Lazy620 Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Ok I want to now what is a good swap for my 521 I want a good Reliable fast 521 I know a lot of ppl do the sr swap or the ka but don't know what's better I am new to the Datsun fam but I have always had a 240sx and the sr was the easiest swap for it 1 Quote Link to comment
Lazy620 Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 What's lz 1 Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 What's a search function? 1 Quote Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 LOOK AT HIS NAME... 2 Quote Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 whoops sorry caps 1 Quote Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 do you have upgraded brakes and suspension yet? also reliability isnt in the motor its in the owner. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lazy620 Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 I'm working on the brake up grade and suspension just trying to get an idea of what is good to do to the 521 1 Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Driving one sounds good. Nothing wrong with the L16. 1 Quote Link to comment
Lazy620 Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Yeah I know it's not a bad motor but I'm looking to get a bit more power cuz I have had cars with good power like my 240sx and my g35 1 Quote Link to comment
Fat510 Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 What's with swapping engines being the first they do to their car? 1 Quote Link to comment
Lazy620 Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Well it won't be the first thing I do to it I'm just trying to get ideas so I can pick what I want to do and look for the parts mean while I work on the suspension and getting everything ready to do a swap 1 Quote Link to comment
DanielC Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Buy a tachometer. Torque peak on a stock L-16 is 3,600. HP peak is 5,600. If you try to get power out of a L-16 below 2,500, it's not going to happen. 1 Quote Link to comment
datson4life Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Swap a ka , fast , reliable, fun, easy swap 2 Quote Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 any l series you build will be half the cost of building a ka/FJ/sr, than you get into cooling, fuel pumps, motor mounts, trans mount, driveshafts, relays, ecu's, oil pans etc.. 1 Quote Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Swap a ka , fast , reliable, fun, easy swap it can be. this guy might have all the tools, money, shop/space, to do it. and has the know how but then might not 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Dude Google search is your new friend and your in Diego and there is bunch down there already. What's your fab skills How much money you got How fast do you really want to go SR/KA has been so much there dime a dozen You want to be different do some other swap,or go with the flow The most normal swap is a KA 1 Quote Link to comment
Lazy620 Posted June 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 Fab skills I have none but most of my fam bold cars and are good welders so they will be help me and showing me how to do the fab that's needed next week or sometimes this month my cuz going to help with looking at my frame and renfocing the frame were it needs it and I wanted to try and do a vq swap but some dude u taled me out of it cuz it's to much fab work and some older cat said to just do a smal Chevy motor on it but I want to stay with Nissan motors but I been looking and all I see is sr or ka and I wanted to know if theirs anything else out their like the dude on the first comment said the Lz witch never came up when looking for swaps 1 Quote Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 what do you want to do with the truck? as far as type of driving 1 Quote Link to comment
TENDRIL Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 an LZ looks like the stock motor but can have double the HP and more torque 2 Quote Link to comment
bananahamuck Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 I would just do the chevy V8 motor swap,, you will easily double the number of cylinders that way. 5 Quote Link to comment
socaldatsun Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 i did a ka swap in my truck. easy and fun when done right. I'm also in san diego so let me know if you need any help 2 Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 LZ never came up when searching for Datsun swaps. Hm. Why do what someone else tells you to do? Do your homework and make your own decision. 1 Quote Link to comment
uberkevin Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 http://community.ratsun.net/topic/46457-what-im-working-with/page-9 Lz build. I say, learn the L motors, drive your truck around with one as you build a ka or find a running one. Get your parts together before the swap. There a shit ton of ka swap builds. The 620 isn't that different the 521 so maybe read some 620 ka swaps. There's also a bunch of Lz builds. Lz22,lz21,lz23 On Google home page put ratsun at the beginning or end of anything you want to find on ratsun. It helps find just about everything you need. 2 Quote Link to comment
Dime Dave Posted June 19, 2015 Report Share Posted June 19, 2015 I've been eyeing a VG30E or DE or maybe a DETT for my 521. I have a 87 V6 200SX donor car already and after some quick measurements it appears like it will fit. There will always 4 billion details to work out after saying "Hell ya, I'm doing an engine swap!". 1 Quote Link to comment
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