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pac. coast 521
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Joined: 17 November 2003 Location: United States Posts: 1427 |
 Topic: My custom motor mounts!Posted: 03 February 2004 at 7:49pm |
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Here are a few pics of my custom motor mounts i made for the KA 24e. I had to extend them so they reached the inner frame rails. It was a pain to make them but now they're done. Next step, finish the tranny mount. I have to make that also. If anybody is going to do this swap, i saved the patterns for the metal.
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My 1965 L 320 {all original}
69 L 521 w/KA swap 94 Hardbody [custom] 74 620 project |
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GTZilla
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Joined: 08 June 2003 Location: United States Posts: 288 |
Posted: 03 February 2004 at 8:23pm |
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Hey, that ought to work. Is KA24 going in a 521? Oh never mind... I just read your sig.....duh. Keep us updated with lots-o-pics, please |
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pac. coast 521
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Joined: 17 November 2003 Location: United States Posts: 1427 |
Posted: 04 February 2004 at 9:05am |
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Here is another pic of the other mount. I made them out of 1/4 inch plate and they are very strong. I do have lots of pics & will post them often. |
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My 1965 L 320 {all original}
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Bleach
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Joined: 04 December 2002 Location: United States Posts: 4806 |
Posted: 04 February 2004 at 11:24am |
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If you can scan the patterns into an image on your pc and include dimensions, I'll post them on my web site as a reference for everyone. I can give you credit for them of course.... Whould the same mounts possibly work for a 620? |
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pac. coast 521
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Joined: 17 November 2003 Location: United States Posts: 1427 |
Posted: 04 February 2004 at 7:49pm |
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Hey Bleach that sounds good to me. Give me a few days to scan them and post the info here. Mind you that i still had to do a bit of grinding once i welded them to make them fit good, but not alot. As far as them working for a 620, i don't see why not. I'm not sure if the 521 & 620 frames are similar in dimensions up front but i'll do some measuring on mine and let you know. It's like i say, anything is possible with a grinder! Here is a pic of the mount on the motor.
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GTZilla
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Posted: 05 February 2004 at 1:23pm |
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I do know that the KA24 does fit into a 720. And very nicely as well. There are a few small items to deal with,like PS resevior and if you want to run the FI, fuel delivery issues, but it's been done.
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datsunaholic
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Joined: 05 December 2002 Posts: 4079 |
Posted: 05 February 2004 at 1:57pm |
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The 720 is nice that it has a somewhat larger engine bay than previous Datsun pickups. Like the '78-81 510, it was designed with the Z-series engine (and crossflow head with manifolds on both sides) in mind so there's room. Makes an L-series fit with lots of excess room (look under the hood of an '80 720, TONS of room). A Z24 or a KA really fills the space, though. Getting to things like the starter is a PITA.
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'68 520 '72 521 V6 '74,75,79 620s '76,78 4X4 '76 KC '72 510 Wgn '78 B210 '78,81 510 Wgn 2X '78 510 Coupes '83 720 KC 
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GTZilla
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Posted: 05 February 2004 at 3:22pm |
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Here's a KA24E in a 720. Plenty-o-room
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pac. coast 521
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Joined: 17 November 2003 Location: United States Posts: 1427 |
Posted: 06 February 2004 at 12:46am |
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Well i could have gone with the traditional L series motor but i wanted a little more power! I have the complete wiring harness,ecu, driveshaft, gas tank, ignition, pretty much everything i need. Theres tons more to do like mount the hardbody gas tank & run the gas lines,modify the drive shaft, & modify the center part of the cab floor. heres a pic of some of the trimming i had to do on the firewall. These r rough cuts & will clean them up later! |
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chopped50ford
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Joined: 29 January 2004 Location: United States Posts: 52 |
Posted: 11 February 2004 at 1:15am |
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ummm, that looks like some serious work.
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1978 Datsun 620 Standard Cab
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Posted: 05 March 2004 at 7:48pm |
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i need those measure ment im puting a ka24de in my 5221
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pac. coast 521
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Joined: 17 November 2003 Location: United States Posts: 1427 |
Posted: 06 March 2004 at 12:49am |
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Sorry i,ve too busy to give you guys the measurements to the mounts lately but i will hopefully get that done this weekend . I plan to scan the measurements and the sizes and e-mail them to Bleach and he said he would post them on his site! Later,Mark...
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pac. coast 521
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Posted: 02 April 2004 at 11:45pm |
Heres a pic of when i finally got hte KA into place! It seems i left the patterns for the mounts out in the rain and they got ruined! But i can measure the actual mount when i pull the motor again. I plan to replace the core support otherwise i would not have bent it that far out! |
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