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JakeThePeasant
United Kingdom
Приєднався 25 кві 2007
Just an idiot messing about with old cars and whatever else catches my attention.
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Lowering My EF Civic in under an hour
Just a quick video showing how I lower my civic easily in under an hour, by using drop forks on the front, and an alternative lower mount hole on the rear. This allows me to easily raise the car up for MOTs etc and I normally take a quick look around under the car before the test, then lower it back down after.
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Waking up the Datsun mid-winter
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Join me to fire up my 1973 Datsun 510 which hasn't ran in a while due to me doing a wheel arch repair (See other videos on the channel for this!). Didn't drive it very far but also needed to move it to tidy up the garage ready to make a start on the other rear wheel arch and other winter jobs! jakethepeasant
Cutting Up My Datsun 510 - Part 2 - Refitting is the reverse of removal
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The second part of my rear wheel arch rust repair on my 1973 Datsun 510, we tackle the inner arch and finish shaping the filler on the outer. Finished in a quick half-layer of some orange-ish paint will do for now until I paint it properly in future. Wouldn't quite call it a restoration but I'm slowly working on making this car better and the rear wheel arches are the first part of proper bodyw...
12V Electro Etching Metals - Cheap and Easy!
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A bit of experimentation with electro etching on mild steel, stainless steel and aluminium. I tested a variety of salinity levels and a few other things to see which worked best. I also tested using a battery charger vs a 12v stack of AA batteries to see if they worked and which was more effective. jakethepeasant Chapters 00:00 Intro 00:40 Salinity Experimentation 06:24 Types of ...
Cutting up my Datsun 510 - Part 1
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In this video I make a start on cutting out the rear arch on my 1973 Datsun 510, with the aim to replace the rear arch, remove some rust and hopefully gain a bit more tyre clearance! Wouldn't quite call it a restoration but I'm slowly working on making this car better and the rear wheel arches are the first part of proper bodywork I've completed, having overhauled most of the mechanical and ele...
Turbo EF Civic sedan involved in crash
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Unfortunate video today! Somebody crashed into my civic, lets strip the front end down and assess the damage and decide what the plan is moving forwards. If you've seen some of my older videos you might know I've had this EF (technically ED2)/ 4g civic for a while and it's running a D16Z6 turbo engine with a Speeduino ECU (The previous D14 didn't enjoy the turbo, woops). This car is my daily an...
Electrical Connectors, difficult or expensive? Nope
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Electrical Connectors, difficult or expensive? Nope
Datsun 510 engine removal - rust and gearbox issues!
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Datsun 510 engine removal - rust and gearbox issues!
Installing an ECU to my Datsun 510 - spark only for now
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Installing an ECU to my Datsun 510 - spark only for now
What happened to my Dual Carb Turbo EF Sedan?
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What happened to my Dual Carb Turbo EF Sedan?
Turbo Dual Carb EF Civic Exhaust Noises
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Turbo Dual Carb EF Civic Exhaust Noises
Quick walk around of turbo dual carb EF Civic
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Quick walk around of turbo dual carb EF Civic
Test drive with Turbo D14A1 Civic with Dual Carbs
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Test drive with Turbo D14A1 Civic with Dual Carbs
Test footage of Vauxhall Nova with twin Webers
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Test footage of Vauxhall Nova with twin Webers
Some more info: - Yes I know who did it, they have paid me some money so all happy on that front - I've managed to find all the parts I needed and they are fitted to the car and it passed an MOT (Bumper and filler still need painting but that can wait until the Datsun is out of the garage) - I haven't found any more damage, so overall got away pretty lightly!
How long do we think until I finish the other side then?
Any questions about Speeduino? Let me know in the comments! I've been running a UA4C on two cars now for about a combined 5 years (1 year for the Datsun, and over 4 for the Civic) in various configurations, VR vs Hall, Spark-only, Injection etc.
Does anyone else quite enjoy the feeling of waking up a car that hasn't ran in a while?
Where do i get these dropforks ? Never heard of them😮
@@botondnagy227 there's a couple companies out there who sell them, although generally the aftermarket ones are made of aluminium. Or alternatively, like I have, you can get some fabricated from the standard steel ones (so these have been cut, shortened and welded). Availability depends on what country you are in
0:56 I hate to be "That" Nancy that complains but please use jack stands under the Sub Frame or sills. Ive seen a few jacks fail and one of them fairly new..
You are 100% correct! Normally I'm pretty careful and will at least chuck the wheel under the sill at the very least, but very right to call it out. I'm always happy to be corrected on how I do things!
@jakethepeasant I will say though it's a brilliant and insightful video. Also what a beautiful car you've got! 😍
how have you got FN2 brakes on the front of this? is it 262 hubs or 242 ones?
