MadTimo i wouldve liked to have seen ure 1600!! thanks for the pic !! (& others).
She doesnt look too bad.ish.. i just fixed the front bumper up too! Also u cant see the rust developing on the unsprayed undercoated bonnet.
Ive just been offered a straight bonnet, boot lid, 2 coupe doors, 2 guards & lots of other bits from a fellow only 20 mins from where I reside. So she (the coupe) will be straight and she will be the same colour, but with a painted matt black bonnet.. sometime soon..ish.

also - the nissans sure as #### gave the fords a hard time on saturday!!! So many other cars owned those fords. eg turbo rotors, turbo RB nissans, kit cars. that wagon is sexy, ive seen one on the road once too, i was able to beat (one of the same model wagon w/ turbo) up a hill behind chatswood once, due to turbo lag

oohh that weekend was SO worth the 3 hour drive to bathurst. always a great event to go to, Bathurst Light Car Club always get a good turn out of great people.
It was also great to meet some members!!!

I took around 150 pictures and put together an album. Hopefully I didnt get too close to anyone's motors to bother anyone ! if so, email me and ill take your pic/movie down.

Theres some movies and pics of the phat 1200 coupes present at the event, also a lot of others including the pics of the MkII jag which i watched get slightly sideways and smack hard into a wall. YOUCH!!!

click here to see my photo album







edit : 1200GXman, Ive gone with a straight thru 2" zorst with a sports muffler and ive also used a resinator to make it quieter. It sounds wikid from about 1.5k all the way out. Mine sorta sounds a bit like Benny's, but nothing like ca18det's !!

hey mic120Y, theres heaps of info on this site regarding 5 speeds. try searching for it with the search function on the LHS of this website.. since your already a member you can also look up stuff under the Tech Section.

for fifth in a datto 1200,most people go with either -
toyota rwd gearbox eg celica T50
nissan rwd gearbox eg 56a, 60a or 63a.

Speed Weekend on 3rd - 4th December 2005
There will be a Supersprint down through Caltex Chase on the Saturday and a Hillclimb on Mountain Straight on the Sunday.
Scrutineering will commence at 7.00am both days, and the cost per event will be $110.00

anyone gonna compete ? ill be there watching out for dattos hopefully have a good turn out of 1200 sedan/coupes and the usual 1600's and others. a friend of mine will hopefully be behind the wheel of a 2L escort.

details of event found at Bathurst Light Car Club Website, www.blcc.com.au


There is a goldmine of old and new datto rally pictures on their website too!

my original 56a 4spd died the same way. i was about to reverse it up the road and onto the hoist, as soon as i let slide the clutch, it broke and sounded like glass breaking! was cold too. i towed it up the street and put it on the hoist and put in the 60a gearbox, which eventually was found to be foobarred, due to excess noise in all gears.

this 60a gearbox is in pieces in a box in my garage if u get really needy of a 5 speed. like i said it made nasty noises. bearings replaced recently.

hi unfamilia ive also had issues with my battery light. the light is clearly ON when car has ignition but is not started.. once driving the light is mainly off. it never seems to go completely off, no matter what - i can see the light still slightly lit. sometimes at idle it pulses, usually when its cold and idling low. ive given up looking at it and just look at my little 30$ voltometer that tells me the exact voltage regardless of what the mysterious light is feeling like. sorta like this one.. the one i use is the ice alert one from jaycar.. i couldnt find the right pic anyway ->

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i use the mongoose actuators, they r tough and reliable. previously i used jaycar ones and they were poo.

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how does the immobiliser work ? eg whats it cutting in the engine to stop it starting ?

that looks great cant wait to see when its(they're) finished.

pity though, my neighbour recently wrecked one which had perfect guards hes also trying to sell an ol 323, the 1st one with cruise control. msg me if u wannit.

nice 120Y's !! the rims on the orange one are the same as on my coupe - they look much better when theyre as clean as that ive gotta get mine blasted...

nzdatman i dont race with my motor but its pretty much a stage2 motor with head, valves, cam, bore etc modified. im running about the same compression and same octane.
i changed my timing this weekend and found it was set at 20degrees! i put it back to 15 and its been running better and easier to start too. im using a modified n12 pulsar elec dissy. not using vacuum plug on dissy. revs happily out to and past 6 (where i usually slow down since im on a public road)