It is only a shell i'm getting. i have an old laurel c230.. can i use the rear end off that on the '160j'?

So what about the idea of a Turbo L20b instead of the l24-28?

The works 710 in that link to the works rally violet Matt put in is a gem. Its one of the Southern Cross rally cars.
Something even more interesting to people in Melbourne is the Stanza A10 next to the violet.
This is the Shekar Mehta car and entered by none other than Datsun GI DOBIE.

Gordon Dobie has just retired and shut up shop. A very interesting part of Australian and Melbourne motorsport history that car, and now we have to go to Japan to see it

The only way it would be worth it would be if you were going to really build the motor up and run more power than a SR20DET could do on high boost. Besides, the car's weight balance will be shot; it's a heavy load for a car that was not designed to carry such a large engine up front.
But, hey, it looks cool! I have seen an L-series put into a S13 and I have to admit that I maybe tempted to do a conversion like that.

Steady: more minutia ahead ...

The Mk3 is the boxy model the poster mentioned, but it was actually designated an HL510 not a 510 for the U.S. market.

Also, for the JDM Mk3, the Auster was sold alongside the Violet, and these body styles were identical except for some misc. trim pieces.

Works Rally Violets

TnPshow: Right on! The 710 Violet was a successful rally car for NISSAN.

The 160J coupe was the australian stanza coupe.

The 1973 - 1977 140 and 160J's Mark 1 and 2 were the 710 in the US and Violets in Japan and some other markets.

The 1978 - 1979 140 and 160J's Mark 3 models were the 510/A10 in the US and stanza in Australia. In other markets it was called an Auster?? and in Japan a Violet.

Actually, the A10 does have more room if you modify the rad support. On the old 510 you don't gain anything by modding the rad support cause the grill is in the way, but the A10 has ~15cm of empty space to fill up with an L6. So no messing with the firewall/heater.

Remember the 710 & A10 (Stanza) are both Violet's in Japan and 140j/160j models respectively.

The picture of the maroon 710 is my pic, incidentally.

TnPshow..mate.

The Nissan4Ever dude said that bighatmat got it right. It's not the cool 160J that the rest of us know.

We got the A10 in Australia. It was the Stanza.

The Stanza engine bay is not much bigger than a Datsun 1600 (510/Bluebird). I don't think you will easily fit a 6 cylinder L-series in a Stanza (A10). It could be made to fit, with a big hole made in the firewall, As I have seen done in a L28E installed in a 510 2 door sedan at Shasta in 1999.

Chris

Hmmm.. that's a tough one, N4E because we didn't get them here in Australia.
A few were privately imported but that was about it. New Zealand got them I think?

TC

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yeah thats the 160j i mean. is there anymore info around regarding this project.

Seems like it would have been done alot, Because of the room in the engine bay to fit a big engine.

That's a 160J as Ive known them. I met a bloke locally who is putting an FJ20T into one.