has anyone thought of making custum dattos so that u can make to the spec of todays standerds like putting skyline motors or wateva u feel like into it like i mean it would look like a datto but the drivtrain the motor the springs all that stuff changed to new designs am i being nuts or does this sound good

there is a silver 240z that is in Sydney which runs a neo R34 engine r34 dash and seats so people are doing it.

thats awesome but i was kinda talking about making fiberglass molds of the datto then making specs of wat you would want in this car personally i want a r34 gtst motor runnin under the hood of an 1200 coupe i,m thinking of doin it one day

So you want to make a fibreglass kit car of a datsun variety and then put it on a custom chassis so you can fit any engine in it?

you would still have trouble fitting the RB series of morot fit without the rear of the block hitting your knee in the cabin.....


you may be better off building a tough 1200 coupe with a SR FJ or CA motor than an RB, they are big straight sivxes with alot of weight, would only be good for straight line speed, like at the drags.....

well thats wat the engine was for drag but i was also thinking of like something very very torquie for cercuit

RB20 sucks. get an SR20 - all the silvia boys that have changed their SRs for RBs have sold them and bought another SR.

is this what you mean?

wot a v8 are u nuts in a 1200 coupe why thats suicide I LOVE IT sounds good mate
but how am i going to fit it into a coupe not very roomie any sugestions

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't (not sure if it's still current) the record ET for a registered car held by a datto ute with a 302ci ford motor & 9 inch diff?
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Was almost going to post a thread almost exactly the same last nite. A little different though. The question is could we make up our own cahssis suspension and all that like the hotrodders. Pretty much a datto body with all the running gear of a hotrod. Registered as a hotrod you could get away with murder in terms of having to meet regualtions.

This could be an idea for yo Dodgeman. Your little 1000coupe sitting on a full chassis with a hemi under the hood, and street legal. Id love that.v8 power.

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it's a 240C dude. about the same size as an XY Falcon.