New Zealand Datsun Club

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I reckon this 1200 coupe is a nice little deal, Its getting harder and harder to find complete datsuns now

Yeah I'm stoked the body is moving along. pretty happy nice work! 195/45's fit pretty dang well dont they. Its coming along nicely dude, dont slack now :D Who's painted sedan is that? Yeah pretty stoked with the 195/45's they fit good. That sedan in the background is mush's There's a project thread ...

Dattochriswagon wrote:We cant have a rough running Magic Carpet

This is true!
Its always been there more or less, its just been bugging me recently, Its certainly a lot smoother now its had a good tune up

Well thought i'd setup a project page since there is actually something to report now. I brought it like this coming up 3 years ago now, had reg and wof and no chance of getting a new wof due to rust. It cost me a whopping $500 http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee9/nick_datsun/Nicksdatto3.jpg The w...

Yeah could be worth investigating, athough as you will know dealing with 2nd hand 30 year old parts, I could get a carb with the same problem!

I have that problem too Nick with my A12. Sometimes over time a flat spot wears in the carburettor butterfly spindle and it doesn't open smoothly at times. just a thought, I havn't looked into mine very thoroughly yet. You'll know what I mean then :) Its not really a big issue, it would just be nic...

I had thought about a vacuum leak, I haven't had a good look but all the vacuum lines appear in good nick and have good connections.
I have a feeling its carb related, whether its the accelerator pump, its gunked up, it needs a tune or a combitnation of all three.

awesome!

The mighty magic carpet aka my b310 a12 auto sunny has this somewhat annoying stumble when you take off from the lights with anything more than half throttle. It is just a big flat spot which is sometimes enough to stall it when its still warming up and even once warm it certainly has a good go. I j...

haha I thought you might be drunk, it seems to be what happens when you get drunk