Hi Adrian,
Never having put a Datsun heart lung transplant in a Midget, I'm no
expert here. I have spoken to some owners who have done it. They were
all pre 1500, though. Be prepared to replace both the exhaust manifold
with a header, and the intake and carb with a side draft set up. Datsun
downdraft carb sets up too high under the engine hood. There used to be
a lot of speed stuff available for these engines, so I suspect that this
sort of stuff is still kicking around.
The Datsun uses a water heated stock intake manifold and exhaust manifold
heated air intake, so a side draft might affect the cold driveability
some.
Good luck.
Paul
PAsgeirsson@juno.com
On Thu, 27 Jan 2000 09:11:06 -0500 Adrian Barnes <adrian@workgroup.net>
writes:
>Doesn't the Datsun 5-speed transmission just slide right down (more or
>less)
>into the tranny tunnel of the pre-1500 Midgets? Are the 1500 Midget
>transmission tunnels different? I am researching the installation of
>the
>entire Datsun 210 engine and transmission into a 1500 Midget and have
>heard
>conflicting reports. One says there isn't any cutting or welding to
>be done
>in the tunnel and the other says cutting and welding is necessary
>(mainly to
>the crossmember). Anybody know which it is? Thanks!
>
>adrian
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