nissan swap

[eyagel]

does anyone have any info on doing any sort of nissan/datsun swap. me and my friend want to do one to my eta, he has like 15 nissan/datsun motors sitting around doing nothing..just looking around to see if its possible/any write ups or anything

thanks
--eric

[drifty340i]

I really hope its not a wee a12 or a14 you want to put in there? Hoe its a CAD18DET or a SR20DET ? If so its been done alot of times here in NZ. Jump onto www.bimmersport.co.nz And search for sr20 etc

Riley

oh it makes for a very quick and well balanced e30 :)

[eyagel]

im thinking sr20, or L series, my buddy is big into nissan and has an assload of motors sitting around doing nothing.

[Funkmasta]

Sr20 would be interesting. You may run into clearance issues on the drivers side though, since its not a slant motor...

-J

[BrandC]

Sr20 would be interesting. You may run into clearance issues on the drivers side though, since its not a slant motor...

-J

GT Technic runs their M42 race engines upright and have no problems. But then again, they have fully-prepped Dmod cars.

An SR20DET has already been physically swapped in, there is a thread somewhere on E30Tech about it. Can't seem to find it though. I can imagine wiring might be a problem though...

[eyagel]

wiring isnt an issue, i am a madman for the most part when it comes to electrics..i mean..my friend has like 20 old nissan/datsun motors just laying around, and im tired of how slow my "eta" is so we might start a project..he has an L series and its a straight 6 and looks to be pretty damn close in comparsion with an m20.

[BrandC]

It would be an excellent project. There is tons of aftermarket support in terms of building the engine to be both powerful and reliable.

What do you want to do with the car?

[drifty340i]

As i said have a look on www.bimmersport.co.nz and use the search . Its been done heaps

[Farbin Kaiber]

L22?

[PiercedE30]

the last time i saw a nissan straight six was in an old 300zx turbo.

[drifty340i]

the last time i saw a nissan straight six was in an old 300zx turbo.

What about the RB series? RB20DET,RB25DET,RB26DETT Godzilla engine? they are some of the most popular and affordable performance engines around. Prob not availble in the states tho :( hehe good for us

[Hadrian]

L series engine wouldn't be much improvement over an M20, would it?

EDIT: And they're non-crossflow?

[Emre]

Check with Alex of DENT Sport Garage. He swapped an SR20DET into his E30 hill-climb/time-trials car. Lots of fabrication work, as you'd expect (the exhaust being on the wrong side doesn't help).



More details: http://www.dentsport.com/gallery/v/d...cec7d762823e29

Emre

[golde30]

L28ETT with triple mikuni 44's would be super sick...

[TopOfTheLine89]

the last time i saw a nissan straight six was in an old 300zx turbo.

No such thing as a straight 6 300zx turbo. you must be thinking of a 280zx turbo.