My GOON UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!

[jesusno2]

So i realized i never actually started a project thread for my wagon so im just gonna start from the start to where i am now. sorry i never took a whole lotta pictures.

 

day 1

did a little paint work and played around with maybe putting in a vg30.

[jesusno2]

decided against the vg swap cause i just wanted to keep it simple so i bought a l20b with a 5 speed from a truck.

put the grill back on after fixing it

test fitting the l20

[jesusno2]

pulled l20 cleaned and scrubbed like hell to clean up my engine compartment and painted it.

installed the pedals to rid of that damn auto

then after i found a deal on a ka that i could not turn down the hell began!

flipped crossmember

[jesusno2]

bellhousing swap.

rebuilt sohc ka ready to go

motor mount fab so i could scoot the motor back where it should be.

[jesusno2]

wiring pics

[datrod]

Cool thanks for the pic's. Nice job on the engine bay. Looks really clean.

[jesusno2]

this is the part where it jumps around wish i woulda taken more pics but at this time all i had was my phone for a camera.

ka installed

[jesusno2]

got some seats that my fat ass could fit into.

slathered the whole inside with por15 here was the start

got my new headlights installed

[jesusno2]

so after realizing how soft goon leafsprings were and my diff slapping the floor before i had even drove the car i started doing some reading. since i really like drag racing i figured id do a ladder bar/panhard rod setup.

[jesusno2]

panhard rod

test fitting h190 lsd

wilwood rear brakes

[jesusno2]

my car fairly currently

[DatDoug]

Lookin good my wagOOn brutha. I really like those seats. They look comfy. Having just done my engine bay I know what you mean about scrubbin & cleaning :blink: It sure does make a nice backdrop for the clean fresh motor tho. Looking forward to seeing more from this build :thumbup:

[jesusno2]

right now im trying to find some decent tail light gaskets mine are non-existent and i gotta have em to keep the water/mud road grime outta the rear quarters. here is a pic i just went and shot. just finished installing another vw radiator and a GM style 1 wire 105 amp alternator.

 

even got a vid of it finnaly running right

[lilblackwagon]

Sweet build! I'm wondering how much of the fab work you did for you ladder bar/panhard rod setup...That's awesome!

[jesusno2]

I did all of it in a tiny ass garage that my car and welder barley fit in. The rear suspension was a major deal lots of thinking researching etc i havent driven the car yet and im sure it will need some tuning. with those big ass rubber bushings it articulates well to keep it from binding up on the street.

[Farmer]

I want my truck to sound like that. Nice work

 

Larry

[datrod]

I have a nice big garage. Can you come over and play? My goon needs a new rear end. Nice work.

[DatDoug]

That sounds good! Looks good! I like how you did the top in black. Is the hood going to be black too?

[ppeters914]

Wow! Lotsa nice work completed. When did you start this project?

[Pacific coast Datsun]

Awesome progress so far. All quality & clean work & it shows.

[jesusno2]

I started this project like 2 years ago its been a major project. I didn't take a lot of pics like I should have so a lot of stuff is undocumented but its just a money pit really so I just tinker around with it as time and money permits. I have a much bigger garage now so that helps my motivation.

[banzai510(hainz)]

wow

thats alot of work. Glad you made good progress.

Im impressed

[troyt]

Very nice work on your wagon project. The rearend is especially creative, it looks well executed and I hope it works as good as it looks. What LSD unit did you use?

TroyT

[bonvo]

right now im trying to find some decent tail light gaskets mine are non-existent and i gotta have em to keep the water/mud road grime outta the rear quarters.

 

have you considered press-tight? you will find its used on ac systems but you can get it in a roll and cut out what you need this is what i did for the gaskets on the 610 and it doesnt leak after you take it off the roll its like giant rubber boogers and you press it into where it needs to be to make the seal

[jesusno2]

The lsd is an old roadster torsen unit I had to machine it to actually fit a 3.9 gear ratio. Bonvo enlighten me a little more on that stuff because wagon gaskets are nla from nissan and I really wanna but the body back together.