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Mine isn't a good one, I think that's what got everyone off on the wrong foot. It is a destined for scrap bog machine with a lot of good bits on it

Glad you found a good shell to rebody yours into though, they are getting hard to find!

This explains why you were so angry at me

You should put something epic in the rust bucket shell, especially if it is going to be scrapped. Junk ones are worth saving.

V8 conversion is pending test fitting. If it is going to be too snug it can go in the KE70 and I'll persevere with the 20det in the scorp. Really didn't want to hack the shell to fit it but a VL balancer should clear the rad support and an rx4 radiator with a header tank should fit behind the grille.

I was going to attempt an S13 front end conversion but the location of the column in relation to the rails makes it difficult.

The RB20 is a spastically reliable motor if left relatively stock. Crank up the boost and fuel and enjoy the revs. Decided it belongs in a VH commodore though just to annoy Holden people as well. The ex-Nascar Chev V8 makes it no longer a viable drift car, the agricultural steering setup in the scor...

It had a hollinger on it, then a T400. I'm thinking a Jericho 4 speed. I already have the 9 inch. Last dyno'd at 680hp through the auto.

May no longer be a datsun scorpion...

My other projects in the last 2 months included: Banging this thing together out of scrap metal https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/q77/s720x720/1383900_10152293689918356_20474186_n.jpg Tidying up my daily driver https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-frc3/q79/s720x720/...

Also it appears that using an RB20 gearbox and not an SR20 one will put the shifter very close to the standard position, and the stock scorp gearknob fits the Nissan stick.

So the disrespectful Datslerbishi progresses slowly.

Still around. Work exploded so this has been sitting in the shed with an RB nestled under the bonnet.

Tossed up whether or not to switch to an SR20 but then I remembered how much I hated them.

Also the RB20 seems to make purists and bigots even angrier, which suits me perfectly.

Well a few people have told me that Triton 2wd and Pajero front diff gears will fit. Planning on getting another ratio like a 4.1 to 4.6 to suit the RB a bit better. Other than that just a weldy for now.

If it blows up I'll put an R31 or falcon diff in the rear.

Picked up a 32 K frame today, need a 33 one as well to work out which will sit the engine in the right spot.

I've been talking to an engineer and he is willing to sign off on it if everything is up to spec. Might be getting club/street rego and I can come to events so you guys can hate me in person

Cheap drift/rally project. Getting it ready for Winton Matsuri in November.

Wow, I was the 16th person to join this forum according to the member list. OG as fuck.

Been here since 2009 and have owned many an astron. Also driven some proper tough 2.6s. So it was a very well informed flipping off of a dead astron

The only thing that has be worried is making an intermediate shaft from the rack to the column.

Yeah I noticed the complete lack of steering the moment I got the car. The other option was a steering reducer inline in the steering shaft.

Well most of the front suspension, the brakes, the astron, the gearbox and the seats are already in the throwout pile. It is all in fairly bad shape though.

a 2.5 out of a mazda would be good fun too. I highly recommend something mechanical injected if you can, then there is no fucking around with ECUs etc.

a 3ltr turbo RC colorado engine would be a lot of fun. They are a bulky 4 cylinder much like an astron so you wouldn't have much of an issue fitting it. Biggest thing would be ECU and a custom sump.

If you ever wanted to street drive it, I imagine you would need an engineers. This bodyshell isn't worth trying to street register which is why it is going down this path.

My initial plan was club plates but it would have cost me a small fortune in just body repairs even if I did them myself.

Well with very minor work, most of an S chassis will fit into the front of the scorpion. Coilovers, lcas, knuckles, hubs, brakes. Was going to have a go at fitting an R33 crossmember and rack and pinion setup as well so it will actually steer. Unlike its current 4.5 turns from lock to lock. They rb ...

The car has been in a front and rear end accident at some point in its life. Both rear quarters a magnet won't stick to and the interior is rotten with a large ant colony living in it. The engine didn't run, the box felt like it was in neutral when it was in gear and brake fluid leaks out as fast as...

SR20s are a tractor engine, they belong in tractors.

I don't think I could get even half the power of the RB from an astron with what I have spent so far.

If I wanted a depressing car, I would have left the astron in it. I wanted a fun car though.

*save

But it is a bucket...

I have an S13 and 2 cefiros. Those are pretty boring and don't cause anywhere near as much hate when you do awful things to them.

I can't see there being anything of value on this scorpion, I probably couldn't buy lunch let alone an s13 for what I would make out of it.

The way I see it, I saved this bucket from a scrap metal yard and am giving it a new lease on life.

Would you rather see it being used on track, rubbing panels with other cars. Or would you rather see it sitting on top of a pile at sims, waiting to be turned into a Great Wall?