Hi Curt,
For a daily driver I wouldn't over bore it so much. Unless you are going to
race it. It is a chancy bore at that, some times the block can't handle it and
cracks. Check your engine for wear taper. have them bore it just enough to
make it work. This way if you need to rebuild it again you don't have to
replace the sleeves. I would recommend a stock cam or slightly hot. Real hot
cams are a pain for a daily driver. Mine is hard to get it off the line unless
I'm above 2K RPM's. It has a pretty hot cam in it. By all means put the 5
Speed in her. I would have but the PO had already rebuilt a tranny for me.
Good luck
Rick
"Onstott, Curtis" wrote:
> I'm about to rebuild the engine on my '70 Midget. I have also obtained a
> Datsun 210 tranny that I will be installing at the same time.
> I'm wondering whether I should bore it out and install 73.5mm pistons. Is
> this advisable for a daily driver? I'm also going to do a little bit of
> porting on the cylinder head. I've got the Vizard book, but I'd like to
> hear what the opinion of the list is on this matter. Does anybody know of a
> good place to pick up a set of 73.5mm pistons?
>
> Curt Onstott - Crop and Soil Science Computing Admin
> Oregon State University. - (541) 737-5875 - Office: CrpS 153b
> http://www.css.orst.edu/curt
> <http://www.css.orst.edu/curt>
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> because I WON so long ago. -Voorhis
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