510xi, was: Dimeless on 5-10 day?
From: "Jason K Gray" <jason510@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: 510xi, was: Dimeless on 5-10 day?
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 00:35:28 -0800
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From: Mark Warner
To: bluebirds@bluebirds.datsun510.com
Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 8:21 AM
Subject: RE: Dimeless on 5-10 day?
>So, Gary, what're you going to build next?
Anyone else ever give any thought on how to build the worlds first AWD 510
(510xi)? Longitudinal engine placement makes this rather difficult. About
the only possible donor I can concieve would be the BMW 325xi but this is a
6-cylinder, not a very strait foreword transplant. As i understand, the xi
use a driveshaft coming foreward from the tranny into a differential located
inside the oil sump to drive the front wheels. If you were to swap in a
6-cylinder at least it should be nissan, anyone know how the Skyline
drivetrain is configured for AWD? Where are the front wheel CV joints in
relation to the flywheel? Any configuration with the CV joints behind the
engine isnt going to work in a 510. Ive already taken measurements on a
subaru engine/tranny and doesnt look like it would fit, even with the
"short" flat-4, the engine hangs too far foreward of the front wheels to
fit in a 510 engine bay and weight distribution would be poor. Are there any
conceivable donor 4-cylinder AWD engine/tranny combinations with
longitudinal engine and differential/CV joints located beneath engine? SAABs
are sort of like this except they lack the driveshaft connection to power
the rear wheels. Any exotic euro cars that might have this correct
configuation?
Instead of longitudinal engine placement, might be "simpler" to
transplant in a transverse mounted engine and AWD drivetrain such as from
the Mistu eclipse? I think there are even some Japanse-market-only Nissans
setup with transverse AWD drivetrain to keep it a Nissan swap. Ide just be
curious if anyone else has given this any though-
Jason K Gray
Wasilla Alaska
'73 2-door 510 L16T
'71 2-door 510 w/ L20B, DCOEx2
510 website http://home.att.net/~jason510/
Those are not oil stains on my garage floor, they are bluebird droppings!
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