- 1. Re: $39.95 Paint Job... (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:05:36 -0600
- Why didn't you tell me this about 5 years ago. I had the Dupont TOO BRIGHT YELLOW for the 510 custom mixed. Two gallons of color, the reducer, the clear and primer were around $1100, IIRC. Ouch! But
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-03/msg00068.html (7,864 bytes)
- 2. Re: Set of valves for a U20 (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:26:55 -0600
- Jon, What's wrong with the valves you have now? Have the stems been shortened or are they worn, or have the faces been cut to the point that they're too thin or narrow to use? If your adjusters are
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-03/msg00164.html (7,767 bytes)
- 3. CNC headwork (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 07:51:41 -0600
- You mentioned the CNC processes. Can those rigs be used to check and setup things like valve seat, port and chamber matching, stem tip height and parallelism to the cam centerline? In other words al
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-03/msg00192.html (6,775 bytes)
- 4. Spike TV Powerblock (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 12:13:47 -0600
- I know many of us on the list are into other rolling toys in addition to the Roadsters and/or other classic Datsuns. I grew up playing with and drag racing Chevys at strips in the DFW area including
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-02/msg00105.html (7,833 bytes)
- 5. Re: 1600 engine in a 2000 (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 21:38:52 -0600
- Camron, Hopefully without starting another contentious thread between leaving it totally stock and going to the opposite/modify everything extreme, my view is that it's your car and you need to deci
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-02/msg00120.html (8,020 bytes)
- 6. Re: 1600 Jetting (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:52:38 -0600
- A good place for info would probably be Pierce Manifolds or Overseas Distributing (I think). Both are major Weber suppliers. That said, I gotta ask..., why? If everything else is stock, I really thi
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-02/msg00127.html (7,575 bytes)
- 7. Re: paint guns - bit ot (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 18:08:31 -0600
- Check out <http://autobodystore.com/>. It's a good site with tons of info. HTH, Ron
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-02/msg00156.html (7,222 bytes)
- 8. Ansen Uni-Lug inserts (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:12:58 -0600
- Just picked up a set of 13 x 5.5 Ansen Sprint D-Slot alloy wheels that use the uni-lug (I think) inserts. Figured I'd see if anyone has, or knows where I can get, the inserts for the 4 1/2 inch bolt
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-02/msg00195.html (6,796 bytes)
- 9. Re: Ansen Uni-Lug inserts (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 18:03:25 -0600
- Looks like that's just what I needed. I'll drop them a note, maybe call on Monday. Thanks Jeff, Ron
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-02/msg00197.html (7,038 bytes)
- 10. Re: Datsun truck off topic...sorry (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:13:49 -0600
- Marc, Don't even think about it. Besides how the heck could you get it from Seattle to Sisterdale? ;>) RD
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-02/msg00274.html (7,240 bytes)
- 11. Re: Datsun truck off topic...sorry (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:41:35 -0600
- Okay, Gordon, better..., but not much. ;>) RD
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-02/msg00276.html (6,951 bytes)
- 12. Re: L series engines (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:46:48 -0600
- We can always go to Marty's and see what he has lying around. ;>) That's sort of an inside joke for those of us in Texas. I'm not much better, I guess. I've got two L-16s, two L-18s and at least one
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-01/msg00235.html (8,206 bytes)
- 13. Re: Rare SPL511? (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:18:53 -0600
- There's one born every minute. Take it to Barrett/Jackson. One day's high seller last week was $115K for an Amphicar!! I kid you not. Unbelievable. RD
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-01/msg00257.html (6,745 bytes)
- 14. Re: OT Eye wash (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:45:52 -0600
- Flashback (with the emphasis on "flash") to around 1967. I had the Rochester 2 barrel off of my 283-powered '61 Biscayne cleaning and re-jetting it. Figured I might as well set the timing while the c
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2006-01/msg00276.html (8,101 bytes)
- 15. Re: Mikuni Super BN 44 - Another option? well, there's always (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 11:34:31 -0600
- First, you can do practically anything and/or make anything work, given enough money and the required skills. Back in the day late Corvair Corsas came with four single barrel carbs or turboed. The fo
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-12/msg00101.html (9,433 bytes)
- 16. Re: Carb insulators (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:49:14 -0600
- They serve to insulate the carbs from heat transfer through the manifold and from a certain amount of fuel of frothing and possible float level inaccuracy due to vibration. Can't remember which were
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-12/msg00103.html (7,176 bytes)
- 17. Weber Info (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2005 14:20:06 -0600
- Digging around a bit due to the recent SU/Mikuni/Weber questions I came across the tuning/tech notes section of Redline's site. Even though Mikunis are are exactly the same, the principals and tuning
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-12/msg00104.html (6,680 bytes)
- 18. Floor Jack Spring (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:38:29 -0600
- The spring that holds the handle in the raised position on my large (1.5 ton, I think) floor jack has broken so the handle flops down. Not a huge deal, unless you happen to be under it. The spring lo
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-12/msg00111.html (7,136 bytes)
- 19. Re: Terry Cost 1942-2005 (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 21:01:52 -0600
- I've lost a true friend. Terry was in the VA hospital where I work here in Temple. When he in the hospital since this started last summer I visited him as much as I could and often ran into him and
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00054.html (7,369 bytes)
- 20. Re: CC'ing a head (score: 1)
- Author: Ronnie Day <rday@hot.rr.com>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:17:28 -0600
- To get the chambers on one of my L-4 SSS heads cced I pulled the rockers and the cam, but left the valve, springs and retainers installed. Since the chambers had not been worked on I just had one me
- /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-11/msg00149.html (8,439 bytes)
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