ratsun720

After a swag load of thought, me and the missus just cant bring ourselves to pull appart the 'ratsun'. So instead were going to make a little tow truck out of it for the farm. That way it can still be road registered aswell. Yesterday we went and got another ute chassis, 1950 Bedford cab, 1948 Bedford front grille and headlights, (all for free) and bought the 318 V8 for $500. Were going to turn the old beddy into a real rat rod. Chop and section the body, chop the roof & drop the body around the chassis another 3 inches. It should look pretty mean! Ill be getting stuck into it in the next few days. - but not sure if i should post pics though as this is a "Ratsun" forum, dont want to tread on anyones toes ~ its a groovy site. Cheers, Damo and Gem

cheers heaps man! It good to get some feedback. I was quite suprised how many people came up to me on the day with questions, like if it was really a stock SD22 motor? lol. All the burnouts started off in 2nd gear and finished in 2nd gear. Got plans for a new burn out car now~ were going to go have a look at an old 40's model Dodge tonight. Maybe put a 318 in it. (bit more HP than 62) lol. Cheers, Damo

Took the datsun ute to the Port Pirie burn out competition on the weekend! Had a ball! Here's a few pics of the ol' girl in action. I was the last 4cyl alive! Overall performance was pretty good, no problems at all, except lack of power........... So were going to go find the biggest rustiest turbo we can and see how it runs with abit of added pressure!!!! :D Cheers, Damo & Gem

The throttle cable set up is the same as the one youve got in the picture. Thats the cleanest SD22 motor ive ever seen in my life!! :D

Yeah were from South Australia, Moonta. AKA - shitsville.. Yeah its a column shift, would love to know what gearbox i could use to turn it into a floor shift.... Tried it out today without the tray, it really gets going now. I tried to put it into 3rd half way through a burnout and jammed the gear linkages... so its seccond gear burnouts only!! Got one rear guard done today, making them out of a 44 gallon drum.. Tail lights to go on next, numberplate and then registration, looking forward to taking it for a cruise around town :) Ill post some pics in a few days once its finished. cheers Damo

IS that duely ass end standard or have you done that? ive never seen that before!! i absolutly love it! it looks mad! Ill go take a couple pics of the ratsun now, although its still in progress....

I must be lucky, ive got 62 HP :) In the competition were not allowed to use any liquids to help assist. Its all down to the 'brute' HP weve tested the old girl out a couple times now and we were plesently suprised. Thought it was in first gear, but really it was in seccond (due to it being a column shift, and me not being used to it). It did really well. made some decent smoke (and thats not from the exhaust) lol, will be good to see how she goes on the day. Ill put some pics up in the next couple days, just finishing off the fuel cell and rear guards... cheers damo

Hi all i have a 1980 diesel 720. How can i get more power out of it ? Im putting it in to a burnout comp cheers damo