'77 s30 4g63t

[ckrell]

Looking good Alex, what are you doing for a oilpan?

 

[Alex7747]

Looking good Alex, what are you doing for a oilpan?

First of all i want to say that your build is INSANE!! Cannot wait until yours is done

And for my oil pan i not sure what you are referring to but I'm keeping the stock one. Should i not run the stock oil pan?

 

[ckrell]

You now have a front sump pan. just watch the oil pressure during acceleration thats all. Hows the ground clearance?

 

[Alex7747]

You now have a front sump pan. just watch the oil pressure during acceleration thats all. Hows the ground clearance?

Oh i see what you mean and started thinking about that once you mentioned it. I hope it doesn't mess with oiling or oil pressure during acceleration. Ill watch the oil pressure and if it drops during acceleration, ill try to make a custom rear sump and extend the oil pick up tube. And ground clearance is pretty good, i didn't want to put the motor too low for that reason. Its about 2" lower then the cross member. I plan on putting sheet metal under the length of the car and hopefully that protects it enough.

 

[11secDSM]

Very nice build! Looking forward to it being done!

BTW, the variable length runners on the manifold work well! A buddy of mine did that on his JMF manifold about 8-10 years ago and it worked great...until the car got stolen.

 

[Alex7747]

Very nice build! Looking forward to it being done!

BTW, the variable length runners on the manifold work well! A buddy of mine did that on his JMF manifold about 8-10 years ago and it worked great...until the car got stolen.

Thanks for the reassurance . I cannot wait until i get it running

 

[Alex7747]

I haven't posted on this or updated in a while but i've been busy with the body work, a lot more was needed than expected . I think its taking longer then normal because I'm hand blocking the entire car.
i thought of a great idea that was faster then using a guide coat, I got an ebony pencil and write all over the area thats going to be sanded and it shows you all your low spots . i know a guide coat does the same thing but this way is faster because no drying time is needed.

I want to primer the car with weekend but there is still a lot to be done and I don't know if it'll get done by then, time will tell.

Any way here are some pictures of the progress...

Also does anyone have any tips for large areas such as the roof? i have a 14" block sander but that will take forever and i want it to have a nice finish when its done.. is my block sander the best way to go for that area?

 

[Alan11]

im very interested in your build man. I have planned everything for a 4g63 RWD swap and my only problem was the water pipes, your set up looks promising, looking foward on how it works out.

 

[Alex7747]

im very interested in your build man. I have planned everything for a 4g63 RWD swap and my only problem was the water pipes, your set up looks promising, looking foward on how it works out.

I don't know why mitsubishi didn't make a 4g63 RWD coupe car from the beginning But with more and more 4g63s being swapped into rwd cars come more information . I got most of my ideas from ProjectZeroG.org and just made everything custom because its fairly straight forward . I love seeing RWD 4g63 powered cars and ill have one . I hope to get it under 2500lbs and at least >400 whp, which should make for an extremely fun street car

 

[Alex7747]

I was finally able to do the first coats of primer to my car.. its been taking WAY longer then i had hoped . I got a guide coat on (take pictures tomorrow when I'm home from school) and will start the block sanding again . some pics as of tonight..

Guide coat..

 

[Alex7747]

Got some progress done this weekend. Painted the car and I'm working on cutting and buffing over this next weekend. There was some orange peel in the paint but thats not a problem, i buffed the driver side rear quarter panel so you guys can see what it'll look like.

some pics..

 

[11secDSM]

Starting to look gooood!

 

[GSXftw]

Looks great. I too have been contemplating this build. I just wonder if something with a backseat might be better, but weight is what its all about, and these don't have a lot to em paint looks great

 

[Alex7747]

Starting to look gooood!

Thank you

Looks great. I too have been contemplating this build. I just wonder if something with a backseat might be better, but weight is what its all about, and these don't have a lot to em paint looks great

Yeah man these things are LIGHT and Thank you!

 

[Alex7747]

Finished all the buffing today, I'm very happy with the outcome. I don't think its bad for my second car I've painted and given that it was done in a garage Theres a picture of the rust hole it had before, fixed now of course

 

[Cdc1221]

Looks great man. I'm supremely jealous. One question I've always wondered about. Why does everyone ditch that 2.8? Is it that bad of an engine?

