Thanks for the welcome guys! Man I have been cramming on the British connection for this car, and guess what. This is essentially the same engine that was put in the MG A and MGB for like 30 years!! There are tons of mods out there for it. Even supercharger options.

But I have a thought to not do anything too wild to the original engine, and think about getting a MGB 1800 engine to go wild with. Preserving the original engine? But man it would be sweet to hop up the original mill too... I am still on the fence. Is any of the MGB stuff identical to the Datsun A-series? (motor mount locations, manifolds, etc.)


And guess what, I got it running for the first time tonight. Check her out!

1959 Datsun running!