guys

i'm interested in pics/details of datsun 1000 race cars - historic stuff, current stuff, whatever's going.

also interested to know what kinda weight you can get these down to. 600kg wet, excluding driver?

not hi jacking your thread shifty but im also very interested in this as well! would like to know if anyones put 4 link in the rear, coilovers in the front and what engines combo's all that sorta stuff.

have you seen the b-project site shifty? they've got a 1k race car build on there site heres the link
http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_ ... =ja_en&btnTrUrl=Translate

That link has the custom coil spring front end setup to reduce weight
by removing the front leaf spring. In NSW a boosted 940cc engine in
a race 1000 could do very well if setup up right and in the right hands.

An all alloy MA12 turbo with destroke MA10 crank would be nice.

I have no interest in 'racing' so much as having something that's fun to take to the odd sprint day/hillclimb/motorkhana. i'll never be good enough or rich enough to be competitive so i don't see the point in spending extra money to engineer compromises into a car!

i'm certainly interested in doing a bare-bones A-series Datsun 1000, or a bike-engined one, when I sell the 120Y later in the year.

oh and does anyone know what 1000s weigh what? i saw "625-705kg" which as a percentage is a massive difference... so i'm interested to know what a ute, coupe, sedan, wagon, whatever weighs

bert, dattoman_1000, mopar (and one more member who's name I forget) are the 1000 racers that i know of.

Laidlaym also has a really interesting rally 1000 that runs the original A10 might want to do a search on his username.

ok mike has to have a look at the setup on this thing ,see ike it has struts ,must be better ????

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate_ ... =ja_en&btnTrUrl=Translate

oh and sorry lethal_john for stealing your link !

trying to read that translation is doing my head in just a bit...but did it say coilover kit in there- does one exist!?

the B-Pro 1000 coupe had a strut conversion done in it's past.. unfortunately, Endo had to sell it a while ago.. not sure if you guys are on stalkbook, but there is a B10 and a KB10 group, there is quite a few pics in there...

Theres no reason the stock a arm suspension should be removed for struts.
The coilover setup was to remove weight of the heavy front leaf springs
and to have more adjust-ability.

The a10 can be quite tough if you did a Topgear drawthrough snail and SU
and stay around 10/12psi with water injection

1K you know you want one (or 2 or more!)
Also who doesnt want the bubble wrap on the guards!!! :))



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