Bluebird!!!

Alvin · Post by **Alvin** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:49 pm

My buddy just picked up a Bluebird in fantastic shape...it will remain stock on the exterior/interior but will have either SR20 or LSx power under the hood!

avidtest · Post by **avidtest** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 7:20 pm

Cool. Was this the one in San Diego?

Post by **spl310** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:25 pm

Nice car. I hope that he is going to swap on some bigger brakes! Those drums are not up to the task of that much power.

Post by **ppeters914** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 5:18 pm

Kewl! What year is that?

I bet someone will want the original engine/trans. Double-check on the EarlyDatsunsClub Yahoo Group.

Alvin · Post by **Alvin** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 11:54 pm

It RUNS!!!! I actually heard the Bluebird run and drive before it died again but wow it was cool! I took some pictures it cleaned up really well:

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Victor_laury · Post by **Victor_laury** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:10 am

Funny, this car made an appearance at our Datsun Swapmeet on the 4th of Feb. I got to check it out.

Not much room under that hood for much more than the E motor thats there now. A swap would be major surgury. Even an R16/H20 will require a firewall cut and trans hump enlargement.

TR · Post by TR » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:02 am

Hey Alvin,

Where were the photo's taken? Are there a bunch of Z's there, too?

TR

Alvin · Post by **Alvin** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 1:52 am

Travis, Photos were taken at ZcarGarage.
Dyno'd the Bluebird today...22hp and 34tq at 5000 rpm!!!!!!
Looking for roadster brakes to replace the stock front drums.
Car is getting a SR swap.

TR · Post by TR » Thu Mar 01, 2007 3:42 pm

Monster HP numbers!!!

I sold the last set of spare A-arm assemblies before moving from Fremont, otherwise you could have those...

Leave it stock and just freshen it up, you already have the performance vehicles...

TR

Alvin · Post by **Alvin** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:22 pm

Not mine, it belongs to Rob!
And you know he can't leave things stock

Post by **dbrick** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:45 pm

What about a Rotary? Not Nissan, but they are small.

Post by **ppeters914** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:02 pm

I'm sure Rob will do a super job, but it sure seems too nice to chop up (no matter how little) for an engine swap. My two centavos....

Import_sounds-of-mid-GA · Sat Mar 03, 2007 9:52 pm

dbrick wrote:What about a Rotary? Not Nissan, but they are small.

rotary= gross.
If he put in a rotary he would have to swap for a supra motor or SR20

Alvin · Post by **Alvin** » Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:14 am

The rotary engine is cool, compact, and can make power. No doubt about it. I've seen 800hp 13b's in old-school Mazda RX-2s.
They can also be loud, tempermental to tune, and into a Datsun we still want to see simple, reliable, modern Nissan power under the hood.