but the A12 conrods are bulletproof - they've been abused for years in clubman/sports1300 racing for years and have earnt a legendary reputation for strength and reliability

My advice is to contact some of the guys who've run sports1300 (check outSupersports Racecar club of Australia) and get put onto an engine builder who knows how to make A12's go.

what am I talking about? Just talk to Erol at http://www.datrats.com.au/

No point re-inventing the wheel, unless you want to spend more money for a lesser result

why not put a A15 crank in?

A ute H165 diff will handle the A12 power. No need to go to such a large diff to heavy and HP draining.

Are you going turbo or Supercharger??

I think you could just customize a fuel rack and injectors etc.. to the weber manifold, proably less hassle then adapting the Magna setup.

Are you just looking at doing something diffferent? or you just want some HP gain?

sounds like fun.
good luck with it.

dattoman1000 sells a front disc setup, complete bolt on with new master cylinder for about $900 from memory. PM him for details.

have you thought about using a turbocharger? you're going EFI so why not go the whole hog?

about to get seriously creative and was wondering if there was anyone out there as mentally unstable as i am to about to try something like this:

my lil' '68 b10 4dr sedan.....
front disc brakes(haven't decided what yet)
a12 engine...
BMW conrods and some other internals(which type i gotta find out, haven't seen my shopping list for this yet)
2.6l mitsu. magna injection setup and plenum....
mounted to modified twin webber lynx manifold or similar.etc. etc.
gonna be a bit of fun.
will update this once i get this shopping list from my engine builder..
gearbox(dunno yet)
hilux diff or a chopped down borg warner of some description(again, dunno yet)
tee-hee fun n' games :)