GM V6 datsun roadster

Leadpaw · Post by **Leadpaw** » Sat Sep 28, 2019 2:12 pm

Camaro shifter had a 17 degree tilt to it so i cut up a mustang shifter to fit the camaro t5. Also bolted the engine to the chassis hopefully for the last time

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Leadpaw · Post by **Leadpaw** » Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:40 pm

Mocked up and tacked forward exhaust tubing together. Pretty happy with it.

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TurboRagtop · Post by **TurboRagtop** » Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:59 am

Looks great! One thing occurs to me as I look at the flex coupler; you might want to tack a SS heat shield between the flex and the oil pan. You don't want to get elevated oil temps in the pan from exhaust heat.

Leadpaw · Post by **Leadpaw** » Thu Oct 03, 2019 10:54 pm

More exhaust build

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Post by **spl310** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 10:56 am

Curious why you didn't opt for dual exhaust.

AustinEngy · Post by **AustinEngy** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 12:40 pm

Super cool! Been following you on IG but just found your thread here. Awesome work and excited to see where it goes! I'm @beater_garage

Leadpaw · Post by **Leadpaw** » Fri Oct 04, 2019 9:37 pm

spl310 wrote: Fri Oct 04, 2019 10:56 am Curious why you didn't opt for dual exhaust.

The look and sound is not my cup of tea, and it takes up quite a bit of space under the car

Leadpaw · Post by **Leadpaw** » Tue Oct 22, 2019 11:15 pm

Separated body and frame. Her old frame front section is pretty heavily bent, to the point the R16s stock headers touched the frame on hard acceleration, and its original steering boxes worm gear was badly chipped.

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Post by **2mAn** » Wed Oct 23, 2019 3:46 am

Are you going to rock the same Orange body?

Also whatâ€™s your Instagram handle? @the_tuman_show here

Leadpaw · Post by **Leadpaw** » Sat Oct 26, 2019 10:43 pm

2mAn wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2019 3:46 am Are you going to rock the same Orange body?

Also whatâ€™s your Instagram handle? @the_tuman_show here

Yes patina and all.

Followed mine is @turkeyburgur

Daryl Smith · Post by **Daryl Smith** » Sun Oct 27, 2019 2:56 pm

"Curious why you didn't opt for dual exhaust."

As a point of interest, some racers are going to single exhaust with V type engines. Said to give a good bump in torque, without a loss in horsepower (with a properly spec'd/built system).
Not that it would be needed with a V6 in a roadster....

Leadpaw · Post by **Leadpaw** » Sun Nov 03, 2019 11:48 pm

Daryl Smith wrote: Sun Oct 27, 2019 2:56 pm "Curious why you didn't opt for dual exhaust."

As a point of interest, some racers are going to single exhaust with V type engines. Said to give a good bump in torque, without a loss in horsepower (with a properly spec'd/built system).
Not that it would be needed with a V6 in a roadster....

Didnt really do much in terms of calcs or design for proper scavenging and flow velocity, pretty much solely for packaging sake... Overall yes, this is an exercise in displacement more than anything else. Id be happy with anything close to 150whp to be honest haha.

Leadpaw · Post by **Leadpaw** » Mon Mar 02, 2020 5:38 pm

Got alot of updates to put up here. Stay tuned.

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Gregs672000 · Post by **Gregs672000** » Tue Mar 03, 2020 2:50 pm

She's lookin cool and purposeful... one of my favorite views or angles when looking at the car. Every time I go down the stairs and into the garage I get this view... always ALWAYS makes my heart leap, even after 33 years. Excited for you!

Post by **funkaholik** » Tue Jun 02, 2020 8:45 pm

Just found this thread & subscribed. I remember this beast when you drove it over here, and how shocked I was when you popped the hood! Did you get the comp springs installed yet?

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