 

[mitsubishimanic]

aboslutly not its actually very relable but underpowered. hes just making a good a great car. keep up the good work man ive always wanted to do this swap.

 

[Alex7747]

Looks great man. I'm supremely jealous. One question I've always wondered about. Why does everyone ditch that 2.8? Is it that bad of an engine?

Im doing this swap for a couple reasons, the main reason being that I'm not familiar with the l28e and its limits and parts for tuning etc. The 4g63t is just in a different level of performance and ease of modding. I also decided from the very beginning that i wanted a 4g63 rwd car and i already had the engine built before i decided on the car i wanted . Some other reasons are because of the weight loss and weight distribution and TURBO .
Basically i love the 4g63t and i knew i was using that motor for whatever RWD project i chose, and it ended up being a Datsun.

aboslutly not its actually very relable but underpowered. hes just making a good a great car. keep up the good work man ive always wanted to do this swap.

Thanks man

 

[GSXftw]

Is that a base/clear or single stage?

 

[tkstoygsx]

Is that a base/clear or single stage?

Im also curious and where from..? I just got done spraying my Talon with a base coat setup from Eastwood but also thru a clear coat on it as well.

Looking very good, keep up the great work.

 

[Alex7747]

Its a base coat/ clear coat. i got the whole kit including primer and everything from Black Metallic Urethane Basecoat Clear Coat Kit Featuring 5 Star Clear Coat Automotive Paint, Auto Paint, Car Paint the primer was sold seperately it was fairly cheap too, $290 with primer and shipping.

 

[GSXftw]

Its a base coat/ clear coat. i got the whole kit including primer and everything from Black Metallic Urethane Basecoat Clear Coat Kit Featuring 5 Star Clear Coat Automotive Paint, Auto Paint, Car Paint the primer was sold seperately it was fairly cheap too, $290 with primer and shipping.

Nice! Ill have to check that out! Im getting real close to paint time, pulling the last dent out this weekend then a bit more blocking, and although I buy everything on a budget Ive always gone genuine professional paint, maybe I should save a bit there, 1.5 sprayable gallons will easily cover an entire car, I paid I think $450 for everything to do my Camaro and it still didn't turn out right

 

[Alex7747]

Nice! Ill have to check that out! Im getting real close to paint time, pulling the last dent out this weekend then a bit more blocking, and although I buy everything on a budget Ive always gone genuine professional paint, maybe I should save a bit there, 1.5 sprayable gallons will easily cover an entire car, I paid I think $450 for everything to do my Camaro and it still didn't turn out right

Yeah thats the main reason i bought that kit, there will be so much extra paint when I'm done and ill be able to paint extra body parts i buy later on like the ZG fender flares, and the victory spoiler etc. The paint came out good in my opinion but not perfect :/ but i was expecting that .

i kind of wish i bought jet black though because I'm not a huge fan of how it looks in the sun . but at night or right after the sun goes down its sexy

Good luck with your paint job

 

[curt-s]

I don't know why mitsubishi didn't make a 4g63 RWD coupe car from the beginning But with more and more 4g63s being swapped into rwd cars come more information . I got most of my ideas from ProjectZeroG.org and just made everything custom because its fairly straight forward . I love seeing RWD 4g63 powered cars and ill have one . I hope to get it under 2500lbs and at least >400 whp, which should make for an extremely fun street car

They did -- the Mitsubishi Starion (Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth Conquest). It just didn't come in 4g63 form in North America, unfortunately. Everybody else got the 4g63 (Japan, Europe, Australia) except us.


Great build. Nice Z-car pick; it's the one I'd do.

 

[Alex7747]

Its not much of an update, sorry about that, but i just wanted to tell who ever is still interested in this build that i haven't done anything really to the car. There have been a few personal things lately and i just haven't been motivated enough to work on the car, i even wanted to sell it but thats not happening . This car will be completed someday, but hopefully running by the end of this summer . and ill just put up a picture of the car in its current state ....more updates coming soon