Ricardo Teixeira disse:
Pois, é bem provável que seja um mito pois a vida útil deste motor foi muitissimo curta, talvez uma meia dúzia de anos, enquanto que o Fiat se manteve actual por quase 30 anos..
Reparem que o SSS era bom nas provas de "quintal" mas nunca teve algo digno de se chamar de palmarés.....
O motor do 124ST foi campeao do mundo tanto nos 124 spider Abarth (grupos 1, 3 e 4) como nos Lancia Integrale 8v (por incrivel que pareça!!!).....
Acho que a última utilização foi mesmo nos Lancia Thema Turbo 8v.
http://www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/readers_rides_01.htm
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Title: Datsun 1600 Update
submitted by: Richard from Gippsland, VIC
Hi, I sent an article on this model to you some years ago. I have now finished restoring my car, so I thought you may be interested in the update photo. Richard.
Hi Richard; Wow, quite a change, and we love the colour selection, and combined with the minilites it makes the Datsun appear far more agressive. We have always preferred (and advised people) to be subtle with changes, it seems you have hit the sweet spot - congratulations! Ed.
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Title: Datsun 1600
submitted by: Richard from Gippsland, VIC
When I searched the gallery and could not find a reference to the classic Datsun 1600, I was shocked!
Datsun 1600's won the East Africa Safari Rally, one of the world's toughest motor sport events. In the United States the famous No. 46 “Brock Racing Enterprises” Datsun 1600 won the under 2.5 litre "Transam" Series in a cliffhanger final race beating the best of Europe, including both BMW and Alfa Romeo. It was after these races that the legend of the Datsun 1600 was born and thousands of car lovers today still look in reverence at these unimposing but potent Japanese "sports sedans".
In Australia, Datsun 1600s were very successfully rallied by almost everybody in the 1970's through to the late 1990's, over 20 years of dominance! Geoff Portman and Ross Runnells were the rally team that cemented the legend in Australia. Here seen in the 1978 Repco Alpine Rally in their famous IFK 250, powered by the also legendary Les Collins built, Datrally "grunter" engine. It took specialized 4wd turbocharged forest racers to put Datsun 1600's out of contention at the top the sport.
At club rally level you still see Datsun 1600's in the high placings. I rallied my first Datsun 1600 in 1976 and it ran reliably for 8 years from club level to Victorian Championship events. Then, my 6 year old son was a keen follower of the Datsun 1600's progress during the Alpine Rally's of the early '1980's - he now owns 3 of them. Both he and his wife have a 1600 for their road cars, and they own a "project car" - second generation devotees!
Datsun 1600's have become collector items as many were destroyed in competition or driven until they "dropped" - and this often took 30 years! Australian built cars have bodies more prone to rust. Japanese imports were better rust proofed. The earliest models 1967/8 were fully imported and are preferred, unless you find a later import, like mine. Younger Datsun 1600 enthusiasts are now fitting high performance Nissan turbo engines, as the basic bodies are strong and there is 30 years knowledge of readily available upgrades to handle the increased performance.
I rejoined the Datsun 1600 ownership in 1999, by purchasing a very rare 1971 Datsun 1600SSS. Built for the Japanese market, very few were sold in Australia from 1970 as they weren't fitted with the mandatory (in Australia) collapsible steering column. Only very few exist here. The Datsun 1600 "SSS" has a higher performance engine, different trim and better instrumentation.
