Claudman Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 (edited) I have been working this project since 2005 when I purchased my wagon. The following photos are what it looked like when I got it. Well, since then the car was stripped, and replace a quarter panel and door Bought a Nissan re-built engine on Ebay for $510.00 Finally got it painted Put the engine in Got it running And ready to finish the interior and this is how it sits today Won't be long now before it's back on the road. Thanks for looking, Tim Edited August 17, 2009 by Claudman 2 Quote Link to comment
CharlieBucket Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 great job on my favorite color goon! $510 for the engine, i bet you just had to buy that! Quote Link to comment
gokiburix Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 nice looking GOON! Join us in the "goons check in" thread! WELCOME TO THE GOON SQUAD! -goki Quote Link to comment
ichorid Posted August 17, 2009 Report Share Posted August 17, 2009 (edited) What happened to the shiny head on the engine in the first pic? looked all sexy and clean, then back to default red. car looks great man, did you paint it? or have a shop do it? love that green. Edited August 17, 2009 by ichorid Quote Link to comment
Claudman Posted August 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Thanks for the nice comments about the wagon. To answer your questions: I won the engine on Ebay and that just happened to be the winning bid of $510.00. I thought it was cool. I have two 200SX intakes, one that is mostly stock with only the EGR removed that has the red cover. This one included the idle control valve and fast idle and has the stock Red cover. The other has been modified to remove the idle control, EGR and moved the fast idle to the other side and has the shiny cover. This was on the car when I bought it and the idle was not good. Since I have AC on the car, I wanted to used the Idle control to help stabilize the idle when the compressor is running. The shiny cover still needs alot of work to look good in person. 1 Quote Link to comment
DRIVEN Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 Really nice! Any idea what the steering wheel came from? Quote Link to comment
Tompsukka Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 The steering wheels seems to be from a 210 Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 gotta ask what 'green' you used??? ill take any leftovers :D Quote Link to comment
Claudman Posted August 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 The wheel is from a 210 from what I was told. The Green was mixed from the stock color code using PPG paints. My painter shot several different mixes as samples before we agreed on the color. If you need the color code I can get it, but my advice is to get samples sprayed before you pick color since there was significant variation between different brands of paint. The BASF paint was not even close and the PPG color looks better than stock. Of course, it is clear coated and the stock color was not. Quote Link to comment
hang_510 Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 :cool: i have the interior to match it to, since i have no plans to do the interior :D post the codes anyways! Quote Link to comment
Claudman Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 Got my Experimental Engineering Header installed over Christmas along with a 2 1/2" mandrel bend exhaust. I had the headers modified to remove the standard flanges and replace them with V-bands. I went with dual mufflers to keep it quiet. Pictures follow: 1 Quote Link to comment
MicroMachinery Posted January 16, 2012 Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 I support this build. 1 Quote Link to comment
Claudman Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 The following are some photo's of the engine bay with the header in place. They are really nice on the VG 510 since they really open up access and take less room than the 200 SX cast manifolds. And the best news is that it runs MUCH better than before and will easily hit the rev limit without me noticing any drop off in power. 1 Quote Link to comment
erikcarter Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 How does the sway bar work on the back of the car? I have coilovers and all heim jointed front end parts on my goon, and I am trying to decide if a sway bar and poly bushings will be good enough for my car. Love the Goon by the way! Quote Link to comment
Duncan Posted January 17, 2012 Report Share Posted January 17, 2012 Extremely nice wagon. I'm throwing rear quarters on mine soon. Not looking terribly forward to that :) Nice job! Quote Link to comment
Claudman Posted June 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Just got my new aluminum gas tank for my wagon. All set up with an internal baffle for the fuel injection with an in tank mounted pump. No more starvation. 1 Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 wow sweet car sir its bad ass.. is that a specific built tank for a goon or just generic..... Quote Link to comment
Claudman Posted June 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 The tank was built custom to fit the wagon only. I assembled the fuel pump and mounted and tested the assembly and everything seems to work great. Now if it just fits in the car. This is the internal baffle to prevent starvation Views of the fuel pump assembly Outside with the pump mounted. I ran the pump to circulate the fuel before mounting the tank as a test Quote Link to comment
hobbes_the_cat Posted June 23, 2012 Report Share Posted June 23, 2012 Wow, this is a thing of beauty. Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted June 24, 2012 Report Share Posted June 24, 2012 what fuel pump is that ......and if it doesnt fit i will gladly cut up my goon to make it fit Quote Link to comment
Claudman Posted June 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 The fuel pump is a Walbro GSL393, 160 liter/hr. Originally had it mounted sucking from the stock tank, but it was too loud. Hope it works better in tank. Quote Link to comment
greengoon Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 WOW! Very nice and clean. Super impressed. Love the gas tank too. I need to get on the stick and amp up the quality of mine. :) 1 Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted June 25, 2012 Report Share Posted June 25, 2012 hey break those two up.... we cant have two bad ass green wagons fratronizing....... .ps my greengoon... u cant amp any higher than the top...for wht its worth.. both .ur guys wagons are top notch both of u , i hope mine turns out half as nice as these.... Quote Link to comment
Claudman Posted July 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 Got the tank installed and fuel lines re-worked and everything fit well enough. The following is a picture of the tank with lines ready to install. The large line is the vent line which I pipe into the vent fitting off the filler nozzle. I cut out part of the cross-member to run the supply and return lines and the electrical line to the front of the wagon. The next two photos show the tank in place. The wires hanging loose are for the fuel float level. I wanted to make sure they were wired correctly before so I left them loose until I could check the gauge. Finally, I was able to remove the old inline pump (280ZX pump) and this cleaned up the hoses and wiring quite a bit. So far I'm very happy. The pump is completely quite in the tank and there are no leaks. And it looks so much better than the old wagon tank. Quote Link to comment
fo0manchu Posted July 6, 2012 Report Share Posted July 6, 2012 looking good! green goons are the best Quote Link to comment
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