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More Details: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/pt11252000.php Felt it down in Bellevue WA. Sitting on the 10th floor of a 20 story building and it was swaying pretty good. I remember the Nisqually quake. I was working at a country club and was looking out over the practice putting green. With the short cut grass you could actually see the ground rolling in a wave.

Here is a good forum for MPG mods. http://ecomodder.com/ Keys are weight reduction, aerodynamic efficiency, and small displacement. http://www.edison2.com/, the winners of the X Prize, have a lot of good info on their site as well.

What! No takers? We neeeeeed some sweet Datsuns to show up the 1 million 240sx's. I've been daily driving my '72 510 for the last 2 weeks and it will be there. Come check it out! - Russell

So anyone from Ratsun planning on coming to participate in the Forum Meet? We could use some awesome Ratsun vehicles in the pits to show up all those silly drift cars! Get a convoy going and show up in force!

Its on! Join us for the kickoff to the Evergreen Drift Northwest ProAm Championship round #1. We’re turning the pits into a big forum meet up hosted by Northwest Nissans. Grab your buddies and come support the Northwest car scene. The Evergreen Drift ProAm drivers will be ripping up the full sized pro course and letting it all hang out making this the craziest place to spend your Friday night! Details// Date 5/7/2010 Car Show Roll In - 5pm / Grandstands Open - 6pm / Qualifying - 6:30PM / Opening Ceremonies - 8pm Location Evergreen Speedway at the fairgrounds in Monroe ProAm Drivers $150 Grandstands $10 All Forum Car Meet Entry $15 - Includes driver and 1 car Official Evergreen Drift Event Page with full details Fans// Join us at track level! That’s right your $10 grandstand ticket will give you the opportunity to get a closer look at our ProAm cars and drivers and cruise the pits to check out the All Forum Car Meet! Front Gate Grandstands open at 6PM. Be advised that we must clear the grandstands and ask anyone who came early to re-enter through the front door at 6 PM to collect the entry fee. Thank you for your cooperation. For ProAm events we will not be selling pit passes so please enter through the grandstands unless you want to park in the Forum Meet area. Outside food and drink are allowed. County and Speedway rules prohibit alcohol, drugs, firearms, and glass bottles on this site. Please help us keep the Speedway clean and make our jobs easier by throwing away your trash in the available trash cans. Click here for directions and more information on the track. All forum car meet peeps// Entry opens at 5 PM, last car in by 6:30 or when filled to capacity To park your car in the forum meet area you must enter through the back pit gate. Forum Meet Parking Directions: Follow Cascade View Dr. off HWY2 all the way back until it dead ends by the horse barns. Blue arrow shows general grandstand parking area. Green shows Forum Meet entry gate. NOTE: Pit access road speed is 10 mph! Speeding will make the County officials unhappy and jeopardize our ability to hold future events. Do not speed or do doughnuts! The Sheriffs and Monroe PD are watching and will show no mercy! Keep it on the track don't give the scene a bad name. Do not block any gates near the horse barns at any time. Forum Meet Notes: Space is limited, first come first served Please help us by following directions from the Northwest Nissans and Evergreen Drift staff to ensure a safe and fun event for all. To keep everyone safe the car must stay parked in the same spot for the duration of the event. There is no re-entry for cars. The all forum car meet entry includes the driver and a sport for the car plus full grandstand access. Any additional passengers will need to pay the grandstand entry price of $10 each Bring the whole crew - If you want to have all forum members park together organize a convoy and arrive at the same time. Have a forum representative email us at drift@evergreendrift.com so we can give your club a shout out over the PA during the event. Download the event web banner to add to your site! Download this post to add to your favorite forum here Media// Media is required to register online to the cover this event. Please be sure you have read the media rules and policy. See the event page for the registration link. Additional information// Evergreen Drift Northwest ProAm Championship Series Description - This is a regional championship that allows pro and amateur drivers compete for the title of Evergreen Drift Northwest ProAm Champion. This five round championship provides a platform for drivers to compete against the region’s elite drifters on a recognized and demanding professional course at the Northwest’s highest attended track. With rounds scheduled in conjunction with the Formula Drift professional Seattle round and the season finale during the Evergreen State Fair competitors will receive top exposure and a chance to put on a great show for the Northwest drifting fans. Additionally, this Formula Drift ProAm sanctioned series will award the the following license and invitations to the season’s highest finishing amateur drivers: #1 ranked - A Formula Drift Professional License Ranked #2 - #5 - An invite to the Formula Drift ProAm National Championship with a chance to earn a FD Pro license. Wildcard - Evergreen Drift officials will award one additional invitation to the ProAm Nationals. Support Northwest drifting and cheer on you local drivers as they battle for the title of Evergreen Drift Northwest ProAm champion!

