Mike's 68 SPL311-17219

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I started mocking up some dash ideas in cardboard but realized I should just wait. A lack of dash won't stop the car from driving and having it open will help tremendously with wiring. Back to focusing on mechanicals.

My gut reaction was I wanted to do a coilover conversion up front, I've converted a torsion bar truck to coilovers so the roadster should be even easier. But after reading many opinions on suspension here I see no need to reinvent the wheel with all the spring and shock options available. Mike Young's springs with the Bilstein shocks sound like the setup for me.

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Haven't touched the Datsun in a while. Still waiting on my engine.

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Finally. Notified today my engine is shipping.

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Ideas. Those RZR seats fit well and are even lighter than stock. That gas filler sure look nice, I might have to copy that.

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Vroom vroom

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Bring on the horses.

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Now that I have my rear axle, and my flares showed up, I did some measurements and calculations to figure out wheels. I don't plan on ordering them till it's a running car, but I'm recording my findings here so I don't lose them. It's looking like 15x7 with 205/60 tires in the front, 15x8 with 245/60 rears, both 0 offset. The tall rears would be stuffed, but 245/50/15s don't seem to really exist.

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You can get 225/45-16 Toyo R1R tires. That is what I run on the rear. Fronts are 205/45 ZR 16. They work well

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You can get 225/45-16 Toyo R1R tires. That is what I run on the rear. Fronts are 205/45 ZR 16. They work well

That could be an option. I really want Rota Grids, but they don't have the stagger I want in 16s.

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Finally here, 6 full months later.

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Wow, that is really quiet! That's an open pipe??

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Wow, that is really quiet! That's an open pipe??

Yes open. I barely blipped it though, with just the flexplate it revs to the moon, it needs some mass before I gas it hard.

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Making progress.

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Look away if you don't like modified frames...........................





Still need to weld out fully but it's chopped and boxed for alternator clearance.