Hi Tom,
But there was the "E" type also, as shown in the photo. Was close enough to
the Brit iron that many parts were interchangeable. Still a lot of them
around in old Nissan fork lifts. Then came the "A" series that are so
popular. 5 main crank, etc.
The "E" type was never found in the Morris.
Paul A
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From "Tom Speed" <tspeed at carolina.rr.com>
To: "'gerard'" <pixelsmith@gerardsgarage.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 9:16 AM
Subject: RE: Cool car... sorta LBC
> Gerald,
>
> The Datsun motors you are talking about are the "A" series motors.
> They came in a variety of sizes. The most common sixes imported in to
> the US were the A12, A12A, A14 and A15. The model numbers refer to the
> respective displacements. The A12A was a short stroke version of the
> A12 and was popular as a race engine because of its ability to rev up to
> 9,000+ rpm in race trim.
>
> The motors were very close to the Spridget motor because Datsun
> bought licensing rights to the "A" series and their larger MGA and MGB
> series motors from BMC. The Datsun 1500 and 1600 roadsters had motors
> similar to the MGA-MGB. In the traditional Japanese methodology, they
> proceeded to fix all the design "flaws" in the motors.
>
> The A series motors from Datsun have:
>
> * 8 port aluminum heads
>
> * counter weighted 5 main bearing crankshafts
>
> * full lip seals at front and rear of crankshaft
>
> * H section rods with rod bolts (like the 1275)
>
> * Full floating wrist pins
>
> * External oil pumps
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> Tom Speed
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-spridgets-mod@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of gerard
> Sent: Friday, August 01, 2003 2:19 AM
> To: spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Cool car... sorta LBC
>
>
>
> This is a guy I know locally who is into Datsun Roadsters like we are
>
> into Spridgets.
>
>
>
> He was telling me about this car he has. a Datsun 1200 (Bluebird) and
>
> how the engine is a replica of the A-series Austim/Morris engines.
>
> These are referred to as E-series.
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