Sam's build thread

[slvrwrx]

Hey, ive been a lurker for a while, and building my truck on the low using bits and pieces of information found on this forum. I think now its time to introduce myself and post some pics of my project. I race motorcycles, off road endurance races, and also pro flat track sprint races. Im all about performance, and i love style as well. My methods are unique at times, i am a fabricator and a carpenter as well by occupation. Heres my truck as of now, and ill soon put together a timeline. Thanks for looking! (also, i hope i correctly post the picture.. er..)

[slvrwrx]

This is how i bought my 84 Nissan 720, 2wd, 2.4 short bed. Trans making lots of noise. $600 cash.

[breadbox]

Welcome, Looks good now. I looks pretty beat in that last pic.

Now lets see some pictures of bikes.

[slvrwrx]

Heres a picture of my 450 the first day i took it out.. my 720 got me there





and heres just another picture of my bike in the shop cause im proud of it :P






















This is a video my buddy took a few days ago when we had a random huge rain storm in june.. gettin down in my 720
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ic72YNySiWM

[slvrwrx]

1984 Nissan 720
2wd Short Cab, Short Bed


Removed:
Charcoal canister & hoses
Egr system
A/C compressor, hoses, mount, belt
Spare tire
Tailgate
Rear bumper
Fan
All vaccum hoses except Ignition Advance
Catylitic converter & stock muffler
Spark plug wires to exhaust side


Modifications:
Cut up intake system
Straight pipe to LeoVince muffler (to be replaced once headers are bought)
New clutch & slave cylinders
Boost gauge & Tach
Lowered Front end (soon to lower rear)
Carburator modification and bigger jets (stock carb)
Timing advance
Rebuilt transmission.. altho still wont stick into 5th, pops out under load. so i gotta 4spd. lol

Stripping little sections at a time and covering with primer..

[breadbox]

Nice. s*** looks fun.

I like what you are doing with the bed. Keep it up.

[fastboatman29212]

You will fit in very well with the rest of us who love these trucks. Welcome! Show us what you do to your truck . . better yet . . TEACH US HOW!

[slvrwrx]

Hey, so today my dad brought home a piece of exhaust pipe that had fallen off a truck and was on the side of the road. its 2.25'' so i hacked it up into a few pieces and reused my muffler to redirect the fumes to exit outside from underneath the cab.. it took me about an hour and a half lol but it was real cheap fix! lol now i can lower the truck too, cause the can is out of the way. my balljoints should be here tomorrow as well

[slvrwrx]

These are some pictures i took while lowering my front end. I totally didnt understand how to adjust the torsion bars until doing some research using the nicoclub forums..

before lowering..



this was a little too low..


better..

[slvrwrx]

Experimental use of a go kart seat and two 10'' subwoofers

.. it was way too bumpy and uncomfortable. getting in and out was a hastle as well. subs sounded great!

[slvrwrx]

This is a picture of the space behind my seat but above the seat belt recoil device. theres a big panel there so i decided to throw a 6x9 speaker in each spot.

heres before


and heres after

[fastboatman29212]

If you are gonna do the ball joints, check out the DIY thread.

720-ball-joint-replacment-thread-t50632 ... eplacement

[flinterman2000]

Good to see you have sooooo much control. These babies doesn't carry much power, so its good to see you drifting.

[Nathyne]

haha interesting seat good thing it's experimental I want to get going on the interior of my truck still need to finish up the ka swap though. Truck looks great much improved since you got it

[toddincharlotte]

This is a picture of the space behind my seat but above the seat belt recoil device. theres a big panel there so i decided to throw a 6x9 speaker in each spot.

heres before


and heres after

Sawzall?.....how did you cut the hole?

[slvrwrx]

This is a picture of the space behind my seat but above the seat belt recoil device. theres a big panel there so i decided to throw a 6x9 speaker in each spot.

heres before


and heres after

Sawzall?.....how did you cut the hole?

I used a jigsaw to cut the hole.. made a template out of cardboard type material, and traced it with a sharpie.. then drilled two holes at opposite ends and used my jiggy to get it done.

[slvrwrx]

haha interesting seat good thing it's experimental I want to get going on the interior of my truck still need to finish up the ka swap though. Truck looks great much improved since you got it

Let me know how that KA swap goes. Two days ago i had to replace my clutch after running three dead even runs from a dig with my buddies semi-stock 2004 SI civic.. up to about 80mph of course when i did that, i realized that my transmission had a crack in it so i replaced that as well. so clutch, flywheel, and transmission over the past weekend. then, today i had the sun at my back, and i came around the corner and pulled 2nd gear to redline, then about at mid pull in 3rd, looked in my mirror to see a nice little whirpool of blue smoke behind me.. so now its time to do a swap. i thought about just punching out the z24 and building it with nice internals, but also thought about just putting in another engine. i was thinking 350 chev, but i think the weight will make the truck handle like crap. let me know how that goes, and any opinions about swaps would be appreciated.

[slvrwrx]

Ive heard of guys putting the ka head on the z24.. its an efi head if i can recall, and i believe it mounts directly to the z24 block with no issues. my question is, does anyone know what the compression results in with a stock block with stock internals when you put the ka24 head on? im looking to figure this out before i choose what pistons to put in my short block. and.. is it even worth it? i hear the z24 head is very restrictive and that the ka head is way better..

[flinterman2000]

Can't remember who posted but breadbox and I had some discussions on that point. It doesn't vary the compression much but its noticeable when driving. Try a search.

[JoeCool6972]

Nice truck so far