RUNAMUCK

In defence of of snow tyres, I chucked a set of bridgestone Blizzaks I scored for free onto my suby leone snow boarding hack. And, it made it own the access roads. Like made a primo improvement. Only kicker is you have to drive for an hour and a bit to get to the mountain. But I love them to bits. Hopefully all the cunts who don't know how to drive getting rid of them will mean I'll always have a good supply.

Sweet! I read that to mean if you're towing it, it's exempt! YAY!

ARP bolts aren't that expensive. Much cheaper than a broken rod bolt with a rod hanging out the side of the block taking the camshaft with it.

But I'm all to familair with having a no dollar budget. So I can feel where you're coming from.

Given how insanely heavy VF/VG bonnets are, you might as well do it right from the outset and find an f/glass dart front for it. Then you'll be able to run one of those sweet bonnet scoops that darts ran.

Plus decent vf/vg gaurds are getting too valuable to be going altering them in a manor thaat couldn't be reversed.

someone be a GC and post a link to the afore mentioned relevant ltnz bit regarding this please.

I have no pics, but I very recently cleaned out my great uncles garage as he was moving into an apartment in a complex for old cats. I haven't gone through all the treasures, but there is a but load of old tools in amongst that lot. We just moved it all into our workshop. I did find a sidchrome box just a bit bigger than an impact driver box, with about 7 or 8 1/2 drive sockets and a short powerbar. And they are mint! I mean I think some of them have never even seen a nut or bolt. And the foil sticker inside the lid says "garanteed unconditionally". Old sidchrome sockets are FTMFW! I've done unholy things with my dads oldschool sidchrome set and it never even looks like faultering.

I would have been curious. But I was busy.

I hope you're going to fit ARP rodbolts for the next incarnation mate? The rod bolts that come out have probably been strecthed so fat by now that they could be mistaken for head bolts!

I've read that having the line hone done is important with ARP's.

They actually give increased clamping force on the main cap once they're tightened. (More clamping than would be acheived with the OEM bolts at the same torque) So the shape can alter. As Clint said, you may well get away with it, but it's your call. I don't see why you'd spend the money on the bolts and not have it done.

Nice build man.

I love you reversing light! If it were my car, I'd wire up a sneaky switch so that you can flash it at tailgaters. Not exactly legal, but lots of fun. I used to run a switch on one of my old 1200's. If someone parked up my arse at a red light, id switch on my back up lights, peel out when the light went green. They'd be bracing for impact in my rear veiw.

You can get your car tech inspected by a local guy if you have no wof. I think it costs $60ish.

I need to double check with the club that tech'd cars will be allowed at the these meets. PM me if you'd like the tech inspectors PH number.

NOTE!

I'm told that gates open at 2pm for racers. Racing from 3pm. Don't be late if your racing.

I hope you do get those mounts mate.

Then you'll be able to replace the fail-tastic 1256 with an infinitely superior Datsmo powerplant. The best part being with a few small mods you'l be able to smoke mr CUL8ers G200-a-fied shove-it.

So did you get the mounts with that shell Andrew?

God I would love to do one. If only my car wasn't so far away from being track-able.

agree

I was gonna sugest fuel drainback too.

In a heavier shell like a shove-it (well, they're heay compared to a datsun 1200) you'll go better with the 56a four speed. They have a shorter 2nd gear which is a bit less of a jump from 1st. So they pull a bit harder down low.

do you mean an A15? if so the mounts would work for an A12 straight bolt in. You can get sweet running A12's for piss money, and even a smoked A12 would own a 1265. (even with one plug wire pulled off)

so, what are your plans to repower this with? i've raced against one of these with an FJ20et at ruapuna a few times. I smoked him once, and then he got his launched dialed and owned me repeatedly.

yeah, thats fully what I thought.

But at FABO, (which is a hive of hardcore technical wisdom) people were perpetuating the myth hard. And I can recall some lepper at the first place I worked out of school tripping about not running open pipes on his moto for fear of burning valves.

Epic fail.

question,

The old fable that driving a machine with no exhaust system will burn the exhaust valves though too low back pressure

Truth or wives tale?

I saw a post at forabodies only a month or so back where a guy said he'd lost compression on one cyl of a new engine after gently driving it accross town with open pipes. People were all like that'll be burnt valve for sure.

And I remember cunts saying stuff like that back in the day too.

But, I've done whole road trips like nelson to chch with an open pipe before. Plus the umpteen drag cars that run open pipes too. So wtf?

Discuss!

you had better be there lad!

spools or locky's with BW's result in snapped axles. (at least in Vals anyway)

This cruise is open to all Datsuns, And Datsun era nissans. Including vehciles manufactured but the prince motor company.

Here are the details:

Meeting place: Halswell bowling club car park adjacent halswell domain on halswell rd (opposite Lillian st) at 10am.

Depart: 10:30-1045am.

1st stop will be at little river, for a short park up. Please park on the side of the road here so as not to interfere with the customer parking of the businesses here

Next stop will be the Hilltop Tavern for a refreshments break. Please drink responsibly if you are driving.

Following this, we will be heading into akaroa, to park up on the domain for a BBQ lunch ect. Pending gaining permission form the council to park on the domain again.

After we're finished at the domain we'll be heading back to the Hilltop. (Via the Akaroa Summit Rd, off long bay rd)

The main discussion for this cruise can be found here: http://www.nzdatsun.com/forums/viewtopi ... =12&t=1534

Last year this cruise saw 35 cars. I know of at least another 10 extra cars that should be attending this year.

It's going to be a Datsun extravaganza!

Once we arrive at the Hilltop we'll be having our prizegiving.

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Those of you who have attended this cruise in the past will know that it is "the big one". And if you're able to attend, you wont want to miss it.

Vals are definately 25 spline.

BW diffs are a great big fail IMO. Although they reckon the four pinion ones are less shit.

Do it!