cold air intake and a sports exhaust went in last night lol love the sound of the carbie at full noise (stock) has a bit more get up and go not alot though.

how heavy are these wagons? and what diff do they hav? might need to look at the diff aswell because if you hav more pushing it forward and the more holding it back all equates to more stress on drive train...

But still a milde a15 or eaven a14 in a sub tone car should atleast make stockish v6 commador sweat.

A well built A14/15 will pull the sunny up to a point, depends how fast you want to go... As stated the L series isn't too much trouble to fit and will reap the best benefit from mods.

If you want to stroke the A14, I have a A15 crank (original grind) you (or any1) can have for shipping costs. I refuse to scrap it!!

The Lseries is a pretty easy conversion though it requires a modified cross member gearbox cross member and Sump amongst a few other little things. The biggest part is engineering it Cost wise. Because funnily its cheaper to buy an L16 or L18 and 5 speed than it is to buy an A14 Or A15 with 5 speed. You could look around and most likely pick up a rusty old stanza or 200B with all the running gear and theres most ya bits for a conversion. Also a L16 or L18 with good compression extractors and a weber would nearly see you blow off a slightly worked A14 or A15. and still have a reliable economical car. Just to add any work you did to the L series engine would increase your power larger than an A series with more work Just because of power to weight ratio. Also look into modified cars because you may not be able to have them if your not allowed V8's and Turbos.

It dosent take a lot of money or a big motor to beat dunny doors.My sons 120y coupe was able to pass and keep ahead of this VL all weekend(even with dodgy rear end.Have since fitted a sunny rear end.
PS has an A12 motor,oval port head, cam,32/36 webber.GREG

well i've hurd that the stanza l series is an easy conversion and that is and l16 or l18 are the parts for an l series any cheaper than a series parts??

Well the A15 actually IS an A14 with 5mm more stroke. The only real difference is the longer stroke crank, the shorter deck height pistons [same rods] & an oil pan that has bulges on one side to clear the rods.

To stroke the A14 will involve engine removal & the instalation of the replacement crank, pistons & sump from an A15. While you're at it you would be seriously remiss if you didn't at least lap the valves, give the bore a very light hone & renew the rings & big end bearings & mains, just to ensure that the finished engine had full compression & oil pressure when it's fired up again.

Installing an A15, which is an original fitment in these anyway, would be simplicity itself, particularly if the replacement was sourced from another Sunny wagon. Either way, stroke or replace, you're going to need an A15 short block as a bare minimum, even if it's just a donor for the crank & few people break up a good running engine, so a donor short block may well have some worn parts in it.

I have been asked to post some pictures of the pocket rocket, so here is the Sunny in question. Enjoy.







































































































































OK, I left out another side shot but you get the idea.

i'm not looking at thrashing the poxy v6 that the vp and vr's have just keep up with them. And i really dont wanna buy an a15 mainly because there hard to find and the ones i have found are rather expencive so if some one can help me out with an a15 or something that is equally easy to convert i'd love to here from you but atm i really wouldd like to work on the a14

any one post pics for me???

My mate, "The Boss" at my local service station runs a 1200 coupe in the 1600cc class in the Supersprint series. He runs a fuel injected A15 that is bored to 79mm [the racers standard] & it displaces a whisker over 1600cc but is within permitted limits.

During last year [I think] he took the lap record for his class at Wakefield Park twice in two consecutive runs & the tachometer tell-tale didn't record 8,500 rpm [close but not that high]

If you have plenty of money & spare engines, then you can try to make a street engine haul the heaviest of the small Datsun range, the B310 Wagon at racer speeds, but better yet, start with an A15 engine as this was original fitment in the last of the Sunny wagons anyway, make it run as good as you can within a realistic budget & enjoy.

9,000rpm in a streetable A series? Not really an economic proposition unless you can comfortably part with upward of $10,000 for each engine that you have professionally built. [You would probably need a few as the life expectancy would not be all that great]

If your mates POS Commodore is quicker & faster, ... then in the end, who gives a sh1t. It won't change the course of world events if you are faster or not, but I bet you reap the benefit of your smaller car at the service station & at todays prices, I suspect he quietly envies all the extra cash that you have at the end of the week.

If you want faster with a small Datsun engine, then start with a lighter car, much lighter, like a 1200 or even a 1000 two door sedan, the lightest small Datsun passenger model that they made. Trying to haul a barge with a small engine is not the competitive edge that you seek.