@@ZER0value EP3 brake calipers, and it's the standard GL hubs, standard discs were 231mm, and these calipers bolt straight onto these hubs when used with 280mm discs (Clio ones in my case, also used Corrado G60 discs previously but less recommended as the centre bore is too large on those so you'll need a spacer to keep them centred and no point when the Clios fit straight on)
@@jakethepeasant thank you for the info! i'll look into it more too :)
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@@jacobhaussmann90 keen!
take your time is the way to Go,💥 great project 👍
cant wait for spring to enjoy our datsun🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙
@@johnnydatsun2730 Yeah I know right! Still got lots of work to do before then, but dreaming of nicer weather!
@@jakethepeasant yes brother cant wait but is near will keep in touch🤙🤝🤝🤝🙏
Chulada de auto nunca pero nunca te desagas de el hay errores que cometes pero ese es uno de los peores
I had a 120Y and with only 55K on the clock it ate itself, The inner wings just crumbled to dust in your hand, the sills were nearly as bad, I took it to a welder and was quoted double the value of the car, scrapped it for £30,
@@sicks6six I feel like that's a pretty common story with any car of that era! I used to hear loads of stories like that back when I had my mini, but they were notorious for rotting and cheap enough to be disposable back then!
I bought a Datsun the exact same colour as that as a parts car for another Datsun build we were doing. It was a one owner with less than 50,000 on the clock but it had rust holes so big you could pass a football through them, ah the memories.
It's probably my favourite colour of Datsun now, nice vintage colour that suits the car and stands out a lot compared to modern stuff that's all black, white or grey!
That arc fits the car and the wheels perfectly. Cant wait for the final paint
@@naimatakku will be a little while yet I suspect, but first show is in mid-April so will have to get it done by then! Probably won't be perfect knowing my lack of skill but should be at least as good as the other paint on the car
Right hand drive or is video flipped? Nice dime.
Yeah it is RHD 👍
That exhaust sounds fantastic and the electronic ignition makes it idle perfectly
First guy thought his Ferrari was old, until the second guy pulled up 😂
Nice Wheels bro! let save a Datsun 🤙🤙🤙🤙🤝
Great job! Care to tell about the quality of the metal arches you bought? Thickness and weldability? Your weld seams look quite big. If you are not already using 0.6mm welding wire, consider using it with sheet metal. Makes the night and day difference to the 0.8.
@@naimatakku Thanks for the comment! These arches are 1.0mm thick (measured with a micrometer), the guy I got them from did say he asked for thicker than usual but I'm not sure if these are actually any different than the "regular" ones. They welded nicely, thicker than the regular bodywork which is 0.8-0.9mm thick. I've played with 0.6mm wire in the past but didn't really find it too much better for thin stuff, and got a lot of burn back when trying to weld thicker stuff so find myself sticking to 0.8mm for now, I do agree that it does let you do slightly smaller welders on thin stuff though!
@jakethepeasant I got couple of 70's Toyotas and am looking for aftermarket wheel arches, as the arches in the car are gone. I urge you to give it a go again with 0.6 wire. Maybe the problem was wire quality or welder settings. I think the 0.6 is the industry standard
Nice job!
@@Neriusification still got a way to go, but hopefully it turns out nice!
what wheels and size are these ?
@@oldskool1979 Japan Racing JR6, 15x7, basically a knock-off of Work CR01s, couldn't justify proper wheels as they just get ruined driving through the winter on this car unfortunately
Hope ya coworker is paying up.
Hey just found your channel and subscribed, sorry to see this happened.😢 but at least it's drivable. Looking forward to me videos. Good luck.
Like you say, bumper looks more than acceptable for now. Im sure a decent body shop car caress that into shape
@@da-mazing8500 I'm hoping to source an undamaged one as the metal structure behind is definitely worse for wear! But at least it's in roughly the right shape, all the lights work, nothing is likely to fall off and I've got a license plate!
Bruh 😂 the handle is wrench 🤣
after half a century of research I've come to the conclusion if you need to join two wires together, twist them together and a spot of solder then a shrink shroud, nothing comes close to that solution, if you have to use push-in connectors solder them then crimp them and then a shrink shroud,
@@sicks6six Thanks for the input, I agree for joining two wires together yeah solder and heat shrink is pretty good, although arguably potentially brittle but in my experience I've never had a soldered joint crack on a road car. This video is more about connectors though rather than joining straight wires, and for these I generally wouldn't recommend adding solder as it adds time (and expense) and if crimped correctly it won't add any more reliability.
Resistor plugs for the win👍
@@turbobobster yeah was a proper "doh!" moment when I realised 😂
Did you delete the vacuum controller or the Black box?
The black box on the block is vented to atmosphere as is the cam cover vent, the carbed civics here didn't have vacuum controllers (that's some stuff on the bulkhead isn't it?)
Love the thing you did with the gearbox! Thanks for sharing.
Nice check out my 88
This is a pretty cool setup. I crashed my 69n2 door usdm in 2020. I had a l20b with Holley sniper efi, and a 123 ignition distributor. My channel. Car before it crashed youtube.com/@danielhughes9556?si=nteFmdlr4C80CxRQ
Sorry to hear you crashed it, it looked like a really cool car!
Have you used a vr conditioner or did one come on the board?
