Re: 2 cents worth of 4WD thought...
From: "Chris Erikson" <cerikson@atvideo.com>
Subject: Re: 2 cents worth of 4WD thought...
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 09:29:30 -0700
I've thought about this from time to time, as I drive a wagon. The early
80's 4x4 shortbed trucks have nearly an indentical wheelbase as a 510 and
very similar widths.
As such, my thinking has been to pull the body of the truck off the frame,
mount up a better engine, rework the pad heights of the body mounting points
on the truck frame to fit to the 510 underbody, and drop the whole unibody
510 onto the frame. I saw this done on a 510 out in the sticks in eastern WA
and it looked pretty cool.
Chris Erikson
-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Bailey
To: Jason K Gray ;
bluebirds@bluebirds.datsun510.com
Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000 6:36 AM
Subject: 2 cents worth of 4WD thought...
>Yes, I had thought about 4WD in a dime....
> But the only thing that semed like it would be sutable would be the 4x4
>parts from a NISSAN truck. You would still need front struts that would
>allow the drive to be tramsmitted to the front wheels. Subaru parts might
>work here - some of their cars use struts also. The transfer case from the
>truck might take up extra space at the transmission tunnel, so a bigger
hump
>would need to be created. from there back all could be the same? The R-160
>in the front would require special mounting points. and I'm not sure, but I
>would guess the motor would need to raised to make room for the R unit and
>the drive shaft. Custom half-shafts need to be made too.
>But - how about that cheezy looking rear end that Honda is putting in it's
>SUV-looking car? ( It looks so small, and the shafts are thin rods! You
>can't help but see the entire unit as you come up on one at a stop light.)
>This might just work in the front of a 510 without much re-engineering.
>
>2 cents worth of 4WD though,
>
>Keith
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jason K Gray
>To: bluebirds@bluebirds.datsun510.com
>Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000 4:44 DATSUN
>Subject: 510xi, was: Dimeless on 5-10 day?
>
>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>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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