6-18-11.

Wow, exactly a year and a month since updating.  Really been slacking, but there have been a lot of things going on in my life that were more important than updating the website.  Plus, if you're a fellow ratsuner, you already know what's been going on!  For those who haven't been on the forum, the newest news is I have finally finished my KAZ24 project on the D21.  The long and short is after being bought with one dead motor, replacing with another motor with oiling issues, I finally built a hybrid motor with a Z24 bottom end and the existing KA head.

In the process we upped the compression to the 9.3ish range, which is much better than the stock 8.6:1.  As of last night, I advanced the cam to the next position, and found the sweet spot for power vs. mileage.  Confirmed today on fill-up, the D21 got 22.26 mpg, which for 3800 pounds or so without me in it, is pretty good.  I'm back to the same kind of mileage I was getting with the 2wd standard cab D21.  That's with 30" tires also.  I'm pretty happy with the results.  Still would like a solid lifter conversion but I probably won't invest any more time in the sohc KA head.  The next future project will definitely involve a dohc KA head.

The Datsun Driving Canby Fun event was this past weekend, it was a blast.  I'll probably make a separate page for those pictures.  I got a new piece of bling for Gracie II just for Canby, courtesy of Todd at Graveyard Graphics here in Spokane.

For other updates, check out ratsun.net, one of the best Datsun sites around!

Cars I've owned to date:

'76 Ford Courier ( Mazda 1800)

'87 Mazda B2000

'96 Nissan D21

'81 Honda Accord

'63 Ford F100

'90 Chrysler New Yorker (Never again, ditto for the auto trans)

'78 Datsun 620

'97 Nissan D21

'72 Datsun 510 wagon

'71 Datsun 510 wagon

'81 Toyota Corolla

'96 Mazda Miata

'71 Datsun 510

'85 Nissan 720 4x4

'72 Datsun 521

'66 Datsun 411

'78 Datsun 620

'81 Datsun 720 4x4

'93 Datsun D21 (They sold in Japan under the Datsun name in that year!)

'91 Nissan NX2000

20 cars, 9 of which are Datsuns, 4 Nissans.  Yes, there is a difference. 

Why did I start this site?  Creativity is a terrible thing to waste.  This site is a fun thing to play with when I'm stuck inside doing laundry, or when I finish a particularly memorable automobile project.  It's not a stupid day-to-day web log, but something more concrete with information for all, particularly Datsun/Nissan/Mazda enthusiasts who understand real race car drivers turn left AND right, thank you.  As in Autocross, Rallycross, Formula One, Baja, Road Racing, and Rally Racing.