I had my '77 Datsun B210 out for some fun on a frozen lake here in New York state this past Monday. It is powered by a twin Dellorto fed 1608 cc A-series I built a few years back. Hemmings Sports and Exotic magazine's David Traver Adolphus has been after me to get together with him on the ice this year for a photo session with the B210, for a future article. The roads were dry so I drove it over to nearby Round Lake in upstate New York last Monday. David followed me to the lake and carried all of my studded ice racing tires and jack in his SUV.



I did a quick tire change when we got there. There was plenty of ice at 12 inches of thickness. The weather was perfect, and beside about three ice fishermen, we had the place all to ourselves.



There was a road course plowed on the lake from the ice races run the day before. This was the first time I actually got to drive a RWD car on the ice with the 13" purpose built studded ice racing tires. What a hoot!

Does this look like fun or what?

too much fun!

I wanna have a go, that looks like it would be heaps of fun...

wow that ice must be thick. we dont get ice like that in oz

looks like great fun! Lovin that body roll

check out that sidewall flex! yea boooy

thats nuts, soo jellous, i recon we could do it on the salt lakes here in Aus, wonder if anyone has tried it yet....

Man, your intake tempratures must be through the floor! You'd have to run richer baseline jetting to compensate for the denser air charge wouldn't you? An intercooled force fed motor would make the mad as horsepower in those conditions.

Thanks for all of the good feedback guys.

I use an Innovate LM1 wide band air fuel meter to jet it. I did this in the fall so the ambient temps were pretty cool, about 50 degrees. So no rejetting was necessary.

Would a supercharged engine run good in this cold dense air? You bet!

Damn, we haven't had ice like that here since I was a kid. We barely even seem to get snow any more That looks a total hoot...I'd love to have a go.