I finished one of the STI swap projects. And right before I was about to start the second STI swap, I ended up selling that my Forester XT and a Bugeye Impreza to make space for a 98 Supra from a mutual friend.
Original owner, no accident, factory original, and always garaged in one of the rarest factory colors, Quicksilver FX Metallic, so I just couldn’t pass it up. I really want to build the Supra, but the prices of factory original Supras have gone crazy the past 6-12 months, so I’ll leave it stock and reassess in a year or two. I still have my R32 GTR to scratch that itch.
So, without the second Subaru project, the Datsun is on deck! This will be a pretty long process with too many unknowns currently to precisely scope out my project.
Before anything, I plan on stripping the entire car down to verify the chassis and frame worthiness. I hope to start this process around February. This worthiness check will be the ultimate “go/no-go†event before true project planning starts.
I’ll make a project thread when I get the Datsun out of storage. Happy New Year everyone
. I've never had anything but a comp suspension on my car, so when I read the old magazine articles that said the tail end could get "hoppy when it's choppy" I knew exactly what they were talking about. You're probably used to a suspension that absorbs bumps, not a BANG! "What the #%@&!" if you hit a bad spot. The Bs control the chops/hops and really help absorb the pot holes... not like my wife's Z3, but soooo much better than before. To me, what makes the Roadster great is that it talks so much more directly to you because there are no electronics or power boosted this or that between you and the road... nothing. If I shut my car (engine) off going downhill it drives exactly the same... a little cart with grip! I do that frequently coming off Mt Rainier here in the PNW. It's surreal to silently coast downhill at high speed in a convertible... and I get great gas mileage that way, and achieve zero emissions! HA!