For TONs of really good DIY aero testing methods and information check out AutoSpeed.com Aero Testing Article Series Keyword Search Aerodynamic Keyword Search Manometer Keyword Search Wool Tuft With some yarn and a $40 used Magnehelic gauge and some knowledge you can make effective modifications based on real world data.

Here is the video of the 2 510s at the Thunder Drift event down at Thunder Hill. Obviously 510's can drift. At a minimum you need a clutch type LSD or welded diff. Preferably not a VLSD as they suck for drifting and wear out quickly but anything is better than open. The biggest thing that makes 510s hard to drift is the steering geometry. The 240sx practically drifts itself because the stock steering has a lot of caster and it will auto steer back to center very easily and quickly. The 510 has very little caster and low KPI angle so you have to do a bit more work to transition from lock to lock. The 2 biggest areas after the LSD would be front end alignment/geometry and good suspension. Dial in a lot more caster and camber in the front. For proven steering swap in an AE86 rack and pinion and spindles. You'll also want to mess with wheel offsets and fender well clearances so you can get maximum steering angle as the 510 has some pretty shallow steering angle and interference on the foot well and swaybar / TC rod out of the box. To get more steering angle fine a shorter ball joint steering link out of the Datusn cross pollination parts bin. Shorter as in less distance between the center of the ball joint and tie rod ball joint. The rear semi-trailing arm suspensions actually work quite well for drifting. The aggressive toe curves and tendency to squat can create some good bite and traction while drifting. Set up rear toe to gain negative toe in as it compresses and get some decently stiff suspension (but not too stiff - still need to absorb the bumps on rough tracks to keep you from spinning out) to keep it from transferring too much weight to the back and it will work really well. E30's drift really well with semi-trailing arms. You might also think about setting up an e brake that you can use a hand lever to easily actuate. An e brake is not necessary to drift but it sure helps to adjust line and speed, especially during tandem. Due to their short wheelbase they will always be more difficult to drift however if you can drift a 510 well you'll be able to drift anything. Also - Drifting is very hard on cars. Since Datsuns are 30+ years old unless you like playing Russian Roulette replace every bushing, bearing, ball joint, and brake component with new items to ensure you don't have a failure that will total your car and possibly injure you or some one else.

I vote for the museum as well but I can understand Art wanting some one who will drive it and take it to shows. I have a '71 1 owner orange MT 2 door that I've kept stock and original as well but it's not in nearly as good of shape. I remember at the 2nd to last Shasta coming down from the ski area Art was in front of my party of 4 510s that were all modded except for my stock one. I drive my car hard (cruising at 4.5K doing 75mph on the interstate with the stock 4 speed and always shifting at redline) and enjoy pushing the limits of the stock setup. I thought that Art would be dog slow taking it easy and we'd be stuck behind him but that guy was hauling ass! I was having a hard time keeping up with him and none of the modded cars even needed to pass him because his pace was so fast! My respect and admiration of the guy went up 100% after that drive down the mountain. I hope I'm still pushing it when I'm that old!

Sweet re-post. Way to search after posting! LOL.

Bored on a Friday night and don't know what to do? Feel like renting a movie? Don't know what to add to your Netflix queue? I give you IMCDb: http://imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=datsun+&model=510 36 movies with a Datsun 510 in it so far. Find movies that your car of choice was in. Sweet.

Jim Froula's Bluebird Coupe Rebello built L16 is the best L series I've ever seen. Here are some of my underexposed pictures that don't do it justice. More work by Froula's shop Racecraft can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/racecraft/

Check out this company: http://www.vintageconnections.com/ They sell electrical connectors that match vintage Japanese motorcycle and cars. If you need to repair or upgrade your harness but want to keep it OG looking this is a good option. For a great example check out the thread I saw this on (VQ35 in S30 swap on HybridZ)

LOL - Only in a place like Snohomish would someone trade a gun for a truck! I have a P95 and they are nothing special (dime a dozen) so go for it!

I love the project! I do have a question: You mentioned the monster truck would be lowered by 3" From the pictures is seems that you determined the front and rear subframe heights based on engine and driveline height relative to the transmission tunnel and not having to cut too much frame to locate the Miata subframes. If you lower it 3" won't you run into the roll center and bump steer issues common with lowered street cars? Would it have been better for a track toy to chop some more sheet metal and frame to allow the subframes to sit higher to preserve factory geometry and wheel travel while lowering the static ride height to a level expected of a track car? Since you obviously know how to set up a Miata for the track I'm sure you have it worked out already. I look forward to seeing how the truck looks and goes lowered!

Check out this excellent Wiki with tons of info and how-to's for the R31 http://wiki.r31skylineclub.com/ Highlights include: R31 series specifications and history S13 Suspension Conversion Lots of RB Info Spool install instructions for the BorgWarner 78 - 28spline diff (Could this apply to some solid axle US Datsuns?) A comprehensive links directory Cool!