The L-16 was in the 510. My 510 actually had a transplanted L-18 from a
610 in it.
Someone on this list (or maybe the Yahoo list) bought a MGC earlier this
spring. And it had the Z (don't remember the size) engine in it. As I
recall, the person hadn't had a MG before, and wasn't sure what he had
got himself into.
Paul.
Charles & Peggy Robinson wrote:
> Mmmm, I had a '71 Datsun 1200 - also called the LB-110 - with the A-12
> engine. That little engine was nothing like the MG 1800. It had all
> the flanges cast into the block - No plates on the ends IOW. It had an
> aluminum head, mushroom tappets and external oil pump. It was an
> oversquare engine with a Hitachi 2-stage, 2-bbl carb and double valve
> springs. It developed its max HP at fairly high RPM. Is that similar to
> the Spridget 1275?
>
> The LB-110 I had was a fastback coupe with a fold-down rear seat, a
> floorshift 4-speed tranny and 12" wheels. That little car would go
> anywhere and got 35 mpg at 70 mph. We used it for deep woods camping
> trips and long distance highway trips for years. Rebuilt it completely
> at 300,000 miles. Probably the best car I've ever owned for basic
> transportation. We finally got rid of it when it got smacked in the
> rear by a large hunk of Detroit iron.
>
> The A-14 (or was it A-16?) in the B-210 was a larger version of the
> A-12, same layout. The later 810(?) used a SOC 4-cyl called the L-16.
> My '79 Datsun P/U has a larger version, the L-20 in it. The 240Z L-24
> was the same layout, with two more cylinders and three carbs. All this
> is from memory; I drove and worked on 'em all. I often wondered how an
> MGC with an L-28 and 5-spd from a 280Z would have worked out.
>
> Cheers,
>
> CR
>
>
> Richard Feibusch wrote:
>
>> Listers,
>> As a former Datsun 1600SSS sedan and 1600 Roadster owner (mt brother
>> had a
>> 2000 roadster) I can enlighten the group with this:
>>
>> The "Fairlady" roadster was introduced a year ahead of the MGB and there
>> were no combined plans or espionage - The car was actually designed to
>> resemble an Austin Healey 3000!!! Check out the grille, the hood
>> scoop and
>> the tailights! The first examples were actually smaller than the post '64
>> models and the body panels do not exchange but look quite similar! The
>> earlier cars used 13" wheels and had wheel arches designed with that
>> proportion.
>>
>> The engine used was a twin Hitatchi/SU carb version of the 1200 sedan
>> mill
>> that was built under licence to BMC. This all started in 1954 when Nissan
>> started building Austin Sommersets under license with the 1200cc mill
>> de-bored to 1000cc because of Japan's tax laws.
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