Be careful what you ask for. Here are a few pictures from my 2002 Shasta
trip. I don't know the owner's name. I am sure other list members do.
This U20 is built FAR FAR beyond your imagination. And yes, it is a U20.
Supercharged, FUEL INJECTED, cog timing belt (no chains), and when you hear
it run it is meaner than a bag full of rattlesnakes.
http://www.datsun2000.com/images/U20_Cog_Belt_003600.jpg
http://www.datsun2000.com/images/U20_Cog_Belt_004-600.jpg
http://www.datsun2000.com/images/U20_Cog_Belt_005-600.jpg
http://www.datsun2000.com/images/U20_Cog_Belt_007-600.jpg
Tom
69 2000 - Mr. Hyde
Portland
http://www.datsun2000.com
http://www.nowroc.org
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
RacerY@comcast.net
Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:06 AM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: L series engines- turbo...
yeah, but would you dare strap a honkin' big turbo onto the side of your
U20???
With the L, you can, and if it goes 'bang' then you go get more parts and
start again! For less than the cost of the timing gears.
The U IS a fabulously large head- but the cam drive is less than fabulous.
The thread started with a cost concern, not a power gripe.
For the cost of the parts to rebuild the U20 (not the labor) I can get an
SR20DET front clip. But I'm a mutant... and I never bill myself for the
labor!
tongue in cheek, mostly, Gordon! I do agree that the U20 is a great-
flowing motor...
Toby
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@comcast.net>
> Not trying to start a flame war here, and I admit the L-series is a good
> design, but...
>
> Given equal build specs, an L-18 will not make more power than a U-20. The
> big difference is in the head and valves. The stock U-20 valves are
actually
> larger than the valves in the infamous FIA heads for the L-series engines.
> Even if you put a U-67 head off an L20B on an L-18, it won't flow like a
> U-20 head.
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