New Zealand Datsun Club

picture-less update, Engine is rebuilt, and all going well , is going back in the hole over Easter.
Only possible, due to my mate Jacob Leach being a GC and helping out organise the machining, repairs, new parts & assembling it for me.
Engine needed far more work then I expected had to sleeve one bore, resurface block & head, new cam shaft ground to match original one, new cam followers, hone, rings new oil pump etc etc
So it will go back in with the rebuilt 60A (Thanks again Brendan/Mint16).

Hope to be going for a drive in a few weeks

Engines always cost more than one anticipates they will to fix.
The more worked they are, the more bits needs to be overhauled too. (Cos they get ringed much harder)

Yep, so true. Going through it right now.
Kitch what are your cam specs?

The original cam, had a couple of minor marks on it, and as I am fussy, we match ground another one.

I have the specs at home, from the guy who matched it, will have a look tonight and see what it is.

Its a hard road/rally grind I think - very driveable, pulls from about 3.3K Rpm to about 7.5K from memory

bar an electrical fry up, all progressing nicely....

engine turning over, just waiting on flows to turn up from blasters, should be firing it up next week I hope

Nice one!
Do you think you'll be coming on the southern cruise mate?

Nah sorry Bart, even if I got it going I am competing in final round of 2K cup @ Ruapuna that weekend, so wouldnt work for me

Kitch I will catch up with you at ruapuna I am running the Datsun in the osca and sports saloons.

awesome Gman - see you there, I hope to be up friday for testing too

Kitch wrote:awesome Gman - see you there, I hope to be up friday for testing too

I will be there all day on Friday got three cars to set up for the week end.