No need for a vr conditioner with a hall effect sensor, my honda has the optional vr conditioner board though as it uses a vr sensor
Fart.
Cheers
planning to convert my 2E Corolla to EFI too, but don't know where to start 😂
Generally as per this video, trigger set up is normally the biggest hurdle to running spark-only, then high pressure fuel is probably the biggest step on the way from spark-only to EFI. The trick is to break it down into manageable steps.
Hey, nice work. Did you lock up the centrifugal advance within the distributor?
I haven't (yet), my logic was that it would advance roughly the same as I'll do in the map anyway and hopefully keep the rotor arm Vs electrode in the dizzy cap in the right window, unlike distributors designed for this sort of use the rotor arm isn't massively wide
For about 70 quid, or less, you could buy a new Chinese electronic distributor for this engine and have it installed a running in 15 minutes
Yeah that's true but that wouldn't have gained me anything over the previous distributor, the plan is to go Injection and this is just the first step along the way
Awesome 3d jig! Subbed :)
great job. the 510 is called the 1600 here in Australia.
It's a Dato mate...👌
Yes the 510 was sold here in the UK as the 1600 too! But most people just refer to them as 510s to avoid confusion, I'm guessing they were popular down in Aus as if we want parts for them they generally come from the US or Aus
@@jakethepeasant here in aus they are crazy expensive now because. 1. They are very simple 2. easy to work on when needed 3. great on fuel 4. not a tank, easy to park 5. look great, nice and clean.
@@qwertyui90qwertyui90 yeah they aren't cheap here either, although you might consider them reasonable priced compared to Ford Escorts and BMW 2002s, which are similar cars from the same era. Although back when new they were quite expensive here so didn't sell very well Vs the others, and the ones that did sell have all rusted away since then, so there are extremely few UK domestic cars left, most (including mine) are imports
Hi jake, if you can find the equivalent spark plug for your engine with the resistor built in , it should help . One downside maybe that you're current coil would not be upto it.
Good idea! Yeah I did check if they were resistor plugs and they aren't, I'm going to borrow a mates oscilloscope to have better look, but it seems alright as it is for now (although maybe a bit borderline on noise)
@jakethepeasant I do a bit of messing about with both old and new cars like yourself. The ht leads are like 4 big antennas just punching out high frequencies that don't play well with the likes of the speeduino in particular as there is very little hardware filtering. Another one that got me before was a noisy alternator as they were designed before ecus were a thing. You have a new subscriber 👌 Thank you for taking the time to upload your experiences.
Can you recommend any other inexpensive ecu for ignition and efi conversion, which has better filtering for the noise? Looking to do a similar conversion on my ke20
@@naimatakku I think Mega squirt is the only other ECU even close to this budget, and that is no better electrically than this (in fact worse in some ways, it's just an older design) - I think resistor plugs will be a big help, I spoke with a colleague and he had a similar issue with Mega squirt but far worse than I've seen, until switching to resistor spark plugs
@@jakethepeasant thanks for the help good Sir. That 510 looks so cool! And i really liked the video.
Still got this? is the engine still in one piece?
Yeah still going! Nearly 30000 miles as a daily since I put the 1.6 in and it's still going well!
hello i just got my first honda civic ef with the dual carbs whats the fuel pressure on those it came with a cheap inline pump on it
Carbs should have 2-3psi above air pressure, so depends what sort of pump you have. Some carb electric pumps will naturally provide this, injection pumps are much higher, around 45psi and will cause the carbs to leak fuel unless you use a regulator
right now it just has a inline 12v pump it runs ok with it no leaks just loud clicking pump thanx for the reply @@jakethepeasant
Hi Thanks, very nice content. Got a few questions, was the conversion straight forward? i have a D14A as well on a hatch EF and got given a D15B2 with engine loom and ecu. what do i need to do for the swap? my understanding is it will be a stand alone engine ecu and I will only need to get speedo, rev counter and as automatic the gear feedback? Thanks
I have a similar vehicle, I'd like to ask a question about the carbs. Do I just push the boost line into the brass part of the carb don't I have to lock a part of the carb up to stop it rising under boost?
Hey mate, a bit late to the party but wondering how you got your set up to work, ive only found old information regarding boosting dual carbs (i have a d15b4) and apparently a draw through set up was the only way to go, but with a draw through you don't run a bov or a front mount, you obviously are so im curious on how you made this work, cheers
All the info is in the vid, the only change I had to make was the pitot tube set up on the fuel bowl vents, took a little bit of playing to get the fuelling right but was otherwise standard carbs. No issues with blowing through these carbs, draw through carb set ups are naff and I'd avoid them wherever possible. You will also need a way of bumping the fuel pressure up, in my case I used an electric pump and boost referenced fuel pressure regulator.
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Thank you
I love this! Such a simple setup, ill bet a turbo adds so much to the driving experience! I'd imagine it was gutless before and could barely get out of its own way!
This was pretty cool!!! Need likes? Check Promo-SM!!
By chance which management you chose?
I'm using a Speeduino UA4C
Cool man