looking for info on datsun "a" engines

a14, a15, etc.....

know this is for toyotas, but there isn't anything for datsun b-210, sunny on the net

Here are some links for ya?

(I know too many people I think :))

http://www.swmotorsport.com.au/engineprb.htm

http://datsun1200.com

 

The top link gives you a list of parts, run a search and see of that helps and the other link is a datto forum.

 

best of luck

i will sign up on the 1200 forum

i know those engines very well, i have an a-14 in my cricket

but i'm looking for interchange info like "what head is the best for performand, what little part you can swap from what other car to gain h.p.

i went all through it before i got daisy, i used to autocross her.....(i was good too)

i've got a weber 32/36, big port head, 2" exhaust, elec. fan, elect fuel pump, hood scoop w/snorkel, a/c

NOW PLEASE DON'T GET PISSED.... i feel these engines are superior to the toyota "k" engine. every datsun "a" series car i have ever seen at the wrekers has always had far over 200,000 mi on it and usually the engine still runs well.

the common problems i have noted with the 3kc and some 4kc's is that they all seem to smoke, the timing chain rattles badly, and they burn valves like a bitch. i have also noticed a tendency for the blocks to crack between the rear two freeze plugs behind the starter.

both makes share head gasket problems if overheated.

you guys have different equipment, i.e. emissions, that kinda changes things...i ALMOST put an A15 in daisy.

did datsun ever inject these engines?

i love daisy, she is my daily driver and i wouldn't giver her up for the world.

but i need to get to work on cricket

I'd love an A15 for my datto 1200 ute, got plans for that one...... when my GP is gone.

another vote for the a12 here.... better than the equiv k series imo.

they make heaps more grunt than they should!

but they are both good....

its like a choice between that chick who plays marissa off the OC or katie holmes, either way youll be a happy man :)

just little things......my 2 cents

datsun guys reckon you can take a STOCK fresh A12, but a STOCK fresh A14 head on it, slap a T25 with drawthru SU on the side and make GUARANTEED 250hp

 

considering all the efi and money and boost controllers in the world can only make just over 200hp on a FIVE K, there's no prizes for guessing which flows better under boost. but that's different to n/a flow. and you don't need to be a rocket scientist to know a K ports are crap anyway

 

as for which is more reliable long-term after 30 years of neglect, who really cares? none of us have stock engines, and both datsun A and toyota K seem to hold together making reliable n/a power at double stock hp figures

 

tho i must say, if you were going to go to the trouble of changing engine mounts and gearbox and tailshaft and blah blah blah, you'd put something better in than a different type of 40 yearold pushrod design

why a series, why not go l.

I don't know, an engine design that was a direct rip off from Austin dating back to the dark ages......

MINI ENGINES, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!