I made a hitch for my first 1200 sedan that worked real well. I pulled a Lancia Beta from Orlando Florida to Tennessee and then on to Washington DC. I was lucky that I decided to come by
Tennessee because the transmission went out just as I got here and luckily, I had a spare tranny. That was a 1150 mile trip. 1200 trannys ae not made strong enough for towing very heavy
loads and 1200 Datsuns are not made strong enough for towing very heavy loads. I hit a water puddle and lost it and ran off the interstate. My rear tires were pretty slick though. I had to
have help getting the car back on the interstate. Luckily, no cops came by.

Mareo

The 215 cubic inch aluminum V8 came in the 1961-63 Buick Specials and the Oldsmobile F-85 Cutlass. The Truimph TR-8 had it also. It is very low in HP as all of the motors of that time
period had. I have access to four of those motors but I wouldn't want one in my 1200. I have thought about putting one in but I just don't want one. Parts are very expensive because they
didn't make very many of them. We put a 215 in a Truimph Spitfire in the 60's but stock 327 cars would wipe it out. And Jesse, the Dodge motors are pretty heavy for the 1200, it would need
a lot of reinforcement or the motor would twist the mounts and chassis.

I am over this A12 A12A thing, you can bore an A12 to the same bore as an A12A but you can not use an intake gasket from an A12 on the A12A therefore you will only have an A12 that is bored
and it is still different from the A12A. The cams are different also. The A12A that came to America had the distributor in the middle not in the front like the A12 and that is the reason
that this A12/A12A hassle started. I would also bet that the cylinder walls will be thinner on the bored A12 than they are on the A12A. An A12 is not an A12A, no matter how much you change
the A12, the other differences are still there.

Mareo

I definately see your point, tens and twenties. I also think the unsprung weight on the 510 doesn't look very much lighter than what the 1200 has but it just looks like it would be the easiest
to install by cutting out the floor pan and all and welding in the whole 510 floor pan to fit. There are better units for sure. For a while, I drove a new 1989 ISUZU IMPULSE that had the Lotus
rear steering. I took a turn in it at 85 MPH that my 1200 sedan (my original Mareo Speedwagon) squealed tires on at 70, that would be the rear suspension to put in a 1200 but realistically,
those units would ba a bit more harder to find, afford and install. I did quickly fall in love with that IMPULSE. It is the best handling street car that I have ever driven.

I think that a well engineered stock 1200 suspension would handle about as well as anything else that you could put in one. A good 5/8 (16mm)inch anti-sway bar on the rear and a 1 inch anti-
sway bar on the front works wonders in itself with the 1200. Even the 7/8 inch B210 anti-sway bar did wonders for handling but it hardened the bumps a bit also. I could never find any reason
to put any other type of rear suspension in my 1200s.

Mareo

Eddie,
The A12 has a 73mm bore but the A12A has a 74 mm bore if I remember correctly. I do not have any paperwork on the A12A. You may put the distributor from an A12A, A14 or A15 into an A12 but
you will not get the holddown bolt screwed in until you either modify or change the holddown plate. I am sorry if people on here think I am crazy for not wanting an A12A called an A12 but
the difference is there and that is a fact. With motors, you deal with facts. Misrepresented facts cause wasted time and money. If someone that didn't know better read the post that said to
use an A12 cam into the A14 and they actually used that information to buy a cam and it didn't fit, they wouldn't like the person that misled them and they would never listen to them again
or they would check out any future information that they gave out for sure. I am that way and I assume that most people are.

I am not perfect but I try to tell when things are fact from things that I think. I try to keep the facts separate from generalizations. If you want to give information to the hundreds of
menbers in this club, make sure they are facts. Don't bull shit your way through because bullshit walks, facts make for more performance at the most reasonable price. Does anyone disagree?

Mareo

In all of my books, they list an A12 and then they list an A12A and they are as different from each other as the A12 is to the A15. An A12 is not an A12A. They have different CCs, piston
bore, rods, camshafts, distributor mounts, intake manifolds and probably a few other things. If it was an A12, the factory would have called it an A12, not an A12A. When someone tells me that
they have an A12, I assume that they have an A12, not an A12A just as I assume that they are not talking about an A15. Go buy a gasket set for an A12 and try to use it all on an A12A, it all
will not fit. I am sorry, but I just do not need the confusion of someone talking about one motor and in reality, it is another motor that someone is talking about. As far as I know, the only
A12A motors that I have seen were in the SCCA race cars last spring. I have seen a lot of A12 motors. If I get confused, just think how confused a young A12 1200 owner will be confused and
not ever know the difference. I try to be a purist when it comes to data, generalizations get people in trouble that can become very expensive to someone that can not afford it. Most of us
1200 owners are not rich or we would all be driving a 959 Porsche or an M1 BMW, be real.

Mareo

I think if I was going to go to an IRS, I would cut the whole rear section out of a 510 and weld it up to my 1200, then put in a ZX gear housing. That one would probably be
the easiest and best way to go.

Mareo

It isn't too often that we get news from Australia here but this morning on TV, they were telling about the wild fires in New South Wales that have burned over 150 houses. My heart
goes out to those displaced people and the wildlife that has been affected by the fires. I hope that none of you have been upset by the fires. It said that they were started by
arsonists. I could shoot some son of a bitch like that. We have had some major fires like that in the mountains here but very few houses were burned.


Mareo

We only had the A12A in the 210 models. I am not sure the exact years they were sold here but I think only from 79 to 82. 82 was the last year that any A-series motors were sold here. 83s
were front wheel drives and Nissans. An A12 is not an A12A and please do not confuse me by calling an A12A an A12. Is the A12A a tall block like the A13, A14 and A15? I am assuming that it is
the taller block.

Linc
The Ford Probe is my brother's car not mine. I did just sell my Chevrolet truck and I will get MAreo Speedwagon VI on the road again this next week, it only needs to be a battery and cleaned
up. The driver's door glass got broken but I can change doors with the other car for now. It is wrecked on the left front and I will put it in the shop and get that pulled out enough to put a
new fender on. I haven't driven MS VI in three years now. It is the gas milage champ at 65 MPG and it will top out at 125 MPH. As soon as it gets a bit warmer, I am going to pull MS VII into
my garage and start welding up the floorboard on it and get it on the road also.

Mareo

Linc,

A throwout bearing is magic, take it out once and it doesn't work right afterwards. It mostly works that way. I always repalce them if they are over a year old, it saves doing it again. I
can do a clutch job on a 1200 in close to a half hour or at least I could before I got all screwed up this past summer. I re-broke my shoulder trying to loosen the exhaust on a Ford Probe
two weeks ago so I am still not back to par.


Mareo