And I thought it was because they made the 70's faster. ;>
My '70 1600 Blondie has a 140 speedo. Never got it going that fast (yet).
Fred - So.SF
----- Original Message -----
From: "sidney raper" <spl310@hotmail.com>
To: <sandhoff@csus.edu>; <dgstoll@mint.net>
Cc: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2001 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: tach differences
> John,
>
> I could be mistaken, but from what I read, Nissan put the same speedo and
> tach in the 70 models to reduce the individual parts count. The 120 and
160
> speedos were tossed in favor of a 140 for both cars.
>
> Sidney Raper
> 1964 1500
> 1967 SRL311 00060
> 1967 SRL311 00076
> Jacksonville Florida
> http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
>
>
>
>
> >From: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
> >Reply-To: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
> >To: "Dave Stoll" <dgstoll@mint.net>
> >CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> >Subject: Re: tach differences
> >Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 16:47:43 -0700
> >
> > > Is there a difference between the 1600 and 2000 tachometer in a 1970
> > > roadster?
> >
> >In '68 and 69 the 1600 is 0-7000 rpm and the 2000 is 0-8000.
> >I assume the same holds true for 1970.
> >
> >As an aside, the 1600 speedo is 0-120 and the 2000 is either 0-140 or
> >0-160 - theory has it the solex package got the 160 but I know of SU
> >cars with 'em too. The 120 case is different than the 140/160 case, BTW.
> >
> >-- John
> > John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
>
>
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