Sparkle's 315 from NZ
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Sparkle's 315 from NZ
Hey guys,
thought I should start one of these up. I picked up this car just over 3 years ago in a sad state. It had been written off due to accident damage (no longer road worthy), and needed re-registering on the system/quite a procedure.
It sat in my shed for a good year and a half or so until my datsun 620 failed its 6 monthly warrant of fitness check on a list as long as my arm. Making me think that the cheaper option would be to get the E21 road worthy. Probably not cheaper, but it was a good excuse!
Got it registered, repainted the front valance correctly, and lost the ugly cheap aftermarket side mirror.
Had our yearly 2013 car club nationals coming up (oldschool.co.nz), so decided to make some big changes.
Firstly got some 15" mini steels widened to 8" and changed the offset to 0
and got some fortune auto coilovers made up
Was happy how the car looked, but wasn't sold on the wheel colour. Got them repainted before 2014 nationals last year
Managed to pick up a sweet old nostalgic New Zealand autosport race seat. So comfy!
And a 2.0 out of a E21 320 that I'll hope to have rebuilt with higher compression, and sidedraughts before 2015 nationals next year! (also note aforementioned 620's tray)
thought I should start one of these up. I picked up this car just over 3 years ago in a sad state. It had been written off due to accident damage (no longer road worthy), and needed re-registering on the system/quite a procedure.
It sat in my shed for a good year and a half or so until my datsun 620 failed its 6 monthly warrant of fitness check on a list as long as my arm. Making me think that the cheaper option would be to get the E21 road worthy. Probably not cheaper, but it was a good excuse!
Got it registered, repainted the front valance correctly, and lost the ugly cheap aftermarket side mirror.
Had our yearly 2013 car club nationals coming up (oldschool.co.nz), so decided to make some big changes.
Firstly got some 15" mini steels widened to 8" and changed the offset to 0
and got some fortune auto coilovers made up
Was happy how the car looked, but wasn't sold on the wheel colour. Got them repainted before 2014 nationals last year
Managed to pick up a sweet old nostalgic New Zealand autosport race seat. So comfy!
And a 2.0 out of a E21 320 that I'll hope to have rebuilt with higher compression, and sidedraughts before 2015 nationals next year! (also note aforementioned 620's tray)
- Spoona_Jay21
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Re: Sparkle's 315 from NZ
Nice rig man!
I also have a 620! Nice to find some other datto guys have wandered to bimmerland!
I also have a 620! Nice to find some other datto guys have wandered to bimmerland!
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Re: Sparkle's 315 from NZ
Nice, from wrecker to wonderful looking car, well done!
Regards/groeten, Jeroen
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Re: Sparkle's 315 from NZ
I love those steel wheels! Great job.
Not the fastest - but always fun to drive.
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Re: Sparkle's 315 from NZ
Well, the engine build took a little longer than planned, but she's running now, and pumping out some fairly decent power.
152wrhp/190hp at the crank, not bad for quite a docile driving m10!
Final specs were close to 11:1 running twin 45mm dcoe
Interesting to see what sorta numbers we get once run in.
152wrhp/190hp at the crank, not bad for quite a docile driving m10!
Final specs were close to 11:1 running twin 45mm dcoe
Interesting to see what sorta numbers we get once run in.
- Jeroen
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Re: Sparkle's 315 from NZ
Not bad at all! And finally I see a proper 710 cap!
Regards/groeten, Jeroen
Re: Sparkle's 315 from NZ
That's one sweet looking engine! Do you have any pics of the build-up? And where did you find the inlet manifolds to fit the Webers?
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Re: Sparkle's 315 from NZ
i love those wheels. nice work
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Re: Sparkle's 315 from NZ
Great job on this e21 .. I can imagine this little car is giving you lots of fun
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2015 Renault Mégane RS 275 trophy
2019 Abarth esseesse
2020 caterham 310R
2021 ford custom sportvan
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Re: Sparkle's 315 from NZ
"part no. 710" joke?sparkle wrote:
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Re: Sparkle's 315 from NZ
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