had a browse a the local wreakers today whilst picking up a dizzy( which happen to be the wrong one ) for my other car and was sorcing some e-series engines. there where quite a few carb'd E15's, an E15 turbo( already been attacked) and a carb'd E16

since these motors apparently bolt onto the a series gearbox and other slight mods to the engine bay, what motor would be good for a conversion or wouldi be beter off with an a14

I have no actual experience with this but I remember reading it is not quite a straight bolt up to the gearbox. Still simple but i believe there is some redrilling to do. Also the dizzy as the back of the head would probably go through the firewall. Other than that physically it wouldnt present a problem.

from what i have read, there is just one bolt that doesnt line up which wouldnt be much of a problem, it could get redrilled or left out( from my experince there were 2 bolts missing from my gearbox after doin the clutch as i notice when i had to get under it to put the lifters in when doin the cam but it didnt affect its drivability altho i did replace them as it could have become an issue)

as for the dizzy, a hole in the firewall woudnt be much off a problem. but how difficult would engine mounts be to get made?

would the E16 be the way to go? turbo or n/a? use the turbo and manifold off the e15et, and head?

5 bolts out of six aint bad i reckon, hehe

are you planning to have this thing road registered? as a whole in the firewall will be a big pain

i think with the right $$$ spent a very cool e-series 1200 could be built, but not so sure on a budget conversion turning out well

would be nice to have crank angle sensor and the like to eliminate dizzy and some proper research on building a tuff e-series with swapping heads and stuff

i recon the e16 with turbo e15 head is a goer, adapt my 32/36 webber, custom extractors,well thats a start.

is there anyother dizzys that are shorter than the e series ones, what can be adapted? and if its a points dizzy it doent matter coz i got a conversion kit. but with the crank angle sensor, what else would be needed, i do have the ca18 crank angle sensor

oh and by the way, does anybody have any info regarding the e-series, like valve sizes, port sizes, stroke, bore, cam specs,etc.... on all e-series engines (e13, e15, e15t, e16)
would be greatly appreciated

lose the dizzy, mount a GM crank trigger sensor and run an MT8 microtech or whatever witha single camira coil.

if you're handy wire up a whole camira ECU and go get it tuned with kalmaker - the E series engines use the same resistance sensors as the camira.

If your looking for big power from a small engine pic something else

If your after a nice clean little streeter great conversion

the dizzy can be changed for a 90degree drive one or moved to the frount of the head (lotsa work)

the crank from an E series is reputed to be not as strong but a A15 crank will fit

the heads dont really flow that great but nothing a die grinder wont fix

the only other thing is make it look fatory and itll probably never get noticed

The exa turbo crank has no bad reputation its stronger than a series a14 or a15 as its a billet item with nitriding.
Head on turbo engines have smaller capacity chambers and flow much better than the econo heads there are about 5 different heads and the 15m is the high cfm champ.
http://datsun1200.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=12178&post_id=77945&order=1&viewmode=flat&pid=77826&forum=1#77945
Just read whats been said already on aboce thread...
very few small engines produce such ballsy figures and are relitavely pollution gear free since they were introduced in 1980 as the e10,13,15.
220-230hp from 1240cc for speedway is no wimpy little engine.
The e series was nissans evolution of the A series a more compact, efficient and modern design. I just found out that an a12 crank can be made to fit the e series as only 82mm stroke billets come from factory for the e. The opposite of the A.

D whats your opinion on building a high power e series n/a motor, what bits shud i use? go the e16? with turbo head? what else? are there any advantages on using a cam from any of the e- series? can it be stroked? stay carbed? would a ca20 dizzy be modified to fit, they are quite short arnt they?

Sorry but I only know basic things about them and if you want more info call Feral hes built them.
I recommend the turbo bottom end which has the better crank and bore stroke ratio but using the rods from a normal e15 which are longer and will lift comp up to about 9.5.
If you want more compression youll have to deck the block a tad (this is all without resorting to custom pistons)
Although Kawasaki gs1100 have been mentioned in n12.com forums to raise it to about 11 to 1.