GM V6 datsun roadster

[Leadpaw]

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]

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

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[TurboRagtop]

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]

More exhaust build

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[spl310]

Curious why you didn't opt for dual exhaust.

[AustinEngy]

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]

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]

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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[2mAn]

Are you going to rock the same Orange body?

Also what’s your Instagram handle? @the_tuman_show here

[Leadpaw]

Are you going to rock the same Orange body?

Also what’s your Instagram handle? @the_tuman_show here

Yes patina and all.


Followed mine is @turkeyburgur

[Daryl Smith]

"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]

"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]

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

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[Gregs672000]

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!

[funkaholik]

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?