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swaffles44

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    1981 Datsun 720 4x4 King Cab

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  1. Ya fortunately I work at a landscape company that has afull service shop, so welding shouldn't be a probelm lol. Thanks! ya im pretty pleased with the way the new carb looks. Engine just looks cleaner now without that big ass air cleaner assembly on it. got a question though, my seats are pretty shot, seeing as they are factory originals from 81 lol. anyone know what seats will fit in witht the least amount of work? have heard that mazda 626 seats bolt right in.. also heard that 300zx manual seats will fit pretty easily..
  2. So it turns out my old carb, which we had just rebuilt a few months ago went bad again. So i ended up puting a 32/36 dgev weber on, and it seems to be working beautifully. Also had to put a new air cleaner on it. Had to remove some vaccuum stuff, and had to adjust some plates and what not, but other than that it pretty much just bolted right on. Gave it a nicer, throatier sound too, especially when the secondaries kick in :thumbup: Next up im going to rebuild the exhaust... pobbly gonna cut out the cat and do a new 2" straight pipe back to the muffler... nosure yet though, as my exhaust manifold doesn't look to be in great shape.. heard replacing it is costly and risky though... so we'll see
  3. I'm over on the westside, seattle tacoma area.. ya the new weber carb is probably what I'm gonna start with... Will that give me any noticeable power gains? ya the exhaust is 2'' back to the cat but then it's something like inch and quarter from there out? I'm not entirely sure.. I think the plan is to tak the cat out and do 2'' all the way out, with a new muffler of some sort, haven't got it figured out yet. I hadn't planned on pulling out any emission stuff as it all seems to functioning perfectly..does the emissions stuff really have a negative effect on power? and if so is it even worth the trouble of taking it out, just to have my truck not running? Also forgot to mention this is my daily driver..
  4. Thanks. Well the exhaust is slowlly rusting out, and has a substantial hole in the muffler. I also had to patch a section of fit that just broke apart. However seeing that I live in washington and drive a 30 year old car, i never have to have emission tested again, so i'm pretty free to make wahtever modifications I want. Thanks for the advice, i'll keep it in mind as I go along
  5. Hello Ratsun!! I'm new to this site and this is my first post. So here's the story on my datsun.. I have a 1981 King Cab 4x4 i picked up two years ago from my great uncle who passed away at the time. It is a two owner (including myself) truck that my uncle drove off the showroom floor in 81 and kept pretty damn good care of. It's got 185,000, 7,000 of which i have put on. I even have the original owners manual from the factory and all of his oil change reciepts.. Since i've owned i've done all the usual old truck tuneup stuff like new plugs and wires, distributor, belts, etc.. but other than that have kept it entirely stock. Now however I want to do some work on it. Nothing major or crazy, but i do want to get some more power out of the engine, not a whole lot, just enough so that it isn't a complete dog anymore..The engine is a z22 by the way. I also plan on putting some bigger and more aggressive tires on it as the ones it has are wee bit dorky... Anyway here's a couple of questions I have..As far as adding some horse power goes it seems the way im headed is getting a new carb and at least cat back exhaust at 2'..What sort of carb would I want to be looking at for my z22 engine? Also by adding a bigger carb will i need to replace any internal parts on the engine as it's so old? I dont know a whole lot about engines but have a mechanic who will be helping me work on the engine..RReally any suggestions about what I could do to get more power would be helpful. Well I'm sure there will be more questions as I think of them, but for now farewell and thanks!
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