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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 4156" data-attributes="member: 13">They were solid. I had a datsun 120y, and when I took a good look at it I could see the engine block was identical to the old Austin A40 I used to have.So, did some investigating, and found out that after WW2 the Americans were trying to rebuild Japan, and wanted the country strong as a bulwalk against what they percieved to be expansionist communism from nearby China. So they encouraged industry as much as they could.Under this, Datsun Nissan applied to Austin of England for permission to use their engine blueprint of the Austin A40, it was granted, and the Japanese started producing them under their own brand. Innovation continued and my 120y had a sooped up carburetter compared to the A 40, a more freeflow manifold, and some other bells and whistles. But the block remained the same for many years. Not just in 120y's, but in later Nissans also.It was a tried and true engine that stood the test of time for many years.</blockquote>

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