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From: "ratdat" <ratdat@ukonline.co.uk> Subject: Re: 510xi, was: Dimeless on 5-10 day? Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 14:33:19 +0100How about a Nissan Pulsar GTIR? They are SR20DET powered (transverse)and have AWD. Very fast to, I believe a stock one is good for 0 to 60 in a shade over 5 secs and 140mph. I'd love to build this running gear into a 510 but at around £6000 for a donor, it's a little out of my reach :o( Some info on GTIRs: http://www.turboclub.com/makes/nis/nisgtir.html http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/morgan/161/nissan/gtiroffi1.htm http://www.users.bigpond.com/glenn_percy/index.htm#NISSAN Eddie England 70 510 4door (in bits now...) > 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! > > > > > This message comes to you from the Datsun 510 mailing list. > List rules and instructions are available at: > http://bluebirds.datsun510.com/bluebirds/listcharter > Authors retain implicit copyright to their material. Obtain > permission from the author before redistributing messages. > > This message comes to you from the Datsun 510 mailing list. List rules and instructions are available at: http://bluebirds.datsun510.com/bluebirds/listcharter Authors retain implicit copyright to their material. Obtain permission from the author before redistributing messages.