Several years ago a Roadster was for sale in Hot Rod that had a 350 in
it. Called the guy and he told me of some of the numerous changes he had
to make to get the 350 to fit. It helped that he worked at a racing
fabrication shop. He told me 1st gear was useless because of all the
torque available and the propensity of the rear axle winding up when
accelerating. He redesigned the rear but it still gave him problems.
Also the frame twisted in areas from all the power.
He also said it went great in a straight line but handled for crap in
the curves because of all the weight up front.
Mike
BTW, he had to drop the body over the motor as you can't put the motor
in the normal way.
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Grupe [mailto:adgvette@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 5:36 PM
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: 1967.5 Roadster Extreme
OK, I went out to the farm to pull my 1967.5 Roadster 1600 home to
start
restoring it. I have a 1968 that has been restored to orignial. My
67.5
has been in the barn for 4 or 5 years. When it was parked it ran but
the
trany needed rebuilt and the motor needs a lot of work. Can I put a
short
block Chevy 350 in with a 6 speed trany. Has anyone tried this. How
much
work would it be. Would a 350 fit. If not what is the biggest motor
that
fits.
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