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Cheers for the heads up

Yeh man, a pic would be great, I'll email you. Thanks

I don't really have any more info on it, Like I said the part numbers they listed are real. I also email them about it, so ill post what they reply

Found this on the Web for 250 britsh pounds, = about $390 US, says they ship http://www.project-831.co.uk/node/47 These are the part numbers they said made up the unit: Nissan Part numbers 38423 N9000, 38425 C6000, 38427 N9000, 38431 41W00 So I went to http://www.nissanpartszone.com/ and priced those parts new, and it cam to $406.43 Anyone with any knowledge know if this is all ya need to make my 521 run with two legs???

OK, done a little brain storming, I obviously don't have the actual car to reference off, but what about moving the clutch master cylinder 3-4 inches away from the brake master cylinder, and then modifying the clutch pedal to compensate for it, then boom, you can just put the brake booster straight to the fire wall, no extension pieces or anything needed. Then maybe the dual carbs will fit????????????? I made a diagram below of a possible clutch pedal mod. If this can be done, there might be a bit of twist in the clutch pedal, depending on heavy the clutch is. you get what i'm talking about?

hmmmmm, I see your point. I'll definitely document it if I figure it out. Thanks for the heads up man

Cool, thanks for the tips man. If I end up taking a stab at it, i'll definitely document it.

Thanks man, yeh well the add says the brakes are new, but ill have to see when I get home. I am not dead set on the brake upgrade, maybe I could just throw a booster and new master cylinder on there, and upgrade the brake lines to something a little more beefy????

These are actually just more shots of the advert, I could probably get my mate to take some more if ya want. I think I agree with you about the a/c, maybe that can be a luxury down the road. I think brakes would be logically first, and then the carbs. oh and here is the write up the guy had in the for sale advert, just gives a little more history on it: "This truck has been a daily drive for me since 2006. I hate to sell it but I need to upgrade to a vehicle that has towing capabilities. I have upgraded everything. Let's start with the engine: it's new, upgraded from the original L16-1600cc 98 hp to an early 80s L20 2000 cc 130 hp engine. The motor was professionally built by Bill's Datsun shop in Clackmas, Oregon - you can still get every part for this car from this guy. It has high compression pistons, high lift cam, Weber carb, exhaust header, custom 2" exhaust. This truck is powerful: it will do Vail Pass (11,000 ft) at 70 mph in 4th gear and still gets 28 mpg. Other upgrades include a new clutch, new windshield ($700, had to be shipped from the UK), new brakes, tinted glass, Sony sound system w/ipod port, new paint, new interior. The body is in very good shape for its age, though a little rust on the rocker panels. It has two sets of tires and wheels - it's pretty good in the snow! This truck has a lot of miles left in it. I have at least $9000 into this truck. 150,000 miles."

oh fyi, the evaporator is for a car, its 12 volt and everything, here is another pic it says the dimensions are 12x11x6 inches

What's up?, So this is a cheap idea for an a/c for a datto 521 with a L20. I may be way off, and could not find a whole bunch of info on doing it so here goes. 1. Source parts from junk yard: Condensor, a bunch of random a/c pipe, and all the other little bits and pieces. 2. this evaporator I found on the Bay for 50 bones. 3. I think this compressor will fit, I found it on ebay too for $50 I think it will fit???????? I've been researching and it all seem to tell me this one, it from a 80-81 200sx. Also kinda looks like the one in this pic 4. the bracket to hold it in place may have to be fabricated, but judging by the pic above it looks pretty straight forward :hmm: 5. well that kinda about as far as I've got.

* if I use the su carbs

Yeh man, in the sand box. yeh cant wait till I get home and get to tinker with the old girl..........and the car too lol. Yeh I saw some su carbs for sale in the ratsun classifieds, but im just not sure what I want to do first. Do I want a/c for the coming summer, do I want to be able to stop better for the even sooner winter, or throw the twin carbs and just have more fun. I should just stop bein a pussy and just do it all at once, from what ive calculated, its doable for about $1000.

Hey, new to the forums, just bought this datto 521 1972 of craigslist. I used to live in Australia and own a datto 1200 ute, but it turned out to be so rusted out it was to expensive to restore, anyways, I always wanted another one, but after movin to the U.S they obliviously weren't available, so this was the next best thing. I actually havnt seen the car in person, I'm stationed at ft carson, Co, but currently deployed overseas, so when I saw it I got my buddy to go pick it up for me. The craigslist write up says it has an L20 in it, and all that stuff. Hopefully wanna do the disc brake conversion, get some a/c in and some twin carbies. Got ideas for the a/c, disc conversion is to easy and the carbs are just f##@*&@ expensive. Other cars I love are , 1970's corolla, colt, rx3, shiz like that. Cars i've owned (atleast the ones worth mentioning) -Holden VG ute, V8 -Nissan Silvia (s13) dropped an rb20det in that. -1979 Ford Escort, 2.0 twin carbs, mate crashed it and I still hate him for it. - datto 1200, think it was an 80's model - and now the datto 521