kitch Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Kitchs 1971 Datsun 1200 Coupe - Build Thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 shit aged 50 years in one hit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 This was an awesome read to start my Wednesday, thanks for sharing man! Looking forward to seeing it completed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHGWAG Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 This is relevent to my interests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cute wee gem Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 Good work man, engine looks awesomely shiny I noticed you have 30deg of advance at idle, dropping it back might help the idle speed? I had lots of trouble getting mine to start too, I ended up doubling the cranking PW and it starts like a champ now, I think it's set to about 800 at 15deg up from about 300, try some radical changes and see what happens, also what's your cranking timing set at? should be around 10ish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch Posted September 4, 2012 Author Share Posted September 4, 2012 cheers for the tips. Ignore the tunerstudio read out of the timing advance, its not connected up yet, as still running on OEM coil/point setup (trying to get fuel sorted before switching over to onboard spark as well) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nustad Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 Perfect - love the whole direction your build is taking. It is going to really pop when all done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris.QCR Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Awesome Work Kitch! Great to see some more progress! Gonna be another amazing 1200 from you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatt20 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 good to see one done tastefully, gorgeous car mate well done . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benno Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Looking amazing man, love the custom EFI setup 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Calico Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Perfect. Didn't see this until today, you're doing everything perfectly IMO. Love the attention to detail, and quality of the build. Looks like the sedan was amazing too! Is that dynamat product a thinner version than normal? Quite pricey to do the entire car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHGWAG Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 BAWSE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxted Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 awesome build nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch Posted July 30, 2013 Author Share Posted July 30, 2013 Thanks for the positive comments guys The Dynamat is the "Superlite" version, which is roughly 30% cheaper & 30% thinner/lighter than std dyanamt extreme Roughly NZ$300 for 12 sheet pack landed ex Ebay (48 ft2) the first pack did firewall, entire floor area / trans tunnel & boot / wheel well (as pictured). Just brought a second pack to do under rear seats, inside rear guards, rear beaver panel, rear wheel archs, inside boot lid, and the doors etc. I got a little carried away with sound deadening, as have spent roughly $1300 on materials. The Blocker layer was expensive, like $200 a sheet or the likes (sheet was 1.2m x 1.5m, and I got 2 of them) it is mass loaded vinyl, over closed cell foam decoupler layer, with fire proof foil layer over. 4kg/m2 from memory so adds a bit of weight to the car, but should make it a comfortable driving experience. Also have some sticky backed 25mm foam sheets to layer inside roof, and inner guards and the likes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmatedan Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Hey man love this build 1200s are so awesome, you've given me some direction and inspiration to start my coupe !!!!! Thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitch Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Cheers Dan. Sent you a PM about panel repair work - hope it helps. I will update my build thread later. as have done a wee bit since my last update 8 months ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadams Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Fuck me that sounds soooooooooooooo stupidly awesome! All the hard work surly must pay off in the induction sound alone! Out of interest, and im years away from needing one but where did you find your front (grill) datsun badge? Don't think I've seen one in that coloring before and well, as im sure you would know it pretty much is a must have! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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