Archive for the ‘Project 510’ Category

Project 510 goes offline!

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I arrived home from vacation yesterday (apologies for the lack of posts) to find a nice surprise waiting for me. Late last year I was contacted by Fast Fours magazine in the form of a feature offer, which I excitedly agreed to, and the finished product is now in my hands…

Project 510: Engine bay v1

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For a long, long time, I’ve wanted to clean up the Datsun’s engine bay. It definitely isn’t up to par in the aesthetics department compared to the rest of the car, and makes me hesitate to open the bonnet when people ask to take a look. I’ve always had specific plans for the look I [...]

Project 510: RB20DET gearbox

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I was standing in the garage today, looking at my car with a bunch of the engine bay torn apart, planning in my head how I was going to document the activities in my next post. Then it struck me, I still hadn’t posted about the last thing I did; retrofitting an RB20DET gearbox to [...]

Project 510 – Misc (overdue!) update

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Wow, I’ve just had a look through the archives and it’s been over 6 months since I posted an update on the Datsun, and over 12 months since the last real modification! See what having a mortgage does to you? Sad times indeed! Yesterday I made a post on the Build Threads Facebook page about [...]

Another pair of Wings

I couldn’t help myself, a pair of cheap Ewing III’s came up on Yahoo.jp, so I went straight back to Dan to place a bid and ship these puppies over here. They’re nothing drastic, 15×7 +17, to replace the 6.5′s I currently run on the front, so I’ll have 7′s on the front & rear [...]

Project 510 – MyRideisMe.com

Chris from MyRideisMe.com decided to do an awesome write-up on my humble Datsun. Click here or click on the image to check it out. Thanks Chris! Don’t forget to browse around MyRideisMe.com while you’re over there.

Winding down…

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Click for a bigger version. Thanks to Tony for the shot.

Routine carnage

I wondered why I was having trouble getting the sump plug off… In other news, my apologies for the lack of posts this past week or so but I’m off to Japan on Saturday for 2.5 weeks! Been a bit busy organising things but I’m going to get some posts ready for you guys to [...]

Built to be driven

I have a stack of builds waiting to be featured, so there’s plenty of content coming up for you guys, I really do appreciate your patience. Until then, enjoy a picture of Project 510 in all it’s filthy goodness after driving a full day on wet & twisty roads.

Sweet pic…

Thanks to Carey for taking this awesome shot, from Friday nights JDMST meet in Melbourne, peep the city in the background. (Click for larger size)