Not many cranks are fully counterweighted like the U20. The 1600 or H20
crank is a lot lighter and plenty good for a hot street motor.
I am somewhat clueless why they made the U20 crank like that other than for
racing. A little overkill if you ask me.
Mike
PS - I eat my Wheaties before trying to move that thing on my shelf.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas - Sweden" <csp311@telia.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: Crank
> You need to eat spinach for a week to lift that
> crankshaft without an engine hoist :-)
>
> It's got to be bomb proof with so much material
> but older engines are heavy and Nissan are no
> different.
>
> Just for fun I checked weights in the BMW parts
> CD (in their usual German way they list shipping
> weight for everything) and found a 5.7 liter V12
> crankshaft at 55 lbs and to compare with a
> 4-cylinder, the 2.5 liter M3 crankshaft at 40 lbs.
>
> Thomas
>
> datsunmike wrote:
>
> > About 75 lbs!!!!!
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dennis Louthan" <dennisl@cvinn.com>
> > To: "Datsun Roadster Group (E-mail)" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 11:44 AM
> > Subject: Crank
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