It really was not physically difficult. I put in a second fuse panel and ran
power to it. This drives the fuel pump, electric fan and computer. I bought
a Nissan 300ZX Shop manual (useless) and borrowed a Beck Arnely Fuel
Injection Manual (great). Also Michael Spreadbury from Oregon who put a VG
into his 510 was an outstanding resource. The one thing I found when wiring
this together is grounds and shielded grounds are very important. I could
not get it started for about 2 weeks and found a shielding I had not
grounded. Did that and it fired right up. The pinout of the computer was the
key. Once I had that from the Beck book, things went happily along. I think
I went through about 3 lbs of solder as everything is soldered as opposed to
crimp connectors.
If you have any other questions, feel free to email me.
Don Miller
68 1600
Meridian, ID
-----Original Message-----
From: P or T [mailto:p-pie@sympatico.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 8:04 PM
To: Eric R. Wittinger; Datsun List
Subject: Re: Hobbyist or Enthusiast?
Eric,
I'm in the 'strategy planning' stage of this very swap, specifically a
KA24DE (twin cam, 16 valve, 155HP/160ft.lb with LOTS of room for
improvement).....got mine from a local yard, including wiring harness,
computer, MAF sensor, starter, clutch, transmission, drive shaft - not
very cheap in terms of a lump sum cash outlay, but a person could easily
spend as much to properly and completely rebuild a U-20 with modern
ignition, etc. ........I welcome any and all comments and suggestions
from others on the list who have done this particular swap - when it
comes to things like mating the electronics of the new engine with the
original 30+ year old wiring of the car, having someone who has done it
will make the process less of a trial and error pain in the
butt.......hey, that includes you guys that have transplanted those
beautiful VG30s - your former wiring woes would be almost identical to
mine present ones.....Don Miller, the Maw brothers, anyone else?
Pete Long
'68 Solex
Guelph, Ontario
"Eric R. Wittinger" wrote:
>
> So where would one look for a KA24 motor and are there any comments on
> putting in one of these motors, like extra mods that need to be done,
> computer, trany?? I saw a one at Shasta and it looked great.
>
> Eric
>
> | Eric R Wittinger |
> | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
> | NSD Radiological and Chemical Sciences Group |
> | Web page www.ee.pdx.edu/~wittiner |
> | Email wittiner@EE.pdx.edu |
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>
> On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, shifty wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On 7/13/99 6:48 AM, Mark wrote:
> >
> > >Sorry I'm rambling but I am totally STOKED about this find! Will I
really
> > >diminish it's value by doing the 2K motor swap we have discussed
earlier?
> >
> > Congrats! Another raodster on its way back to the road.
> >
> > You might even consider the KA24 swap - easier to find than U20 parts.
> >
> > Leigh Brooks
> > San Francisco
> >
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