Tom,
I know about the A-series Datsuns as I completely rebuilt an A14 last
year and have installed a couple in Morris Minors. (see the Morris
Minor Traveller link on my main page)
http://www.gerardsgarage.com/FS_Garage.htm
The similarities are apparent, but the aluminum head and 5 main
bearings are major improvements of course. I have not seen one in
person, but according to Mike, the E-series is the A-series
predecessor and is nearly an exact copy. This guy was a professional
mechanic all his life and has specialized in Datsuns for quite some
time. Nissan invited him to showcase some of his car at The Blackhawk
Museum here when they did a special promotion last year at the
museum. I tend to believe what he is telling me.
A quote from the Datsun Bluebird page
"It continued to use the 210s Austin derived engine, the 1189cc 48hp
OHV 4cyl. E series engine."
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Pit/3823/blue1.html
BTW, My name is GeraRd not GeraLd.
Regards,
GeraRd
>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:
>
>7 8 port aluminum heads
>
>7 counter weighted 5 main bearing crankshafts
>
>7 full lip seals at front and rear of crankshaft
>
>7 H section rods with rod bolts (like the 1275)
>
>7 Full floating wrist pins
>
>7 External oil pumps
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>
>
>Tom Speed
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-spridgets-mod@autox.team.net
>[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. The car itself is very reminiscent
>
>of the 60's British cars like the English Ford and maybe something
>
>like a Morris Oxford. I haven't seen it in person yet, but I will
>
>probably get a chance sometime in the near future. Check it out.
>
>Click on 1964 Datsun 1200 (Bluebird)
>
>
>
>http://www.datsunsports.com/Cars/CarsIndex.htm
>
>
>
>Gerard
>
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