Ill need to get a mod plate for the conversion too wouldnt i?

Haha yea... but you know how us youngins are these days....

Gotta stay true

And you were going to sell the beast!!

I love you guys ..

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Dont say that you will make me wanna do it even more

cheers!
shauno

An a14/a15 is so much more rewarding to drive mainly in terms of torque and free horsepower because of the larger capacity. You wont regret it. Light up 1st, spin second and chirp 3rd. You'll love it. Just give me a buzz if you need a hand.

The lighter flywheel will make the engine rev more freely but will not be as smooth. Here is a picture of an a14 in my KB10

a14 in KB10

thats my engine.. im pretty sure when the guy sold it to me he said it was a late model A12....

thanks heaps to the replies and info Dodgeman, Freak and sidedraught... i definitely wanna do it now... ill probably do it on my own due to dad not being so supportive....

cheers
shaun

p.s that pic is an old one.. got new master cylinder, fuse box, and leads :P

In regards to performance ,I used to have a stock A15 , with twin Hitachis in my old VB10 and it flew.

Do you have a front dizzy 1200 engine in the car, or the later [74 & on] A12 engine with the rearward mounted distributor?

Depending on your driving style, I would say that the 1000 radiator should handle a larger engine without difficulty. I do recomend however, that you have the radiator properly serviced, & if the core is at all suspect, then have it fitted with a new heavy duty core.
The 1000 radiator is bigger than the 1200 one & a heavy duty core will have more tubes & fins for a more efficient heat output. This is what I did with my radiator.

If your engine is a later type A12, then the distributor should fit right in, but you will need the steel mounting plate from a later engine if the dizzy is coming from the earlier 1200 engine.

The 1200/A12 flywheel is lighter than the ones on bigger engines & allow the engine to spin up faster, but not necessarily to rev higher.

The engine is actually coming out of a 1000 too so thats a plus... im pretty sure my A12 is a late model anyways... also.. ive herd people putting the A12 flywheel onto A14's? or something? why do people do that? make your car rev faster? Thanks for the advice Freak