Well,

I spent the whole day watching various Datsuns get dyno'ed at Girraween, at the Datsun 1600 Nationals.

What a day.

Andrews CA18 powered 1200 had a freshly rebuilt motor and didn't do any runs on the dyno.
A 1200 Ute powered by a 12A Rotary ran a 80kW or something at the wheels. But there was also a Datsun 1000 Coupe with a A15 and twin webers that pulled a hefty 73kW at the wheels. It sounded very nice and would be a real handful on the road.

As the weather here in Sydney is climbing into the 30s Celcius, it played havoc on several turbo cars power figures. Many were up to 20kW down on normal figures from recent dyno days.

Tomorrow is the Show and Shine, and we expect the 70 entrants to turn out a great day.

Unfortunately my car is still not even close to being finished, but should be there next year.

I'll give you all an update on tomorrow's "Show and Shine" day at Miranda Park in Miranda. For more information on the event go to www.datnat.com. If you're in Sydney and love Datsuns, it'll be a good day out, and a good chance to catch up.

Cheers,
Chiris

Hey Chris, were exactly is the event? I checked out there webpage but couldnt find an address? Would have loved to have my 1200 there, but still weeks away from rego. I'll take the Stanza out for a run, shes gettin good milage, 350k's to a fuel tank of fuel. Girraween, wheres that?

Scott

I'm in Brisbane and can't make it there, would be nice to have a look at pictures of the event and the cars...have you any pics???

Allan

Chris missed out on the all important 's'

www.datnats.com

all the latest news and pics at www.datnet.org

Yep..It was a long day. Sorry about the typo in the URL.

Today the boys are on a cruise down to wollongong (south of sydney).

It's an old favourite, and the out of town fellas will enjoy the sites down there. The weather is just fantastic for a cruise.

I didn't go as I need the day to work on my car.

I'll be going to the Oran Park track day on Thursday, where there will be all kinds of opportunities for photos and video madness :)

I went over to Grahame's (www.p510.com) where a big bunch of us 'talked Datsun' until midnight.

I won a Tshirt at the event in the raffle.

Anyway www.datnet.org fellas are taking plenty of pictures so keep an eye out on their site.

Chris

Well.... what a week!

I had a ball, took the old 'SLO DATO' out to all the events, thanks to shane 'go dato'... it is is stocka auto

Well done to all involved, hopefully i can have a 1200 at the next one (most likely not though )

best be getting to work on it and trying i guess!

As chris said, heaps of pics at datnet.