Marc Sayer wrote
>No. There is always some confusion because the Brits also had an "A" series
>engine (used in Sprites, Midgets, Minis, etc.). But that engine is completely
>different. The BMC "A" series engine is very similar to the BMC "B" series
>engine as used in the MGA, MGB, etc.. Both have 5 port heads and Weslake
>combustion chambers. Both have cast iron heads and blocks. The BMC "A" series
>ran up to 1275 cc's (known as the 1300 in later years) and the "B" series
>ran up
>to 1800 cc's. According to long-time "A" series campaigner Rob Walker, the
>Datsun "A" series line seems to be a copy of a Ford short block combined
>with a
>variant on a Spitfire head. But no Brit pushrod engine I ever worked on would
>turn the sort of reliable revs the Datsun A12 will. And the engines and
>trannies
>are lots lighter than any Brit iron I ever worked on too.
>
>It seems lots of folks with Sprites and Midgets are campaigning with a tranny
>from the Datsun "A" series powered cars though. Apparently a company makes an
>adapter to bolt that Datsun 5 spd tranny to the BMC "A" series engine.
>
So are all the nissan A engines/trannies in brit racers, or are they
still findable? Also, is the BMC "B" series similar to the Nissan "J"
series?
Marc T.
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