Harzut,

I read in a recent british classic magazine the collective noun for a group of datsuns is a "zed of datsuns"........ I have a zed in my zed?

In the past 18 months or so my granny spec. 1000 (B10) sedan has undergone some fairly major upgrades, I pulled the A15t from the dragin` wagan and fitted a T50 dellow 5speed and fitted it into sedan. The clutch setup in the wags NEVER slipped (cortina 4speed, custom 180mm clutch plate, custom pressure plate) it could handle 30+ psi without any problems. so it makes sense that the clutch supplied with the box was always going to fail at any decent boost.

I tried running the custom pressure plate from the wags (twin diaphram springs) it did hold the boost (20psi) but would not fully release when it got warm.
I fitted a RPM pressure plate, it holds about 10psi and is nice and light under the left leg , however it tend to slip in 5th.

So time has come to bite the bullet and spend a bit of time (and money) on the old girl.
I searched the forums on this site and found everything from SR20/Toyota clutch combos to re-tempered pressure plate srings. I also decided to search some AE86 sprinter sites (as all T50 toyota boxes use the same input spline) and there is a wide range of performance clutch kits for the "HAICHIRUKO".

I`v got a AE86 clutch kit on the way and I`v got a flywheel in the machine shop getting machined to suit a 200mm AE86 clutch kit. I`m hoping that the standard clutch kit will cope with reasonable boost levels (20+psi) but I`m unsure of the datsun/toyota release bearaing setup will work?

I`m thinking that it would be nice to be able to get "off the shelf" performance clutch kits instead of having to "bring in a sample" and wait for six weeks (ABS).

If all goes to plan I should have the clutch and fly wheel early next week and be on the road in the new year.

I don`t think the old 165 remmington aquaplanes will be upto the task though, there is not a lot of room in the rear gaurds of a 1000, I want to keep the old girl looking fairly standard, so bolt-on flairs are not an option (although they would look quite cool). If i can find some 13 inch steel rims with the right offset i reckon i could fit 215`s.....just?



The old girl on the Youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAJPG42FXqU


G O T H E D A T !