620 with a "Z" motor?

[73super]

Will a 240Z motor fit in a 620 without hacking up the firewall? Or is it too long? Just curious.

 

Have a bead on a non-running '79 ext cab and I'm thinking about picking it up. :rolleyes:

[Bleach]

its been done.

 

Either remove the radiator and it drops in or leave the radiator and move the engine back. (hack up firewall)

 

seen it both ways....

[73super]

Where does the radiator go? Do you have a weblink?

 

Best motor setup for Datsun 620 (other than Datsun)?

 

I know the Buick V6 was big back in the 70's....

[RB_Shaggs]

you can mount the radiator in the bed pre-runner style

[Bleach]

no weblinks. pics are on my hard drive that crashed earlier this year. I lost everything.... :(

[tnip]

it seems to me that the v6 would be the easiest to do as far as amount of fabrication. all you need is engine mounts, tranny mounts, possible massaging of the tranny tunnel. funtana's got a buick v6 right?

 

edit: it's guy's 620, also green w/wrap kit, threw me off...

[kiznook]

there was a discussion on here a while back about SBC swaps. Hooker used to make a kit (might still) that included a fiberglass firewall/tranny tunnel piece, motor mounts and headers.

 

There use to be a how-to on the OLD nissancustoms.com for installing the buick v6. those motors can pull, and I can only imagine how peppy one would make a 620

[73super]

there was a discussion on here a while back about SBC swaps. Hooker used to make a kit (might still) that included a fiberglass firewall/tranny tunnel piece, motor mounts and headers.

 

There use to be a how-to on the OLD nissancustoms.com for installing the buick v6. those motors can pull, and I can only imagine how peppy one would make a 620

 

Well I had one in a CJ5 way back and that thing had torque and it moved! Yes, that would be a nice little motor for one of these.. hmmmmm.:rolleyes:

[tnip]

on the620.com there's an old school article about how to install a v6. it's a pretty simple process, seems like.

[BEEBANI]

Especially if you use the all-aluminum Buick V6! I think it came in the 81+ regals.

[tnip]

... mmmm a 620 single cab shortbed and a twin turbo all aluminum v6 under the hood...

[Bleach]

aluminum block and turbo don't mix well....

 

notice all the Twin Turbo 350Z's with blown engines

[kiznook]

*caugh* SR *caugh*

 

-pointing out another example of aluminum and turbo being bad

[lynchfourtwenty]

that 510 was a aluminum buick v8 ;)

[lynchfourtwenty]

i maybe pickin up a 83 turbo 280zx i was also wondering if the engine would fit in my truck... movin the radiator doesnt bother me.. could always get a custom one an move it infront of the core support..

[]2eDeYe]

...already increasing the stable...noice :D

[datzenmike]

that 510 was a aluminum buick v8 ;)

 

The Olds 215 V8 also came with a turbo option... 215 HP. This was '61 I think, no smog, no computers, O2 sensors just vacuum lines. With 10.5 to 1 compression and 7 lbs MAX boost it was on the ragged edge. Think what you could do to day with all the sensors and a computer... lets see thats almost a 3.5 liter engine.

 

BTW the Buick 215 aluminum V8 was sold to Land Rover and was used in the TC cars too. A lot of the early '60 engine parts would still fit the '90s Rovers

[lynchfourtwenty]

sweet

[Bleach]

The turbo itself on the L28eT may not clear in the 620.

[lynchfourtwenty]

yea very true i always forget about the steering an the torsion bars

[Fineline]

What torsion bars?:D

[datzenmike]

What torsion bars?:D

 

Yeah, what torsion bars? I don't have them on my 620 either.

[Dawa]

so rather than making a new thread asking this 'common' question,

i turned to google to find a lead or at least photos of an l24/26/28

in a 620... nada.

 

this thread did come up though, and i not mean to bump such an old thread

but again i dont wanna make a new one either...

 

anyways, so its been done, anyone seen it?i

 

think mike says something about the z bein rotated 'the opposite way' or something like that??

 

 

so far from this thread it looks like the 'biggest' issue(s) are fitting an inline 6 into a place

that in an inline 4 goes. so its either relocate the rad or push back the firewall. well correct me

if im wrong but in order to push the firewall back all i gotta do is cut away at the firewall and then

weld/etc new, recessed metal, no?

 

any other problems, leads or photos?

 

and no, no other motor is an option for me. not a ka, not an sr, not something american, 

and not an L16,18,20,22,23,24(i4)

 

also found this thread

http://community.ratsun.net/topic/9379-fitting-an-inline-6-in-a-521620720/

 

after finding, posting those videos, i see the motor angle now. also, how much more hacking into the firewall there is than i originally anticipated, hah!

[datzenmike]

Keep firewall... put rad in the box. Keep rad loose the firewall.... and the heater. Shifter is also almost between the seats. Have to say there are lighter newer tech 4 cylinders that make as much/more power.

[K_trip]

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