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Cool! Hopefully it'll run like the cartoon Tasmanian Devil as well

tasmanian bearings even :P :D
ACL is about 6kms away from my house HAHA

good luck with it

Ah thanks guys - glad to see that Nissan builds their motors like VW does - sensibly, without changing specs much between differing versions of the same motor.

I stripped the sump off my import motor last night and it's as clean as a whistle inside - no ridge on top of the bores and minimal bearing wear.

I changed the big end bearing shells with some good ol' Aussie ACL ones just to be sure,as the poor thing is sure to have a tough life from now on

For all practical intents & purposes, the A15 is simply an A14 with an extra 5mm of stroke.

All of the technical specs relating to the crank dimentions, [except stroke], rods, bore, oil system, cam & it's drive system,..... hell, everything except piston dimentions [lower crown, bigger bowl] should be the same as the A14.

Yes they are the same size....here at the dimensiosn of the A14/15 bearings etc..

CRANKSHAFT AND MAIN BEARINGS
........................ Number of main bearings 5
............... End thrust taken at No 3 main bearing
................. End thrust clearance 0.05-0.30 mm
Main bearing journal diameter .... 49.951-49.964 mm
Main bearing journal under-sizes . . 0.25,0.50,0.75 mm
. . . . . . . . . . . . Main bearing journal taper limit 0.03 mm
Main bearing journal out of round limit ...... 0.03 mm
Main bearing to journal clearance .... 0.026-0.100 mm
.................. Crankpin diameter 44.961 -44.974
Crankpin undersizes ........ 0.08,0.25,0.50,0.75 mm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crankpin taper limit .0.03 mm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crankpin out of round limit 0.03 mm
............... Bearing type Replaceable steel backed
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting rod end float 0.1-0.4 mm
....... Crankpin to bearing clearance 0.030-0.100 mm
......... Bearing undersizes 0.08,0.25,0.50,0.75 mm

Thank you Mildman, I appreciate the help!

One more thing if you don't mind: Is the big end journal size on the A15 the same as the A14? .

It's easy to get hold of the A14 stuff here - so I'm hoping that there is no real difference if I need parts .

Hey Mustard

TORQUE WRENCH SETTINGS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cylinder head bolts 74 Nm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Connecting rod nuts 37 Nm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flywheel bolts 88 Nm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Main bearing cap bolts 59 Nm
......................... Camshaft sprocket 47 Nm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Camshaft locating plate 8 Nm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sump bolts 6 Nm
........................... Oil strainer bolts 14 Nm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Crankshaft pulley bolt 196 Nm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Timing chain cover bolts 7 Nm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rocker pedestal bolts 25 Nm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valve rocker adjusting nut 22 Nm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sumpplug 29 Nm

All the bolts on the engine are normal type....too old skool for stretch bolts. So you can reuse them if you wish.

Plans so far is:
1. 1400 pick-up /ute springs and IGS dampers at the back - I'm not sure what to use for the fronts (I used to run 550lbs front springs in the Golf) - suggestions?
2.1400 ute 5 spd Gearbox - rebuilt of course , with 1400 ute diff (Killarney's straight is only 800m long ,and the rest is twisty - so I won't be needing top end speed,but rather acceleration out of the corners
3.286 deg cam (Mastercams)
4.Gasflowed head,skimmed to 11.8:1 CR (we are allowed 102.6 octane fuel)
5.Branch manifold (Bosson exhausts) and minimal sound damping (we have a 100dB sound limit at the track)
6.Two 40mm side draught Webers
7.Golf MK III radiator,expansion bottle and slim line electric cooling fans X2
8. 7 row oil cooler and baffles welded into the sump to prevent oil surge.
9.I need suggestions for some BIG brakes too, but that can wait 'till last - the above is more than enough to do in a single year

MOst fun you can have!!!!!!
What do you have planned for the A 15???
I am running A 14 with the A15 crank wich gives me a Standard a 15 but with a bit more umFFF!!!!!!

Thanks Sakkie!
This is my first Datsun/Nissan project car - I used to race a MKII Golf in GTI Challenge.
I got a bit tired of understeer though - this time I'm planning a stripped out Datto on steroids for some tail-out action