Gas milage like that is quite possible, though they must have been driving the Ferrari pretty hard to get that low.

Back a few years ago a friend had a Ford ramp truck. We used it to haul 2 rally cars to the races. The truck could haul one car on the ramps and a second car on the tow hook.

This beasty had a 460ci engine and weighed in at 7500 pounds empty. We were real happy when changing from a Holly carburator to a Motorcraft (Ford) gave us a 50% improvement in gas milage! We went from 4.5 mpg to 6.75mpg...

Great stuf! Thanks for making these available.

Gary

My big concern with fiberglass parts is weight. There is no way you can make a fiberglass fender that will hold up that is lighter than the stock steel fenders... or hood...

So, where's the Portland meeting spot going to be?

I'm running Yokohama 186/60 14 ES100's.

Cheap and quite sticky. Working well for autocross. Also, on a 1200 the sidewalls are so stiff you have to be carefull to monitor the air pressure. You can let all the air out and the sidewalls do not deflect as much as most tires fully inflated!

Car was handling strangly a couple of winters ago when hitting bumps. Only had 8 pounds of pressure in one of the fronts... Could not tell by looking.

Gary

Hi, my name is Gary, and I'm a Datsun addict...

It's a disease for sure. I was first afflicted back in '79 when my then girlfriend bought a orange 1972 2dr sedan. After running a couple of autocrosses in the Datsun, the '76 accord that I had been racing got retired. Racing 1200's has been a habit that I've not been able to break since...

The 2dr sedan I'm driving is 1200 #8 and the only one I currently own.

Sedan #9 had a few good parts removed then sold to a buddy's son.

Constantly thinking of getting another 1200 to build into a radical autocross car but have space issues for another car and trailer.

Hey Blatts, if you need to get together with a fellow addict and talk about things, PM me... I'm in P-town too.

Here is an action shot of the current 1200 from a very wet autocross back in May. Nope, did not pull out of this one... Tried hard though.

By the url address that comes up on craig's list (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/car/208662853.html)
it looks like it's in the San Francisco bay area.

Gary

If the B310 strut is stock you can service them. I don't think you can get any of the internal parts though.

Yes, you can adjust the damping to some degree by changing the oil in the strut. Somewhere in the archives is the spec on how much oil to put in the strut. I have done this and it works pretty well for street applications. Won't go far enough for serious autocross or track use though.

The strut insert is a cartridge that replaces the entire internals of the strut. To use these you unscrew the existing top, dump the contents out, drop the insert in the empty strut tube, and screw on the cap that comes with the insert.

If you want to change the oil in your existing struts you unscrew the gland nut on the top of the strut and remove it. Next, you will need to remove a small O ring that is on top of the top of the internals. It is partially trapped in a groove and can be hard to remove without damaging. I found a dental pick to be usefull here. After the O ring is out you can gently lift out the strut shaft. There are 4 main pieces to the strut damper assembly-
The main strut body,
The top bearing that the gland nut presses down,
The piston and shaft assembly,
The tube and foot valve that the piston runs in.

Be careful as when you pull up on the shaft as all the oil on top of the piston will come out of the top of the strut.

Dump all the oil into a container so you can measure how much to put back in.

When I did my quickie strut stiffening exersize I used 20wt motor cycle fork oil. It firmed up the old struts quite nicely.

This would also work on the 1200 stock struts assuming that they were not shot or leaking...

I'm using a 1986 Volkswagen Golf radiator, narrow version that is 24" wide. The AC models have a wider radiator.

Pluses- light weight, high capacity, cheap ($43.00 new from Halsey Automotive in Portland OR).

Minuses- both hose connections are on the right side so you have to make a long lower hose, also needs a purge tank.

I've put some photos in my new personal album showing the install.

Link to photo album

Gary

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