[Roadsters] 1600 L motor

[Gordon Glasgow]

The reason that guy at Shasta had the raised hood scoop was because he ran
into the issue of the external oil pump on the L-series interfering with the
front crossmember. He chose to raise the engine. Other people who tried this
swap chose to notch the crossmember.

One of our (NWDE's) former members notched the crossmember and boxed in the
opening, forgetting that the steering linkage had to have room to move in
that space. Oops!

I agree with Ron. If you're going to do an engine swap, the SR20 is a more
"natural" choice.

Gordon Glasgow

-----Original Message-----
From: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Ronnie Day
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:59 AM
Cc: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] 1600 L motor

I remember seeing a Roadster with an L-4 at Shasta in the late '90s. Not
sure how it ran, but I remember they had to use a scoop to clear the cam
cover. Not sure I'd even consider an L-4/Roadster swap these days for
several reasons. Both the KA24 and SR20 swaps offer more cubes and are
fairly well supported by several vendors, AFAIK. The only L-4 swap that I'd
consider would be the L-20b which is 3/4 taller than either the L-16 or
L-18 so hood clearance would be more of an issue. These days it's hard to
find L-16s, even harder to find L-18s and the supply of L-20b is drying up,
too.

If I were to do a swap into my '70 2000, it would almost certainly be the
SR-20. By the time you pay to go through a U-20, get the SUs and the trans
rebuilt, you can pretty much pay for the SR20 swap then sell the U-20 and
trans you take out.

All that said, I have a couple of things to do to the Roadster and I should
have it on the market by the end of March. I'm just starting on an L-20b to
go in my '73 510, which is a LOT easier to get in and out of on my 65 year
old body, and more practical for occasional use in Texas weather.

FWIW,
Ron

FWIW,
Ron

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 8:24 AM, <BARTERDUDE at aol.com> wrote:

> wondering if anyone did a conversion with the 510 1600 overhead cam
> engine?  Used to own a 510 and put a BRE race prepared head on the  motor.
>  It was
> slow to 3000 RPM then took off like a shot.
>
> Any thoughts on this conversion for a 1964?
>
> Gary Lasater  - Parker CO
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> 1963 SPL310-00289B (Single Carb)
> 1964 SPL310-01289
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