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  • Birthday 09/25/1957

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    vancouver wa.
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    1971 1200 sedan, 1972- 1200 sedan, 2 1959 1000 sedans
  • Interests
    datsuns, streetluge, hunting
  • Occupation
    self employed

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  1. Starting the project of a lifetime. 1959 Datsun 1000 / 1993 Mazda Miata MX-5

  2. most people do not use this setup for one or more of several reasons. 1 they have never seen it, so they don't know it exist. 2 they may not like their car as stiff in the front as I do. 3 They may be afraid to make homemade or non engineered mods to their car. all my modifications are preformed by Accidental Engineering Inc. As far as How the leaf spring works ... The transverse leaf, is actually the longest leaf from the rear of a 1200. The ends have been cut off, a 1/2 hole centered near each end is drilled, to allow for a 1/2 bolt , also you have to drill 1/2 holes in your lower control arms. Flip the leaf upside down, and use bushings on the ends and for the center a block of polly..... plastic,which is held in place by the spring pressing it against the crossmember. The longer the block the more resistance to bend the spring BACKWARDS. The longer the block, the shorter each end of the spring becomes, and therefor stiffer. When the front of the car, (one side in hard turns, and both sides when breaking) wants to dip, the added resistance of this spring adds greatly in reducing front dip, and therefor also reducing rear tire lift which is undesirable when autocrossing.
  3. most people do not use this setup for one or more of several reasons. 1 they have never seen it, so they don't know it exist. 2 they may not like their car as stiff in the front as I do. 3 They may be afraid to make homemade or non engineered mods to their car. all my modifications are preformed by Accidental Engineering Inc. As far as How the leaf spring works ... The transverse leaf, is actually the longest leaf from the rear of a 1200. The ends have been cut off, a 1/2 hole centered near each end is drilled, to allow for a 1/2 bolt , also you have to drill 1/2 holes in your lower control arms. Flip the leaf upside down, and use bushings on the ends and for the center a block of polly..... plastic,which is held in place by the spring pressing it against the crossmember. The longer the block the more resistance to bend the spring BACKWARDS. The longer the block, the shorter each end of the spring becomes, and therefor stiffer. When the front of the car, (one side in hard turns, and both sides when breaking) wants to dip, the added resistance of this spring adds greatly in reducing front dip, and therefor also reducing rear tire lift which is undesirable when autocrossing.
  4. The best way to get the truth about all the questions on the front suspention is............ ask the 1200GUY who built it. The first thing you need to know, is the orange 1200 along with the other cars with twin sway bars at blue lake are set up and USED for autocross. I first used twin bars on a 1200 i built in 1981 ( when i was your age and money was tight ) and it worked so well why reinvent? for the transverse leaf, yes it augments the stock springs on the 1200 struts. The corolla TRD struts are on my other 1200 gray/black. by changing the length of the center block between the spring and the crossmember you can change the spring tension. So you guys can keep speculating, or ask and know
  5. any Dellortos yet?

  6. please call me about your 40mm carb (360)798-3130

  7. would like to come to Hood River, and purchase your carb. my # (360) 798-3130 Jerry I'm in vancouver Wa.
  8. Morrison and i ran over to Richland a few mouths ago and drug it back. it looked just like your pics, only way dirtier. it now belongs to my 23 year old son. By the way HE LOVES HIS 1200. Yea, its great to see the younger generation showing an interest in the OLD technology.We put it back together in 21 days. thanks go out to Morrison and Redhotz for all the parts and assy help.
  9. To check the back breaks you will need a puller for your drum. Fisch got a great old puller on e-bay i think I bought a harbor freight 12 ton gear puller, and made some mod parts to work as a drum puller.Welcome to 1000 world
  10. icehouse is a who not a what. some pepole just thought that was funny
  11. thats totally cool, saw the video on the web link. sounds like a great program. check out the vids on our facebook page. the link is at the bottom of our home page. p.s. building a 4x4 wheel chair...( i swear this is the last project )LOL
  12. Check out the non-profit organization we started here in Vancouver Washington. www.pnwoa.org
  13. when we talked on the phone,it sounded like one i saw 25-30 years ago. NOPE never saw that one before
  14. someone needs to get a bigger parking lot,or park,or field....
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