Rotary Datsun 1200 fast-back
06-13-05, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Bluem
anyone got any pictures of how the engine is mounted? or how to mount a 13 in it?
06-13-05, 07:22 PM
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can you e-mail me pics ef your engine bay,firewall, interior ,and tranny tunnel?
Bluem_999@hotmail.com
Bluem_999@hotmail.com
06-13-05, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Bluem
anyone got any pictures of how the engine is mounted? or how to mount a 13 in it?
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06-14-05, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by 13btnos
http://www.pistonvsrotor.com/ check that site out and bro your in Puerto Rico do you know how many Datsun 1200 rotarys are at the tracks? A freaking shitload more than I can count with my fingers and toes. Most people use an early style front cover 1985 and earlier with the front mount. And then they put a 1/2in thick and 5in wide flat stock bar under the crossmember and cut the crossmember to make room for the oil pan. Use a oilpan from a gslse or buy the Moroso oil pan, that's the one I have, and I'm running flat stock to the frame rails and fabricate your own mounts. Mine are solid I don't have to worry about rubber mounts and my transmission mount is even easier. Flat stock staight across to the frame rails all solid mount. And you will have to cut the firewall nowhere around that unless the car was an automatic then you don't have to do anything it will clear. Or if you can get an automatic tunnel it's pretty easy to put it in and it will look factory. And yes my car is a Datsun 1200 and I have a 13BREW motor in it.
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06-21-05, 12:03 PM
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Motor will fit with out cutting crossmember but will need to cut the top of the tunnel off and remake it once the engine is in with trans. Will also need custom trans crossmember. I did one 5 years ago. Now the car is back and I am building a new back half with all new front suspension and a narrowed 9". 13b will be turbo'ed so room is really tight so far. Still trying to get things to fit and allow for cooling. Have car cubby holed for the time being till customer brings all the front suspension.
06-21-05, 12:07 PM
#12
Originally Posted by 13btnos
http://www.pistonvsrotor.com/ check that site out and bro your in Puerto Rico do you know how many Datsun 1200 rotarys are at the tracks? A freaking shitload more than I can count with my fingers and toes. Most people use an early style front cover 1985 and earlier with the front mount. And then they put a 1/2in thick and 5in wide flat stock bar under the crossmember and cut the crossmember to make room for the oil pan. Use a oilpan from a gslse or buy the Moroso oil pan, that's the one I have, and I'm running flat stock to the frame rails and fabricate your own mounts. Mine are solid I don't have to worry about rubber mounts and my transmission mount is even easier. Flat stock staight across to the frame rails all solid mount. And you will have to cut the firewall nowhere around that unless the car was an automatic then you don't have to do anything it will clear. Or if you can get an automatic tunnel it's pretty easy to put it in and it will look factory. And yes my car is a Datsun 1200 and I have a 13BREW motor in it.
06-25-05, 03:33 PM
#19
Originally Posted by Bluem
hehehe , i posted this on a local forum and i got abut 6 people that gonna help me out, all six have done several rotary swaps
My .02 cents
And that includes me, I mean setting the engine on the car is no biggie, tuning it, etc, be careful
06-25-05, 06:39 PM
#20
Concept Motorsports
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im gonna do my own tunning and fabrication , not that hard since racing beat already has a carb set-up for 13b bridgeport ,all i need to do is fine tune it.
all i need is an extra hand to take the stock engine and trans out and swap the 13b into the car, but my uncle is probably gonna help me do that since he has an engine lift.
all i need is an extra hand to take the stock engine and trans out and swap the 13b into the car, but my uncle is probably gonna help me do that since he has an engine lift.
06-25-05, 07:39 PM
#21
Originally Posted by Bluem
im gonna do my own tunning and fabrication , not that hard since racing beat already has a carb set-up for 13b bridgeport ,all i need to do is fine tune it.
all i need is an extra hand to take the stock engine and trans out and swap the 13b into the car, but my uncle is probably gonna help me do that since he has an engine lift.
all i need is an extra hand to take the stock engine and trans out and swap the 13b into the car, but my uncle is probably gonna help me do that since he has an engine lift.
(and suffering).
06-26-05, 07:33 PM
#23
Concept Motorsports
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the only thing that i dont like is the whole solid mount system , could i use the ruber half-mounts rom the gsl-se and then fabricate the center section?
06-26-05, 07:41 PM
#24
Originally Posted by Bluem
the only thing that i dont like is the whole solid mount system , could i use the ruber half-mounts rom the gsl-se and then fabricate the center section?
However this is part of the "fun", trying it for yourself, no matter what other people say
06-26-05, 08:01 PM
#25
Concept Motorsports
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was reading up on engine mounts ant racers say that solid mounts help with launches, so im going with the solid mounts.
BTW im going to do a write up on the swap, the rebuild, and the body work.
BTW im going to do a write up on the swap, the rebuild, and the body work.