Congrats Sidey
Hope mother is well.I have 2 girls and they help me more ..well they try anyway..with the datto project than my son..And i wanted all boys...Now you will need a sedan to carry them in..

wow how lucky is Luke to have a partner who wants to restore a datto.My wife curses the thing.My first datto experince was when i was very young and dad traded in his blue Monaro 327 GTS on a new 1600 in mustard...Mum couldnt handle the power of the Monaro..I have slides of myself in the back of this pristine datto..Fast forward to late 80's and i started work in Nissan dealership in parts.Used to get all kinds of rally guys bugging me for SSS parts which some were still available around the place as NOS.I bought a pristine C210 2 door skyline some old ducks had(5 speed)You could eat off this thing!I think i paid $1500 for it.Anyway a friend sold me a 1600 sedan with cancer and running on 3 cylinders so then i was hooked on the smaller cars.We had a 1200 ute as the delivery ute which was always fun.early to Mid 90's i moved to the Gold Coast still with nissan and helped importers decipher compatible aussie parts with overseas parts for their imported business that was in its infancy then.I missed out buying a fabulous Prince Skyline that they had in the showroom that was traded from somewhere and i remember how similar to my 510 it was but the long 6 cyl snout on it.To me a 510 was always the primo but after seeing this white 1200 sedan for sale i fell in love again.Working on it has been a joy and i agree that there is some sort of datto sickness as i like nearly any old datto.I still like the round tail lamps of the Prince to the 510 or 210 lamps.

yeah it would be cool but i sppose not everyone will have the dough to buy an ECU.I have got a new GREDDY gold here thats doing nothing so if everything fits ok i can test it.You only need the fuel side..

hey whereabouts on the sunny coast?i could use some extra bits..

woohoo now i dont have to get a chrome choke knob for my new dash...thanks again.

I am seeing an engineer next week who does aero work and he is calling me an idiot for wanting to put a Weber on my A series.He has told me that an early Swift sedan (90's)has an injection body that will bolt onto a datto manifold with not a lot of work.Then you need the electronic dizzy and a computer though.I will check this out next week and let everyoine know because if this is correct then it will be a reasonably cheap option.

what did you do about the fuel sensor and electric choke setup?

Many thanks for the info Pendles..this forum is a wealth of knowledge..

yeah i had dellorto's on my 1600 with L20 and there was a slight rise in fuel consumption over the Hitachis and it did go harder but i must say it needed to be fine tuned to make the difference.I guess that is what its all about isnt it..fine tuning,every little bit adds up.

was the performance ok?did it suck fuel like a woman sucks money?oops sorry sexist remark