New Zealand Datsun Club

So I ended up with this thing:



1983 Nissan DR30 Skyline iron mask. I manage to work out a deal with my mate for it, picked it up last night which is the first time I've driven it.

It's pretty much stock, somebody has put what I think is a Supra intercooler on it at some stage which is bent and has average looking metal piping and a couple of split rubbery joiners. It has a Trust/Greddy adjustable boost relief valve installed instead of the stock one.

There's some work that needs to be done reasonably urgently some of which is:
Find out why it has 4 heat range plugs instead of the stock 6's in it, I put some 6's in it last night and I think I've fouled one up driving to work this morning, the AFM has been played with.
Gearbox has a rooted bearing(s) by the sounds of it.
Replace the intercooler and intercooler piping.
There's some noise from the engine bay, I think maybe the oil pump is being starved, will have to have a look underneath and see what the sump looks like.
Lose the wheels, will be giving these back to my mate and fitting the Pismo wheels of my other Z to it for a while.
Fix the leaking rocker cover, all the spark plug tubes had oil in them, I've got new genuine gaskets to do this.
It has some sort of problem where if you drive over bumps it seems to cut out, not very useful with Christchurch roads at the moment.

Plans at the moment are just to tidy it up, it needs a lot of work and drive it around for a while. Maybe fit an SR20 computer to it and a slightly bigger turbo which I've got sitting on an RB20 at the moment. It needs to be lowered, it has Cobra "lowered" springs in it but it looks higher than it probably was standard.

Good on ya mate sounds like a wee bit of work to be done but you've got yourself an iron mask DR30!

did you buy it off martain? (sp)

Yeap, I got it off Martijn.

awesome dude, love DR30 skylines

Had a bit more of a play with it tonight, couple of the things that need attention:

Split intercooler hose


Bit of oil in the intercooler


Missing EGR, the block off plate somebody has made is too thin and is bending, I've just replaced it with an L series EGR valve for the moment


Non recovery coolant system for some reason? Will be adding an overflow bottom and proper cap


Bent intercooler, I've just pulled it out, will have a think about what to do in the mean time, might just leave it off for a while


Oily, yummy


I've put one of the Pismo wheels on, it sits out a little bit from the guard but I think they'll be alright - I'm not actually sure if they are the same width and offset front and rear so when I pick up the other 3 tomorrow I'll have a look


Once my mate finds it I'm probably going to fit this old HKS Twin Power that I used to have on the Z many years ago, bit of a period item

Niiiice, FJ

Excellent - DR30 - so what is the interior like? In good shape etc. What about the rust? I have seen a few rusty one of these over the year - sad really as these were the cars started to show great promise at Bathurst and around the streets of Wellington all those years ago.

Interior isn't too bad, some cracks in the dash and sticky pads around where somebody in Japan must have had some cup holders or gauges stuck. There is a boost gauge on the top of the steering column which I'm going to take off. The drivers seat isn't original so I'd like to find a proper one (yeah right). It's got the sweet black and red striped interior.

It was first brought into the country and complied in 2009 so should be sweet for any structural rust, it's done very low k's since then, maybe 8,000? and has been sitting for a year. There are a couple of little bits coming through, one in between the tail lights and around one of the bonnet stoppers which I'll have to get sorted.

very Bad ass Car

Love to see the old FJ20 power plant