[Roadsters] will this motor fit ?

[Paul Kort]

  There was a L24 swap into a roadster that was never finished.  The engine
fit, and the grille was on, but no radiator was to be seen under the hood?
  But I do remember a bug eyed Sprite with a 4.2 liter Jag straight 6 that
was done quite nicely.

Paul

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:22 AM, robert k. smith <rksmith46 at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  thanks paul, i guess nothing is impossible. ill
> admitt i never saw the 240z eng. swap. i was
> making an educated guess, knowing how
> tight it is under the hood.  so, was the end
> of the L-24 sticking out of the roadster's hood ?
>    bob
>
>
>
>
> Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 11:12:21 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] will this motor fit ?
> From: paulsdatsunstuff at gmail.com
> To: rksmith46 at hotmail.com
> CC: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
>
>  Come on Bob, the L26 will fit without moving the firewall!  Of course
> you'll
> have to relocate the radiator to the back seat!  Everything else sounds
> good.
>
> Paul
> Ohio
>
>
> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 11:03 AM, robert k. smith <rksmith46 at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>  hi henry, you are on the right track to boost the power in your car,
> but i think to put a longer engine in, you will have to move the fire wall
> back some to clear the eng. also a 74 eng. would be an L-26, 260Z
> eng. with bad carbs, which you would want to change.
>  i would recommend a stock U-20 (2000 eng.). i put a U-20
> in a 1600(it bolts right in), and kept the stock 3.89 rear end,
> and the 4 speed trans(1st and 2nd gears are lower than a
> 5 spd). i ran the 1600 against my stock 2000 and it beat the
> 2000, by 8 car lengths, up to 80 mph, after which my 2000
> started to gain back a little. they were both stock 2000 engs.
>  just my opinion. best of luck, bob smith, ohio
>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
> > Date: Sat, 19 May 2012 13:20:51 -0400
> > From: henhernandez at gmail.com
> > To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> > Subject: [Roadsters] will this motor fit ?
> >
> > hello i have a 1967.5 roadster that im rebuilding iwant to buy a nice
> 240z
> > 1974 motor and 4 speed tranny i need to know if this is possible i still
> > have the original 4cly that runs and all just didnt want to put mad money
> > into it and not have the torq im looking for on my sunday drives in the
> > near future please let me know as for the motor is available right now..
> >
> > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a name
> of
> roadster.jpg]
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