until after Canby last year to post all my progress on my truck. Man, this year is gonna be something; 2) 320's or maybe 3) and a couple of 620's with ka24's! Can't wait, I think mine might be on a trailer again this year though.

[sjeff64]

I am going to do my best to be ready with the NL for Canby . I have been working really hard on it

[mklotz70]

So is that "with" the vg30 in it? I'll be sporting a woody if you drive in with a vg under the hood!!!! No great plans for mine.....pretty much stock, but driveable.

[mklotz70]

This is partly an update, partly a test to see how this works

Okay...this hasn't been completely proven yet, but it's 90%

PalisadesPark(James) and I were talking about this months ago.....could an L series dizzy be mounted up to an E series motor....or in his case a J series. James hasn't had time to play with it yet, but he did call me the other day and say that he thought it would be a matter of simply changing the drive coupling on the end of it.

Well, I got the E1's on to the eng stands and had a couple extra min to play with the idea. I didn't put the calipers to it, but it looks like it will work just fine. The shaft is a bit shorter on the EI dizzy, but I think it engages just fine. I should mention that that E1 came out of a '65 L320 and the mounting for the dizzy is a bit different than whats on the '64 E1.

First, the stock dizzy.


Much different drive coupling than the L series dizzy. You can see the L series end in pic 7.





The L series has the "cup" around the end of the shaft. Some are plastic, some are metal, but they do the same thing.



Couplings removed off of each dizzy. Everything still looks pretty close



The slot wouldn't allow the bolt to go back in, so I had to file it just a bit...approx. 1/16"? You'll need the metric bolt from the EI dizzy since the stock one is SAE.





The stock drive coupling went back onto the EI dizzy very nicely There's a small amount of endplay(don't forget the shim or you'll have a lot!), but I don't think it's anymore or less than all dizzy's have.



Okay....here it is mounted up. The drive coupling engages....I'll have to measure how much, but I think it's close to 1/8"....so that should be plenty. The dizzy is in a different orientation than the stock one. It would be the same if the adj. plate could be flipped over. It has a raised area that goes over the adj screw. If I cut the plate or fab a new one, I can put the vac adv back on top.





Okay.... I won't know how this turns out until I get the motor back in and fired up.....which won't be for a few weeks most likely.

****edit****

Okay...it's weeks later, but I thought I would squeeze the rest of the dizzy info into this post to keep it in one spot.

Works awesome!!!! Strongest spark I've ever seen!!

I ended up using a different EI dizzy since I couldn't get the vac adv to come out. Here's some pics of the tear down, glass beading, and then results. The only other thing I had to do was to go back and file the slot in the plate even more than I showed before. With all the adjustment retarded as far as possible, it still has the timing advanced to the last timing mark farthest from the TDC mark. That's okay...a little extra advance shouldn't hurt anything.

[mklotz70]

okay.....that was sweet!!!! I had used photobucket for the first time and did this post on Old Datsun Pickup Lover's forum. I did a cut/paste of the posting I made and it transferred perfectly!!! Awesome!! I miss not seeing the pics in the post, but it saved me a ton of time not having to upload to two different forums.

[]2eDeYe]

If you ad your link with the brackets like so...
piclink.com

it will show up in the post as a pic.
Also photobucket makes it easy, as you can copy the IMG Code (third selection below the pic in your album) and it does the brackets for you

[tdaaj]

i was told by a certain person that certian 1600 dizzy's would fit certain later year j13's.

[Pacific coast Datsun]

Mike that looks like it may work to me. I asked the same ? here awhile back but seeing pics helps alot. Back then i didnt have an extra dist. but now i do.

[tangent]

about the photo bucket, if you click the bottom link under the pic you want to post then you just change windows to the rattson forum window and paste and it puts the [IMG] in your post.

[sjeff64]

no not a vg30 this year but if If I can get it done in time(and it is looking really good)it will be running a Turbo A-14 with fuel injection w/ megasquirt controler
and at the very least discs on the front and duel master cylinder(power)f/r adjustable control. now if I justhad a descest windshield!

[Icehouse]

That is a sweet upgrade, How did you know it would work Mike? Wait something tells me you didn't want it to I think you wanted to use some of your fancy tools