Nissan A engine

The Nissan A series is a family of four-stroke gasoline engines, small straight four-cylinder units of 1.0 to 1.5 L produced from 1967 until 2009 and used in Datsun and Nissan vehicles. It has a lightweight cast iron block and an aluminium cylinder head, with overhead valves actuated by pushrods. The article calls it a refined, quiet and durable design and a modern replacement for the earlier iron-headed Nissan C and E engines. The 1960s A series was an all-new design from the newly acquired Aichi Kokuki, a departure from the BMC B-Series derived designs of the 1950s, and it put the camshaft on the right side of the engine rather than beside the ports. It powered the Sunny, the Cherry and the Pulsar.