1973 Datsun 140j rebuild

[Lang Inder]

just rung up kelfords and as of today my cam and new valve springs are in the mail! so hopefully they turn up in the next few days so i can finish my head off.

[Josh]

Shit yeah!

[Lang Inder]

parcel arrived today!!

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Also finally got some wheels,

14x6 front, 14x7.5 rears.
Are second hand but are in mint condition, exact size and style i was after. Running new toyos. Tomorrow is check up day at the paint shop so i mite take one of the rear wheels in and see how well it fits.

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[Kitch]

those wheels should look mint
widths etc should give it a real nice stance

good work - keep it going

[classicdat]

Very Nice, love the wheels.
Going well Lang, Be great to see this at a cruise, soon.

[unlimitedpower]

Very very cool wheels!
Seems to be coming together nicely. I have just emailed Kelford after looking at your thread gave me inspiration to spend more money. Hopefully they can come up with something to suit the engine im building.

[Lang Inder]

went to have a check up on the paint job today and they've actually made alot of progress, the car has been fully blocked back, all of the last wee dints and ripples fixed before giving it a good coating of HS primer, they're going to give it till mid-next week to harden before blocking again and hopfully some colour after easter! finally gave my a price to, $2100-2400 including materials, pretty good i thought

Also tryed one of the rear wheels on and am abit dissapointed, looked mint but stuck 20-25mm outside the gaurd

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[gingofthesouth]

Super stretched tyres and rolled guards FTW. Get the guards rolled before the paint is put on!

[unlimitedpower]

What are the off sets?
I have 15X8+25 on the back of mine and fits mint.
Can you machine a bit off the back of the rim? Will depend how much meat there is there some low offset rims are really thick in that area.

Might be time to upgrade to a shortened R31/commodore/falcon diff. Well thats my plan for later anyway.

[Lang Inder]

not to sure on the offsets, can't find them stamped on the rim anywhere, also never thought about machining the back out of the rim, may be worth looking into. How bigger job is the r31 conversion?