Friday, January 20, 2012

It's in the details

Step 1: Grab Beer of choice

Step 2: Grab rare "Elephant Oil cap"

I'd like to take this moment and dispel the rumor that this cap was solely created in commemoration of Datsun's South African Safari win in 1969.
The elephant is actually representative of Nissan's official oil brand at the time, "Elephant."
The Japanese reads, "please pour elephant oil"
The brand itself was named in commemoration of Datsun's South African Safari win in 1969, but not the cap.


Step 3: Clean with Acetone, Alcohol, Mineral Spirits, whatever

Step4: Grab paint pen and start painting

Step 5: Pen ran out of ink. I'll finish it later.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Wounded beast

I'd Been Burning Some Oil
Found Oil on the #2 Plug
Compression was Good but not Consistent
I Never matched Valves to Valve Seats + Leaking Valve Seals=The Teardown Begins






Taking Head to Rebello Racing for Some Larger Valves
New Valves, Seals, Seats 
&
Slight Port Job

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Dilemma

Way too much $$$:

Priced reasonably:

What I really want: