Cherry Turbo powered Datsun Micra

[RetroMat]

appart frommthe huge intercooler, quite a sleeper

[racer86]

needs some slammage but i like it a lot! is there any more pics? is the cherry engine 1500?

[RetroMat]

more pics:



its been built by a 17 year old lad in Finland
kotisivu.mtv3.fi/tume/autot.html

edit its a 1500 turbo

[e28boi]

don't think he should lower it any more cause that intercooler is exposed enough but if its lowered and he hits some bloody rabbit it would be finished.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

cool apart from the intercooler, which looks sh1te

[Kris]

Very cool apart from the 'cooler

Sack the battery off to the boot, gets some weight over the back, and mount it there with some neat plumbing I reckon.

[reallyloud]

Fair play to him. It needs wider rims and wheel arches though.....dem micra's are looking sweeter and sweeter.

[Nick]

i waaant one, how much/how hard you reckon it is to do.

definately wider wheels and arches though

[Thrasher]

Thats bloody fantastic !!

One question though !! Where the hell do you find a cherry turbo engine !?

[Revolution 9]

That's pretty cool! I agree that it might be nicer with the battery in the boot and an intercooler inside the engine bay, it'd certainly more practical, E28boi's right that if he hits anything at all that intercooler's just going to get smashed up and he'll probably overheat or something.

[CR500Dom]

Fair Play to him

Battery to the boot as said, water/air Charge cooler brick where the Battery is and a small Rad in front of the standard rad.....

Paint it hearing aid beige ;D Pork Pie hat on the rear shelf and you`ve got a decent sleeper ;D

Not my cup of tea, but appreciate it for what it is ;D

[Jediworrier]

Thrasher said:

Thats bloody fantastic !!

One question though !! Where the heck do you find a cherry turbo engine !?

Look under the bonnet of the cherry turbo parked a couple of roads up from me?

[RetroMat]

The car is still in its early stages, hence the huge intercooler. It’s currently running on standard steelies, but it was running on some Weller look alikes. As far as I know the conversion is fairly straight forward, only 2 of the engine mounts and one of the drive shafts need to be modified to make the CT engine fit, the problem is finding one, how ever the larger 1.8 bluebird turbo engine is a similar sized block soprobably wouldn't take to much more work

[SilverMachine]

what about primera/bluebird 14/15 inch steelies with rubber bands?

hide the intercooler away and bait some paxos

i fugging love it

not sure tho, Is there a primera with 15 inch steels?

[WillCarter]

I can't believe the cars this forum has me thinking about and both the K10 and K11 Micras are pretty high up my list at the moment.

[BuddyJ]

My roommate is gonna do something similar with an 87 Toyota Tercel but his gets Starlet Turbo power. Gonna slam and flare it with some nice wheels. We found a sweet set of olskool Rays but they were sold before he could snatch them.

[RetroMat]

what about primera/bluebird 14/15 inch steelies with rubber bands?
hide the intercooler away and bait some paxos
i fugging love it
not sure tho, Is there a primera with 15 inch steels?

sadly, the bluey and the primera have a different pcd, i know cos i've tried.

I can't believe the cars this forum has me thinking about and both the K10 and K11 Micras are pretty high up my list at the moment.

i know what you meen, i want an early lada estate with a fiat twink. ;D