I'm a newbie, both to this site, and the world of datsuns. I've managed to pick up a 120y from my sister in law for next to nothing, and i'm interested to see what I can do with it. My first question concerns the engine, and I'm probably asking a question asked many times before.

Is the standard A12 engine worth working with, or should I ditch it for something like an A15?

I'll come back with more questions as I get to them.

Cheers.

Welcome and get the A15.................

Im intending on doing work to my A12, complete rebuild and head work, then supercharge it. But Im not after a drag machine or anything.
I decided to do this simply cause then I know everything that has been done to the engine, where as if I got an A15 (Which seems hard to do in Townsville) I would still go through with a rebuild etc... so basically I just end up spending more money, although I still havent worked out how big a difference it would be...

This probably hasnt helped you at all..

If we look to the left we will spot a main menu.
In this menu we notice a Tech Section .
And looking a little lower from that we also see a Search facility.

Try these and all your questions will be answered .

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welcome to the site man, enjoy your site. oh and im the cool guy of the datsun community.. just so you know

Cool guy my ass lol, altho that site is pretty cool y arent u on MSN?
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Quote:The standard A12 is well worth working with. It's a great engine in the automotive scheme of things.

But really it depends on what you want. I enjoy driving the A12 around.

Putting an A15 in will result in more time working on the car, less driving, more time replacing parts, less driving ...

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