[Roadsters] 1600 L motor

[Lewis Harvey]

I have a 4 speen to bolt up to the motor cheap can deliver along the s east
coast


> Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:48:26 -0800
> From: gkmcc at sbcglobal.net
> To: ronnie.day at gmail.com
> CC: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] 1600 L motor
>
> If anyone is looking for an L16 for a project of some kind, I have one I'd
> part with. Came out of my '70 PL521, has L18 valves and hotter-than-stock
cam,
> needs ring job.
>
> Contact me off list if you're interested.
>
> Gary McCormick
> Sam Jose, CA
>
> --- On Tue, 2/28/12, Ronnie Day <ronnie.day at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Ronnie Day <ronnie.day at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] 1600 L motor
> To:
> Cc: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 6:59 AM
>
> 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
> > founding member _www.WyCROC.org_ (http://www.wycroc.org/) /
> > _www.ZRoad.org_ (http://www.zroad.org/)
> > 1963 SPL310-00161C (Single Carb)
> > 1963 SPL310-00289B (Single Carb)
> > 1964 SPL310-01289
> > 1967 SPL311-09144
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