Kyle,
Well, how ambitious are you, and how fast do you want to go? <grin>
It's all personal preference. I really liked Clete Roberts' rotaty
roadster for power- a few years ago, I shunned it as "impure" but as I
age, I seem to want to go faster, and care less and less about
originality on beat-up non-original cars...
The stinker, tho, is that to do a swap, you need a known-good engine-
it would really stink to go thru the hassle and expense of a swap, only
to find that you now need an engine rebuild! If your 2L only rattles a
bit on hot-start, you could probably shim the tensioner a bit, fix the
worst bits of your tranny, and be out only a few hundred bucks, and a
few weeks. But if you're gonna do a complete rebuild of both, boring
the block, turning the crank, etc, you're probably looking at at least
$2000, including a few (possibly expensive) tranny parts.
So how fast do you wnat to go? I've got a friend with an aluminum
Buick v8 for sale, and one with an Olds 330?!?
Toby
Kyle Hagemann wrote:
>
> Hi listers
> I know this thread has been done to death, but I'm really at a loss.
> The main thing that keeps me from just refreshing the U20 and 5spd is
> the cost. If it'd cost me say, $1000 to do that vs. 1500 for an
> SR20DE with 5spd, well, heck, the extra $500 would be well spent
> (especially since there's always a market for those parts...) My car
> is not original, so that's not a concern. I'm looking for reliable
> performance with good fuel economy at a reasonable price.... for the
> sake of argument, assume I can weld and fabricate what parts needed,
> but don't really want to take the car too far apart (i.e., body off -
> cuz once that happens, I know I couldn't stop;-)
>
> Thanks for any advice...
>
> ____ Kyle Hagemann, Born-Again Grease Monkey From Beyond
> _.;(____\____ 72 240Z, L28, 5spd, poly, etc. - The Z-Beast
> | _ | | _'@`, 69 2000, U20, three speed - El Krunchariffic
> `-(#)------(#)-< 84 Maxima, 280ZX in sedan disguise - Mr. Max
> http://www.sonic.net/~kyle 240Z tech info, Win95/8 theme, etc.
>
> "Blessed are the Car Guys."
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