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1000Deluxe
Melbourne, Australia
Joined: 23-Aug 2012
68 posts
Post #1321 | Friday, 27-Oct 2017 @ 9:07am
"I think i'll leave my 2 door to you in my will Ash!!    Best home it could go to.   "
Datsun 1000 vs 1200  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1191 posts
Post #1322 | Friday, 27-Oct 2017 @ 5:34am
"Part way through a 120y leaf spring bushing mount.   Still need to do some final shaping and remove mill scale before hopefully having my friend weld it up on the weekend.   Wanting a bushing mount with a square look to not look overley out of place in..."
Datsun 1000 vs 1200  |  Read full post
d
Oz + JPN
Joined: 23-Apr 2011
1432 posts
Post #1323 | Friday, 27-Oct 2017 @ 1:04am
"Looks and finish are important, I would do the same for a keeper even happily remove the original style and run tubing with 2 bushings like on some race engines where you just undo on bolt and pivot the arms away from the engine for easy removal. I used..."
Datsun 1000 vs 1200  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1191 posts
Post #1324 | Thursday, 26-Oct 2017 @ 6:02pm
Edited by beetwenty
Thursday, 26-Oct 2017 @ 6:21pm
"I agree with D about flat plate being the way to mount late A engines onto early crossmembers.   I am not so wise and so...I am going completely and utterly overboard and modifying everything engine mounting to avoid the adapter look."
Datsun 1000 vs 1200  |  Read full post
d
Oz + JPN
Joined: 23-Apr 2011
1432 posts
Post #1325 | Thursday, 26-Oct 2017 @ 5:03pm
Edited by d
Thursday, 26-Oct 2017 @ 5:07pm
"   When rallye and racing classes limit cars to use their original capacity 3 mains blocks..... The 1000 is limited to 988cc even with overbores only 80cc extra is possible and in under 1300cc class and is down 300cc to corollas and many other rallye..."
5 main bearings for the A10  |  Read full post
d
Oz + JPN
Joined: 23-Apr 2011
1432 posts
Post #1326 | Thursday, 26-Oct 2017 @ 4:46pm
"A little bit of plate on original engine mounts is all thats needed to get the later engines in you can easily arc weld them or get someone to do it once you have it how you like."
Datsun 1000 vs 1200  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1191 posts
Post #1327 | Thursday, 26-Oct 2017 @ 6:41am
"No problem.   Glad I could help."
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yaknakz
Perth
Joined: 25-Oct 2017
9 posts
Post #1328 | Wednesday, 25-Oct 2017 @ 11:34pm
"Thanks for clarifying that for me."
Datsun 1000 vs 1200  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1191 posts
Post #1329 | Wednesday, 25-Oct 2017 @ 9:17pm
"Crossmembers are very different so are not interchangeable.   Datsun 1000 has a leaf spring running inside of it   You will have to excuse all the aluminum angle bolted to my 1000 crossmember, but here are 1000 and 1200 crossmembers side by side.   ."
Datsun 1000 vs 1200  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1191 posts
Post #1330 | Wednesday, 25-Oct 2017 @ 9:07pm
Edited by beetwenty
Wednesday, 25-Oct 2017 @ 9:37pm
"I am currently in the process of mocking up engine mounting on a spare crossmember which i had cleaned up previously.   Here is an old pic of the spare crossmember while i was cleaning it up.     Once the crossmember was cleaned i had a buisness next..."
Beetwenty's B10 2 door  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1191 posts
Post #1331 | Wednesday, 25-Oct 2017 @ 9:00pm
Edited by beetwenty
Wednesday, 25-Oct 2017 @ 9:40pm
"I have now painted the block, honed bores, replaced rings, conrod bearings, head studs, spark plugs and oil filter. Plus gaskets etc. Checked timing chain stretch, valve gaps, and rough set distributor timing.        I have temporarily replaced the head..."
Beetwenty's B10 2 door  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1191 posts
Post #1332 | Wednesday, 25-Oct 2017 @ 8:53pm
"Time for an update on the A14 which im going to be using in my 1000.   I purchased an A14 a few weeks ago and have been chipping away at it ever since.     Eventually i plan to use the manifold and carbs, but for now it will be going in with a single 40mm..."
Beetwenty's B10 2 door  |  Read full post
yaknakz
Perth
Joined: 25-Oct 2017
9 posts
Post #1333 | Wednesday, 25-Oct 2017 @ 8:41pm
"Hi all, Apologies if ive posted this in the wrong place. I've just bought myself a datsun 1000. My question is will an engine crossmember out of a datsun 1200 fit into a 1000 with out any/little modification or are they very different?   Thanks"
Datsun 1000 vs 1200  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1191 posts
Post #1334 | Thursday, 19-Oct 2017 @ 8:26pm
"Track stays as is.   The 10mm plate takes up free space where the drum brakes were doing their thing.   All the suspension bits bolt as they were and hubs stay the same.   I would need to check disc thickness vs drum thickness to see if there is anything..."
Beetwenty's B10 2 door  |  Read full post
d
Oz + JPN
Joined: 23-Apr 2011
1432 posts
Post #1335 | Thursday, 19-Oct 2017 @ 11:03am
"does this setup widen your track to double the thickness of the caliper brackets?"
Beetwenty's B10 2 door  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1191 posts
Post #1336 | Wednesday, 18-Oct 2017 @ 10:11am
Edited by beetwenty
Wednesday, 18-Oct 2017 @ 10:13am
"I had some steel plates water cut to do my brake swap. (Vk non finned calipers, U12 Pintara rotors and custom brackets to suit).   I decided to water cut in 10mm and 5mm to keep my costs down.   Tapping threads.   I needed to remove some steel from the..."
Beetwenty's B10 2 door  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1191 posts
Post #1337 | Wednesday, 18-Oct 2017 @ 7:57am
"Just a quick update on my build.   Fitted a new old stock front sunny embmem. This completes my set to be sunny for all my emblems now.     Brakes and A14 are next on the list. I have made an off the car start on both these projects...   I'll put up some..."
Beetwenty's B10 2 door  |  Read full post
DattoUte
Queensland
Joined: 09-Oct 2017
1 post
Post #1338 | Monday, 09-Oct 2017 @ 1:36pm
"Hey Peter, I know this is a long shot but is your ute still for sale? Thanks."
Datsun 1000 ute unfinished project  |  Read full post
d
Oz + JPN
Joined: 23-Apr 2011
1432 posts
Post #1339 | Tuesday, 12-Sep 2017 @ 9:39am
"paint has come some way in the last 10 years polyutherane was what I thought the bees knees as a finish for engine bays and that was the choice I would have take if I ever painted an engine bay. However of recent there is a silicon top coat clear that can..."
JAMBOREE 2017. WILLOWBANK  |  Read full post
beetwenty
Gold Coast, Australia
Joined: 05-Feb 2011
1191 posts
Post #1340 | Tuesday, 12-Sep 2017 @ 5:47am
Edited by beetwenty
Tuesday, 12-Sep 2017 @ 5:47am
"No offense taken   Mine is black because i know im going to be clumsy.   When I beat up on it i just hit it with a can.of elcheapo black and its all good again.   If i knew i would never scratch it, i wouls prefer color as well."
JAMBOREE 2017. WILLOWBANK  |  Read full post
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