The Power

First Pull

The first dyno run netted 105hp on wheel, but I noticed he back off at about 6+++rpm, which means that the hp can still go higher. Another point to check was the very lean a/f ratio at the beginning of the rpm which points out that the open stack causes a very dangerously lean mixture at the bottom half of the power range. This was done in wide open throttle application.


Going for a fifth run

Dyno Tune

Decided to go for a dyno tune to rectify the bad low end power & torque of the black top and also the overly rich top end. Arrived at Under 5 Performance Shop around noon, Alan the owner waited at his shop and proceeded to strap my car to the dyno machine to start his tuning.


The beast is securely strapped onto the dyno machine
before the run.

Did a base run first and managed to get 105hp. The graph showed a very lean mixture at the bottom half going to rich at the mid and top end point.


Securely strapped to the dyno due to excessive horses


The piggyback E-manage blue being hooked to the notebook


Screen shot of the power, torque & afr


Wheel spinning frantically at 7000rpm

Did a few runs and found out that the ecu keep changing its settings whenever changes are made to the fueling and ignition. Seems like the power will fluctuate from one to another run. He had done a few black tops and all also shows these types of result. The 16V & silver in the other hand doesn't have this problem. Sigh!!! Think I need to really invest in a stand alone ECU.

Stacks

Should i make it this long, wonder hows the response

Gonna custom made the stacks, from the local exhaust shop,
Have taken the measurement and its going to take bout a weeks time, before I can get it install & dyno tune.

AE86 from HK

Found some nice photos from this link.

Another Carina Coupe

Checked out my PC hard drive and found out a lot of photos from my collection of carina to be share among lover of this car.
This was the car that prompted me to get mine, long time ago, owned by my friend.

Side view of the car



Front view of the car


Drifted in one of the local events when drifting was still in its infancy in Malaysia


Nice long corner


Front stance


Tofu colour


Its running on 1-gte from a soarer, with all the dashboard
and meter panels grafted to this car, no pics though.
The electronic meter looks cool .

Clutch Changed

After the run yesterday got the car limped back to the garage and had it dismantled to get the things sorted out before I go for a dyno and fine tune the engine, better get it done rather than had it slipping when we do the dyno pull.

Car is in the garage to have the gearbox dropped


The worn out clutch, Jeezzz I'm using TRD clutch cover and three puck racing clutch.


T50 gearbox on the floor


New clutch, cover & bearing being fix to the engine,
Its a normal OEM clutch and cover from
Mitsinbo (No idea of the brand).

Need to run in the clutch first before I can go for a few spirited run. Its not so noisy now. haha.

Drive Up Genting Sempah & Bukit Tinggi

Half way point at sempah, notice the neg- camber at the rear

Over the past week went for a drive up the hills of Genting, passing through Sempah and Bukit Tinggi. It was a slow drive to test out my rusty driving skills and also to check on the reliability of the car after a long storage period in the garage.


The way leading up the genting foot hill


The front stance of the carina

After a few spirited runs found out that the clutch was slipping badly and was not able to rev past the 4k rpm point. Sighh!! need to get a new clutch already. Damn, the existing clutch was only about 1++ yrs and very low mileage coverage. I suspected the clutch was not in good condition when i got it. It was whining a lot when i decelerate when I first got it.


From a different angle, the front seems to be higher than the rear


Reached the top of Bukit Tinggi at the Colmar Tropics

The engine really needs a fine tune up and also needs more torque at the low revs, was having problems at the low revs with the trumpets all open up, the sudden wide open of the throttle causes the engine to choke full of air while the fueling not able to compensate the a/f ratio. The E-manage that I hooked up really needs a tuning since I din't get it sorted out the last time it was installed in the car. Drive was great just need some fixing on the clutch and tuning to blast this hills once more the next time I decide to touge here.

Broken Plug Cable

Found out that the car had misfiring during idling, so went to the mechanic SHing garage for a check up and also to replace the worn out clutch pump. We manage to trouble shoot and found that the culprit was a broken spark cable from the coil to the distributor and got it changed.


The culprit


The new cable from kancil, seems like after changing there is a notable diff and smoothest, perhaps is psychological feeling.

Exhaust Leak

Found out that my front pipe flexible joint had a leaked when I went for a checked at the exhaust shop. Its caused by the constant scraping between the humps and bumps and the joint. So had a replacement joint.



The new flexible joint.


The clearance between the floor & the joint, really need to raise the car a bit though.

Now I'm able to feel the power again.. hehehe...

VVT light indicator

Just installed the VVT indicator Led in my car. Now I'm able to see my vvt activating whenever I mash the throttle. Its based on the throttle position, so the led will light up quite easily.

Carina Featured In SHIFT

Found out that my car was featured in SHIFT after a long long while. Me and my friends did photo shoots of these things quite a while ago only to find its featured now. better than nothing I guess.

Main page


Article is in malay though.

Running Free AE86

Seems like a long time I didn't update on my blog, Found out some interesting read from my ol mag (SPEED). Its a very immaculate AE86 from Run Free owner Koichi Yamoshita running on AE92 engine with individual throttles. Click the images for bigger size.




Can't seems to find this magazine anymore in the local newstand, maybe they have cease already. They have really good quality photos though...

The PL510

The P510/PL510 Datsun is a very nice classic car with its own rich racing heritage which I admire a lot. Together with the 70's classic lines and quad headlamps it seems to grow on you every time you look at it. Together with the endless types of nissan engine conversion, you will be able to built monster at ease that are able to take on much modern sport cars easily. I chance upon this Japanese site which contains lots of information and pictures of 510's in it's natural glory.
Sorry its in japanese language only but you can drool at their photos gallery which contains endless supplies of immaculate condition 510. This classic ride will definitely be in my wishful list.



The Nissan P510/PL510 was sold from 68-73 in many variants throughout the world.

The 510's engineering was inspired by contemporary European sedans, particularly the 1966 BMW 1600 incorporating an SOHC engine, Macpherson Strut suspension in front and independent, semi-trailing arms in back. The European-influenced sheet metal design is attributed to a young Datsun in-house designer, Teruo Uchino. The engine was pushed through by Nissan USA president Yutaka Katayama, a design developed through Prince, an acquisition, with some Mercedes Benz influence.

4 door Sedan


2-Door Coupe


Front View




Side View



The Datsun 510 released to the U.S. market came originally with the Hitachi downdraft carbureted 1.6 L L-series engine, with an advertised gross power of 96 hp (72 kW), front disc brakes, 4-wheel independent suspension (MacPherson strut front and semi trailing arm rear- wagons had a solid rear live axle and leaf springs in back), rear wheel drive, and either a 4-speed manual or a 3-speed automatic transmission. 2-door sedan, 4-door sedan, and 4-door station wagon variants were available. It achieved 20-30 mpg in factory trim (U.S.). Non-US spec models were also available in a 2-door coupe body style with the "SSS" packages, which included a 1.6 or an uprated 1.8 L L-Series engine and dual Hitachi sidedraft carburetors, which were a copy of the earlier British Skinner's Union (SU) design used on Jaguars and MGs. SSS models also had numerous other small changes like sports instrument cluster, tinted windows, different interior trim and of course 'SSS' emblems on the rear qtr vents and grille.

Article adapted from link and pictures from link.


Front view of the 4-door sedan


Rear view of the 4-door sedan






510 racing in the OLD/NOW Festival in Tsukuba