Pacific coast Datsun Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I saw a 79 310 @ the yard Sat. & noticed it had a matchbox dist. that looked similar to the stock unit on my 65 l 320 [minus the matchbox] I believe the 310 motor was a A 14 or 15 which is very similar to the E-1 in my 65. My question is has anybody done or heard of a way to drop in a matchbox dist. in a 320 or even mix & match the parts to make it work? How cool would it be to ditch the points in a 320?? Jeff, Holic any ideas?? Quote Link to comment
Cookapoop Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 i had an electronic a series distributor running my FJ for the longest time. as a matter of fact i still have it. if you are interested in it let me know. You would however need to switch out the drive gear as I had to to make it work with the FJ. Quote Link to comment
71-521 Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 will an A series dizzy swap out with an E series? I know that the late E/early J's do... I'm going A series in my 320 simply cause it's what came with it and the availability of parts Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted February 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Cook do you know if the FJ block is similar to the E 1 block? Id like to see a pic of it. Paul, on yours are the motor mounts custom or are they the same as the E 1 mounts? Im just comparing how similar the E J & A motors are & to see what will & wont swap over, thanks. Quote Link to comment
Cookapoop Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 not sure about the blocks being similar or not, but i will try ande post some pics up tonight after work. i'll post up some pics of the dizzy too. Quote Link to comment
Icehouse Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 I bought a pertronix for my u20 powered roadster back in the day. It seems if they have one for that engine they should have one for all nissan/datsun engines. I think Tana has an E engine I will check and see if the dissy looks close. Quote Link to comment
Pacific coast Datsun Posted February 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Thanks guys. Id really like to see how the drive gear looks on the J engine & FJ motors...that'll be the one thing that will determine if it can be done. Id also have to swap out the generator to an alternator to make it positive ground. Quote Link to comment
71-521 Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 Pac: someone jerry rigged the mounts in the rig the motor came from... I'm going to fab some mounts to make it fit my 320 Quote Link to comment
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