{"id":14150,"date":"2017-01-16T16:38:45","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T21:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14150"},"modified":"2017-01-16T16:38:45","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T21:38:45","slug":"building-a-datsun-510-with-a-rb25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14150","title":{"rendered":"Building a Datsun 510 with a RB25"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Originally this Datsun 510 project was only going to receive an engine swap and a few suspension upgrades but now involves a lot more. Most of the interior sheet metal was cut out to make room for a custom firewall, tunnel and wider rear wheel wells. This was needed to fit the 2.5 L RB25 inline-six, bigger manual transmission, Z32 TT rear end and wider rear 15×10 wheels. Instead of a few suspension upgrades the entire system is being replaced by a narrowed Nissan S13 with a steering rack conversion. The goal of the project is to build something different that challenged the owner’s skills while keeping everything under the Nissan umbrella. Although there is still a lot of work left I believe the owner is well on his way of accomplishing it. You can follow the build’s progress on over at @RB2510<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Source: @RB2510<\/a> via ESD reader Terry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Originally this Datsun 510 project was only going to receive an engine swap and a few suspension upgrades but now involves a lot more. Most of the interior sheet metal was cut out to make room for a custom firewall, tunnel and wider rear wheel wells. This was needed to fit the 2.5 L RB25… Read More »Building a Datsun 510 with a RB25<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[228],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-228"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Datsun-510-with-a-RB25-04.jpeg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112912,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=112912","url_meta":{"origin":14150,"position":0},"title":"1972 Datsun 240Z with a Turbo RB25","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1972 Datsun 240Z was built by Kindig It Design over the course of 12 months in 2015. 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