'88 Nissan "850" D21 HardBody

[Ranger850]

So I started with the Rears bushings., seemed like the right place to start to me. The old bushings came out fairly easy. And boy, were they ready to be changed out

The bushings were stamped with part #'s, 9921,9922, & 9923. The 9921's were larger and obviously for the front, but the 9922's and 9923's seemed to be the same size, but I tried to keep like with like, and put the 9922's on the bottom, and 9923's on top. The tops slid right in with little force applied. The bottoms were a little more difficult. I eventually used a large C-clamp to squeeze the shackle through the bushings.

Old vs New

 

[Ranger850]

Adding gas struts to the hood ;
After several mock-ups, I have it complete. 2 struts.
So Here is what I did.
I bolted these home made brackets under the fender lip using 1/4-20 bolts and nuts. I used a 5/16' drill bit to drill the holes.

This is the lower bracket/Driver's side.

On the Uppers, I put the rod inside the hood hinge.

complete, no hood rod

 

[bobbywalter]

When is the gtr swap?

 

[Ranger850]

When is the gtr swap?

I wish

 

[Ranger850]

So my old tires were from 2012 and super dry rotted. I had to search for a while before I found a "good" deal on a set of rims from a 2001 Nissan Frontier with tires that have about 50% tread left. He was asking $400 on FB Marketplace, but I offered $300 when I went to see them. One tire has a screw in the tread (still hold air) and the same rim has some damage. Looks like the caliper or something came off and dug into the aluminum. NOt a deal breaker by any means.
New rims in the bed

New rims in top pic, old ones; bottom

 

[dvdswan]

Lt. Dan, you got new legs.

admit it, you said that in your Forest Gump voice.

 

[Ranger850]

Fixed the license plate lights. fashioned some brackets from some old gutters

Did a front bumper and valance swap

 

[Ranger850]

Also customized my gauge cluster. still gotta figure out how to get the tach working. My OE speedo needle broke about a year ago.

Also shave 100k miles off with the new odometer

 

[dvdswan]

Did you ever get a FSM off nicoclub?

 

[Ranger850]

Replaced the old disc style horn with a Trumpet style from an old (Early 90's) Mercedes Benz 300 SE

This is where it went, but I relocated it under the hood, on the DS fender, where all the Emissions stuff used to live. (No pic yet )

 

[Ranger850]

Did you ever get a FSM off nicoclub?

debatable.

I have one for the 89, not the 87.

 

[dvdswan]

did you try the path for 87 or 88. they had 4 cylinder in them.

 

[Blmpkn]

Does this have the sr20? The 1.8 pistons essentially drop right in for a good bump to compression.. coupled with a more aggressive cam profile, exhaust, Intake and tune would be right around 200hp.

 

[dvdswan]

NAPS-Z 24 IIRC.

 

[Ranger850]

Does this have the sr20? The 1.8 pistons essentially drop right in for a good bump to compression.. coupled with a more aggressive cam profile, exhaust, Intake and tune would be right around 200hp.

No

NAPS-Z 24 IIRC.

Yes z24. 2.4L dual spark plug I4