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hey all, my names shaune im 25 and live on the sunny coast.. and ive bought this piece of classic history...

PLANS:

fix the carby, 2 roadworthy rear tyres , get it on the road and reap the benefits of being able to drive again..oldskool style

long-term:

widen my steelies

tail light panel with cherrys

dumped

ld28 crank for 3.1litre...in motions of obtaining one, be couple months away

triple solex with fet manifold would be sick.. :(

now for info on the car:

1978 GC210 skyline sedan

Recent respray in galaxy blue

L28

5 speed

Abarth steering wheel

P90a turbo head Rare!!

oversize pistons

big lumpy cam :twisted:

Early emmissions free hitachi twin carbs

Custom harmonic balancer

New 2.5 in exhaust with extractors

but best thing of all.. rust free goodness, i can sleep well at night now, no more soarer rust nightmares...:lol:

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  • 2 months later...

did a few things to the c210 the last couple of weeks, put drivers side window in, and fixed the loose flywheel bolts to find what i thought was a stock clutch, to be a exedy HD item so pretty impressed with that...

just need windscreen and some s13 rear and dr30 front suspension to lower it than on the road she goes..

sounds awesome running sweet with the big lumpy cam..

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hmm wow didn't know that,prety kweel that they made em for the stock clutch for the datsun, their a good product

its a heavy duty clutch don't think that would be a standard item..

ill get some better pix up when it got sussy and lower.. :D

ohh yea want some trumpets for the stok SU anyone got a link or know of anywhere...

thanx

shaune

Edited by xramjetx

im going s13 rear and dr30 front both base height adj..with 8kg rear and 9kg front

should be sufficient for some track fun..

and prob just get a nismo or just as good 2 way diff centre for the r180..

Edited by xramjetx
im going s13 rear and dr30 front both base height adj..with 8kg rear and 9kg front

should be sufficient for some track fun..

Good luck! With those spring rates, you're never going to stop it going into a corner on our roads. Even Queensland roads aren't that good and if you can't stop, your investment is heading straight for the scrap yard.

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not for under $2000

and the R31 rear suspension is basically the same if its IRS or not, just the stroke length is different

I agree about the spring rates!

You will get cracks in the welds in the chassis, seen it many times on the old girls.

I've been told that exedy was the factory stock clutches for C210's

Most Datsuns of that era had Exedy clutches.

And cut your spring rate by 50% at least - if you want the car to survive in one piece.

If you want an R180 LSD, then go for a Subaru conversion. I think you can get Quaife centres for the R180, but they aren't cheap at the best of times.

i think i should be right with the spring rates at how low the car will sit and the width of the wheels ill be running...i dont drive like a bogan..if its too hard spring rates when i drive it, ill get sum lesser kilos to fit and keep the others for track or whateever. springs arent that dear can have heaps of different sets at different heights etc...

all i know it will be stiff as..low.. with 15inch deep dished steelies until i can afford some enkei focus, hoshinos etc from japan..

and changed my mind on the nismo lsd as they are quite god damn dear, prob just get cusco, or tomeii centre for around 1kish landed..

Edited by xramjetx
i think i should be right with the spring rates at how low the car will sit and the width of the wheels ill be running...i dont drive like a bogan..if its too hard spring rates when i drive it, ill get sum lesser kilos to fit and keep the others for track or whateever. springs arent that dear can have heaps of different sets at different heights etc...

all i know it will be stiff as..low.. with 15inch deep dished steelies until i can afford some enkei focus, hoshinos etc from japan..

and changed my mind on the nismo lsd as they are quite god damn dear, prob just get cusco, or tomeii centre for around 1kish landed..

mmmmmm!!!!! :D

I suppose we're all dumb asses here ?????????????????

9k front, 8k rear, 15" deep dish etc etc etc and you're not going to drive it like a bogan ?????? Your 25 and live on the Gold Coast and your not going to act like every other young Skyline driver on the Gold Coast, mmmmm!!!!!!!!!! Something doesn't compute here.

Have you ever heard of balance? Do you know what the factory constants are?? Do you know how heavy the car is???

Have you ever driven a car like racsov500 suggests on Australian roads????

Be interesting to see your response, because it sure looks like you know more than us about what your asking, so why bother in the first place.

man i didnt say shit. i just wnated to put my car up here and see what everyone thought... cheers for ya shit comments by the way gohstrider...and yes i have driven on the road in 14kg front and 8kg rear in a jzx90, and gx70 had 9kg and 6.5kg, and use to own a ceffy with 16kg front an 12kg rear.. so yes ghostrider you could say i have had time on australian roads to see what springs rates work and dont work...

and on another note im from sunshine coast not goldy so before u put negative comments down think to urself...am i being a dick...if the answer YES, slap yourself and walk away from the computer.. cause i certainly dont care what u have to say if ur str8 onto the negative comment train..

i know racsov500 well and he knows his shit and loves oldskool skylines like me... all ive heard about u ghostrider is that you write gay shit on other ppls pages, so save me the courtesy and FUUUUK off...

now can we get back to the topic of my gc210...

thanx

Edited by xramjetx

wow seriously... Why start an argument on spring rates? And secondly, then go and throw personal attacks?

2 words: c*nt act. Lol. This guy does not derserve a single thing you said to him dennis.

Please dont forget that cars are fun! Woo! cars!! And also, our classic skyline community is very small and the only way it will survive is if we're tight as f*ck. Not flaming noobs!

I drive my sil with 8kg springs and dampers set half-way. Pretty rough ride i agree but i like it rough :) meo-w!

If you put stiff suspension in, you deal with it. And more often than not, love it.

Personal preference imo.

Nice car man. I would have bought it no question but i didnt have anywhere to put the damn thing. Lucky boy!

We should hit maleny/cono once you get the suspension done mate :(

mmmmmm!!!!! :D

I suppose we're all dumb asses here ?????????????????

9k front, 8k rear, 15" deep dish etc etc etc and you're not going to drive it like a bogan ?????? Your 25 and live on the Gold Coast and your not going to act like every other young Skyline driver on the Gold Coast, mmmmm!!!!!!!!!! Something doesn't compute here.

Have you ever heard of balance? Do you know what the factory constants are?? Do you know how heavy the car is???

Have you ever driven a car like racsov500 suggests on Australian roads????

Be interesting to see your response, because it sure looks like you know more than us about what your asking, so why bother in the first place.

dude, its a 30 year old skyline, not a time attack car. just bolting in some cheap s13 suspension will make its considerably lower, stiffer, better handling and have height adjustablity. if you think stock stuff handles better, then maybe its you that needs to drive a car with stiff coilovers

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