Engine swaps are never a piece of cake. There's plenty of
space for the engine but the transmission tunnel is way too
narrow for a modern type gearbox. It started like a simple
engine/gearbox transplant for one Silvia and now, the only
parts that will not be modified are the trunk lid hinges.
Thomas
datsunmike wrote:
> That car is an abortion that IMO is poorly thought out. The tunnel which the
> body derives most of its strength from is gone and where the hell do you put
> your pedals as that area is pushed all the way back with no room for
> anything, including your feet.
>
> Besides, I doubt the frame would hold up to that much power. Many years ago
> in Hot Rod, a Roadster with a 350 and 4 speed was advertised for sale. I
> called the guy up for more details and he told me the frame twisted if he
> used 1st gear and he had to heavily gusset the frame. He was a Nissan
> mechanic who lived in RI. He also honestly said it went great going straight
> but around the turns it left much to be desired.
>
> I guess it would be worth at least 1K just for the engine and tranny then
> dump the car.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Robertson" <ckrobertson@hotmail.com>
> To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 6:50 PM
> Subject: Re: Sigh....
>
> > It's only a couple of hours south of you Tom. For goodness sakes,
> man...go
> > SAVE it!!! :)
> >
> > Or you could always inform Gary Neel...I bet he'd trailer it back to OK
> with
> > his biggest Cheshire Cat grin ever.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > >From: Thomas Walter <twalter@austin.rr.com>
> > >Reply-To: Thomas Walter <twalter@austin.rr.com>
> > >To: road <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > >Subject: Sigh....
> > >Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 15:59:40 -0600
> > >
> >
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=601658065
> > >
> > >Gordon,
> > >
> > >How do you think a roadster rear end would hold up to 400+ horses?
> > >Most likely the buyer will get this for engine & tranny, and scrap
> > >the rest of it. ;-(
> > >
> > >Tom
> > >
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