[Roadsters] What year is my car?

[Daryl Smith]

Actually, If you can find one, an H19 crank has the 83 mm stroke with 3 
mains, so you can stroke a 3 main to 2L as well. The hard part is finding 
the crank.
You can also stroke it to 1800cc with a G15 crank, but you would need custom 
rods or pistons.
By far the easiest tho (parts availability and cost), is to stroke the later 
5 main engines, which of course, you can bolt the cast iron head onto!

Cheers
Daryl
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Harper" <roadsterdude1600 at yahoo.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>; "Charles Kyle" <chuckkyle at mac.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2008 5:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] What year is my car?


> This may be the best 1600 engine out there IMHO.  If still original you 
> should have a cast iron head (3 bolts in the thermostat tower), and it is 
> pretty bullet-proof as far as warping due to heat etc.  The downside is 
> that it is a 3 main bearing engine rather that 5 (engine # 40,000 was the 
> change-over I think).  The 5-main bearing engine can be stroked with a 
> 2000 crank & pistons, but not the 3.  The 5 does apparently have an oil 
> delivery issue to one of the bearings though, so I'd say you have the best 
> of both worlds.  Enjoy the ride!
>
> Mike SC
> '66 1600 (Also an early R Engine)
>
>
> --- On Thu, 7/31/08, Charles Kyle <chuckkyle at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Charles Kyle <chuckkyle at mac.com>
>> Subject: [Roadsters] What year is my car?
>> To: "datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
>> Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 8:52 PM
>> Hello all,
>>
>> So I think my Datsun is somewhere between a 66 and a 68.
>> Based on the
>> serial number (SPL311-18896) and descriptions that I have
>> read online, I
>> defiantly think the body is a 68, high windshield.  Now the
>> engine might be
>> something different.  How can I tell?  The engine block
>> number is R05076 and
>> the oil filter is the old canister type not the screw on,
>> so is this a 66?
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Chuck
>>
>>
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