No.

My 1200 coupe has a 35 litre fuel tank [according to the manual] & when reading exactly on the 'E' I can squeeze 30 litres into it.

You do the maths.

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Hella aftermarket fog lights.

I have used Hella QH headlights for about 30 years & swear by them.
A high quality product with a really good reflector.

The ones in my 1200 coupe were salvaged from my old B10 sedan & installed in my son's 120Y. When he sold it I recovered them & installed them in my coupe. I run only the standard 60/55 watt bulbs & with a relay, & they are the best lights I have ever used.

The downside?
Not cheap.
A little hard to find right now. [A small hole in one from a stone means I will need a replacement & Repco don't handle them anymore.]

Quote:I'll go along with that.
You are looking for a realistic power figure & using the A15 head means a saving on the larger valve upgrade on the GX head.

The A15 head should flow quite enough air, particularly with a reasonable induction & a bit of a cam.

At 63 years of age, the driver still knows how to point it perfectly, & press that power pedal.

His only lament was that the car was fitted with "high grip" tyres.
I took this to mean that he prefered tyres with a little less grip so that he could slide it around a bit.

Now THAT'S motor racing. Pucker factor, ... 9/10

I think that such a move will be counterproductive for two reasons.

You can give it a ,but you want a high ratio & H145's have ratios ranging from 3.9 [B110] down to 4.11 [B10] then to 4,375 [B20 & VB10] with an optional 4.625 [again B20 & VB10] but rotsa ruck ever finding one of those.


The transverse centerline of the H145 will [theoretically] be 2.5mm too far forward with a H145 diff in H150 housing install, & something that the diff gasket touches will need to be machined by that amount to get the so-called perfect alignment.

I haven't read the whole thread but am going to throw in an opinion anyway.

If you are going to use a sidedraught carb design, then for street use, I believe that a single will provide much more satisfactory performance overall than a twin setup.

Why? Well the single will provide more air than even a hot street engine can use & twice as much air is being sucked through each throat than with a twin.
This means that the induction pulses are less pronounced & a more stable mixture control can result.

Remember that at street rpm's the single throat per cylinder in a twin setup means that the air passing through the throat must start from a near standstill, then accelerate to whatever maximum velocity that it achieves, then slow to pretty much nothing again.

The amount of fuel drawn into the airstream will vary at different gas velocities during the induction pulse, however most carbs are tuned so that the 'average' mixture looks about right. This also means that unless there is good swirl in the combustion chamber, the mixture will not be uniform across the comperssed gas mass resulting in a less desirable flame propagation than we would like.

This is sometimes addressed by richening up, which is a poor substitute for a proper uniform mixture.

The most ideal situation would be in a suck through turbo induction as the centrifugal air compressor[the blower part] will provide a constant & smooth suction allowing for a much more precise calibration.

The single carb will have higher gas velocities, & a lesser deviation in gas flow velocities due to the doubling of induction pulses per throat at any given engine speed when compared to twins.

So that's my view. For street aplications, the single will provide a more satisfactory performance overall than a twin setup
It just won't have that horny look that people want.

I'm in awe of your fabrication skills & am thoroughly impressed with the quality of the job, but I'm going to be a wet blanket unfortunately.

For me, the whole thing is, at this stage of construction, looking a bit bland.
Perhaps early Mustang lights would have lit my fire, or the copycat lights from the mini Mustang Celica perhaps.

To be honest, modern cars look to me like a block of ice in a wind tunnel. All smooth & blended but soul-less & booooring, totally devoid of style.
Low coeficient of drag & fuel friendly as a result, but boooooring & bland.

This is one of the many reasons why I drive these older Datsuns. Style, just as they came from the factory.

Sorry, but you DID ask for honest opinions.

Quote:Ever wonder why they are illegal?

Do you know that your insurance company will wipe you like a dirty arse if you prang it & discover that it has a locker?
[You agreed to keep the vehicle in a 'roadworthy' condition & the locker doesn't qualify.]