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Korvus

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  • Birthday 07/24/1992

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    1978 Datsun 620, 1978 Datsun 280z

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  1. I need help identifying either the fitting that fills those two holes (either side of the braket shown) OR,if they aren't needed the thread pitch and size of the holes so I can plug them off. I can't seem to find what actually fills them. edit: Forgot to mention it's an E88 intake.
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    My 78 2+2 (again?)

    They'll do that. Then they'll take every dollar you make. I'd rock a smaller white one, but with how little I visit the site I'd feel a bit like a poser.
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    My 78 2+2 (again?)

    Ah, I bet you're the guy I made the remark about the big ol' rat n' wrenches sticker in the rear window?
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    My 78 2+2 (again?)

    Well...It's apart. Might as well rattlecan some more. Universal fuel pump. My dumb-ass unplugged a bullet trying to strip the old wiring to splice to the pump wires. Had to pull my back seat out. Shot in the dark question to avoid trial and error: Anyone know off the top of their head what the thread pitch and diameter of those holes are? OKAY, here's the biggest point I expect flak. Look away if you're a purist or otherwise enraged by the "ghetto-method" Janky diff? Welded. I plan on drifting this car.
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    My 78 2+2 (again?)

    This is how it sat immediately after setting it down. Lowered as far as they could go. Sat a little too "ass-dragger" for my liking. Before After + Leveled out the rear: Took off the rear-bumper as well, will have the mounts fully removed and the body smoothed out. Also plan on doing something with the now "bee stinger" exhaust pipe. By this point some rainy days and wonderfully entertaining bad ideas resulted in a nasty thump and knock on accel/decel/shift from the general location of the differential. "Excuse me sir. I mustache you a question." This is the guy with the RX-7. He's helped me with everything from the coilovers on. She soon found herself parked again. Awaiting more work. E88 and dual Webers, I've heard bad things I've heard good things. MSA 6-1 header. Was less than impressed with the condition it arrived in, but aside from it's worn look it was otherwise fine. Powder coated all the things. Jesse at Legendary Coatings did a fantastic job. Back underneath to replace the fuel pump and do...Other stuff. I think my rattlecan-job has held out pretty decently, considering. Again demonstrating my inability to hold still.
  6. It's been quite some time since I've visited, and have only posted when I needed questions answered. (Could have sworn I posted the typical "Hi, my name is -blank-, this is my 19-blank- Datsun -blank-" threads for both a 620 and this car, but couldn't find them to edit/add the progress I've made...So I figured now would be a decent time to show you the journey my Luxobarge has traveled. As a warning: I have done things that might make some, if not most, of you shake your head. Some 'stupid-kid' modifications. Don't worry, no Fast N' Furious wings and phat kitz, but still. This is what she looked like the day I bought her: Next to "Barney" the '78 620. My mom named it and then bought it from me, and has since restored it from my boy-racer bullshit. Ever shove a cheapo pseudo-racing seat into a standard cab 620? I barely fit into it and I was ~5'6" at the time. Anyone larger got to choose between breathing and steering. This little blessing occurred at ~50mph less than a week after I bought her. Less angry and more baffled by the way it blew and the fact it didn't send me flying off the side of the road. First modification: New exhaust and removal of the cat. 2.5" from manifold back and Flowmaster 40-series. The second was replacing the god-awful headgear style eyesore of a front bumper. Third: Couldn't take the brakes anymore. Original vs. New Then she got autocrossed. Body-rolled like a boat, understeered like hell. Here she is next to my buddy's FC RX-7. He gave me shit regularly for "monster truckin'," and then, later when he lowered his car to what you see in this picture I got promoted to "Space Truckin'," His constant berating and my autocross experience led to this: K-Sport Kontrol Pros Size difference and my inability to hold a camera steady. Spindle-pins! My own personal Satan! Conveniently sitting right at the rear of my car! Hooray! I replaced them with Grade-8 bolts, spare the next poor slob the trouble. Putting it all back together proved slightly problematic. Nothing fit back up no matter how we wrenched, railed, or torqued on it. Let all just sit for a night and the next day it went together like cake. Led me to believe this car is possessed. Keep in mind getting the coilovers in took about a month, mostly due to only being able to work on it on the weekends, but also because the rear fought me. Every. Single. Step. Front sure looked pretty, though. I had some spray paint left over from a previous project so I figured "why not?" They'd probably get the paint beat off 'em real quick and I just wanted to get rid of the cans I'd never use again. Brush 'em down, clean 'em up Primer+Metallic 'converter' AKA aerosol glitter and a real thin gray paint. Personally, I don't think they came out bad for a half-assed rattlecan job.
  7. Thank you. A lot. The harder you look the less you find I guess...Or I just suck at searching. Also, is there a "best" intake?
  8. Bumping one's own post seems in bad form, but for all my searching I haven't found an answer anywhere and it's become time sensitive.
  9. I'm trying to get rid of my crap injection system on my 78 280z, and I'm wondering if older z intake manifolds fit the N42 head. I'm just looking to run an older stock carb setup, nothing high performance. (Meaning I'm trying to keep cost low and not replace anything more than I have to.)
  10. Only from defroster and floor? That seems really strange. Can anyone else confirm that for me? (Or if you can confirm from the owner's manual) I still have the problem that it's a really weak air-flow...Probably just worn-out fan related?
  11. Already did, perhaps incorrectly, but I did. Just edited my last post. :D From/to the areas circled the vacuum lines are fine.
  12. THAT would be the canister. and yes, it came with A/C. EDIT: More pictures: Here's another angle of the hoses. One hose comes out of the head, and into heater, but also 90* into hose coming FROM the heater out towards the water pump(?). ALSO, because of Interrobang I went out and poked around some more. I found this hanging off the bottom of the A/C solenoids: I also found this coming out from near where the hoses I've been talking about are: Caveman bang rock together, make fire: Now I can get hot air out of the defroster vent (which suddenly works.) but it's kind of a weak flow even at full blast , and I still get cold air out of any other vent. This leads me to believe what I did wasn't correct but it felt like a small victory to me considering I suddenly had a defroster, even if an intermittent one.
  13. Funky canister, you say? The empty hose I'm holding in one of the pictures is hooked to one of those...Of course a lot of the non-obvious parts are "funky somethings" to me. :P
  14. So then that connector shouldn't be there at all? What would be the purpose of having it there to begin with?
  15. I'm trying to learn more about the workings of shit. I've opted to have things fixed instead of fixing them myself because I've generally been lazy, and I'd rather drive my car than curse at it...But I acknowledge that these are things I need to know, if I want to be able to be proud of anything I drive...so forgive my general incompetence. I can learn...How quickly is questionable, but I can learn... So, I actually just need to know if this could be the reason why my vents only blow cold air regardless of setting: One. Hoses looped. Two: Closer look. Three: Different hose, just hanging. Four: Where it connects. You can see the alternator if it helps give a sense of where this is. Also, the only vents that work at all are in the center, above the stereo. I'm reasonably sure it's unrelated, but any possible explanations for that before I go tearing my dash off would be much appreciated.
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