Speaking of getting theh most bang for your buck.
I met a guy at the recent Stanford Nissian meet some of us Badroc'ers went to.
He says that he was jsut about done putting in the famous SR-20 engine in his
roadster. He told me that $1500 bucks would buy you everything you need to
do the swap. He had to fabricate engine mounts of course and he said he had
to notchthe front cross member to get the engine to fit. He made it sound
really easy to get a modern 150hp f.i. engine into a roadster. These engines
are supposed to be easily pumped up to like 200+ hp and still be reliable...
Forgot his name and I know he's not on the list. He unfortunately had
a low opinion of snooty roadster owners. He says he's a 510 guy at heart but
he also siad he was bringing his roadster to shasta so I guess I will see then
if the swap was as easy as he says.
Daniel 69 2000
> That's the cam Dan.
>
> I didn't say they are useless, just overated or maybe the SUs are underated.
> I still stand by what I said and that the clams spent for the Solexes could
> be better spent on other mods to the engine to gain more HP. Especially if
> you spend 2500 for the Solex setup. Rebello or Malvern Racing will give you
> a comp head for about 1700 that's CCed, flowed, ported and polished and a
> super valve job and that 1700 includes working the intake manifold too.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Neuman" <dneuman@hodge.sfsu.edu>
> To: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
> Cc: "Datsun Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 6:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Exciting News!
>
>
> > Now Now,
> > I have solex's on my car. I don't believe that I have any of the
> > 'they are just useless for the street' type of problems. With my 4.11
> > (it is a 4.11 damnit!) the car doesn't really stumble at all in the lower
> > rpm's but you definately get a big kick as the tack swings past 3000rpm.
> >
> > Daniel 69 2000
> > SF CA
> >
> > > Dan,
> > >
> > > I agree.
> > >
> > > Solexes are highly overated for the street. For the $1500 or more you
> can
> > > get better performance gains in other places such as some head work and
> a
> > > cam. And most aren't probably set up correctly either.
> > >
> > > They remind me of a Playmate - nice to look at but not so nice to live
> with
> > > (well for a while I'd give it a shot :). SUs are highly underated by
> many
> > > here.
> > >
> > > But whatever floats your boat . . .
> > >
> > > Of course IMHO,
> > > Mike
> > >
> > > OK have my Nomex on!!!!!!!!
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