I can be such a big dummy sometimes, after I posted that, I realized the difference. Most of the Pantera's that I have seen have the Windsor small block motors in them, only a few have
had the Cleveland motor, same as the GT-40. They made the GT-40 before the first Cleveland motor was built in 1968. The Windsor motor is much quicker and weighs lots less. The
Cleveland is heavier duty and has more torque for heavier cars. Both have the 4 inch bores.

The Pintara was an Aussie only model, it was a 4 cylinder Skyline I think. The Skyline wasn't sold in the States either was it? I had to smile when I read your letter, you are a
little confused the V8 supercar you refer to is a Pantera made by De Tomaso in Italy and sold through Ford dealerships in the States. The engines were 351 cu in Clevelands. My
girlfriend has an Aussie built GT Falcon with the same motor in fact the electronic distributor came out of a Pantera in Texas. In her car with a 4 speed Toploader, 140mph is
acheivable but only on closed roads officer!!

Hi Sterlingmac,
What is the Pintara? The Pintara I am used to does 180+ MPH with a 351 small block Ford mounted in the back seat to a 6-speed ZF transaxle. The real hot rod. I have never
seen two Pintaras alike. At a Ferarri show, all of them were lined up by models and they all looked exactly the same. There must be another Pintara that you are talking
about.

Keeping your car all Nissan is always nice but not cheap. The Borg Warner diff is a strong one, The supercharged V8 Datto runs one!! LSDs are easy to find all the Falcon utes seem to have
them. They are found under almost all the Falcons and some Commodores, Valiants had them to as did the Aussie market Skylines and Pintaras (I believe). Get your tape measure out and go
hunting. The diff has a long and short axle so with a bit of mixing and matching you may find you can save some dollars on the axle shortening. Also the diffs came with optional disc brakes
which is a bonus. I built a Rover V8 powered MGB a few years back and fitted a Borg Warner to that. It has been rolled, bowled and arseholed and the diff is still going strong. I found out
completely by accident that the axle splines of the MG were the same as the Aussie Borg Warner so the car ended up with its original axles and brakes and no one is any the wiser. The MGB
bolt pattern is the same as Datsun/Nissan as well. They may be a solution to the short axle problem.

Scotty, i too looked at the h190 diff, the things that turned me off it was the fact that after putting about 220bhp+ through them the crown and pinion do granade in a big way and also
have u tried to get a lsd centre for it, i did with no success and if i did find one it would cost close to $1500 just for the centre. It really depends on how much power u are going to
put through it. My diff modifications have cost me $250 so far but i have done a lot myself. I shortend the housing, re-driilled the stud pattern and made the new mounts the diff cost a
100 bucks i got a new gear set for $160 and the axles cost $250 to shorten and re-spline. The diff is strong cheep and widely available.
You could always just go for the "cig" locker!
thanks
josh
(datsr20t)

I have just found a Mazda RX7 LSD rear. It seems an easy swap and it seems strong enough to handle all I can do with an
A-series engine.

Josh, i have thought about doing somthing similar to my 1200 but opted for a H190. Its only a open wheeler but i thought the cost would be about the same to make them both strong,
right width and LSD. How much did the axle/housing shortening cost? What about the stud pattern? Hmmm, not sure wether im better off fixing up the H190 with LSD, larger axles, disc
brakes etc or go for somthing similar to u. I just need an idea of costs as i know a worked h190 will cost around 2 grand or so(probably more!!) cya!

Scotty
Davo

Thanks guys, anyhow yes i am from oz, the diff is out of a locally produced ford v8 also used in a lot of gm vehicles. The only reason i went for this is because of the power output
of the SR20t and because the lsd diffs from nismo for 1200's are way too expensive. The diff i have now is cheap, widely available, lsd,strong and comes in a wide variety of ratios.
The housing was shortend along with the axles, the rest is pretty straight forward.
if there are any more questions dont hesitate to ask.
thanks josh(datsr20t)

God, sorry for the above post - I *meant* "welcome", not join, and where "did" you get the diffy (hey, the "d" and "s" keays are next to
each other, k? LOL

I know English, really I do....

Dave Lum
'71 1200 getting SR20DET
'72 1600 w/ VG30DE
'00 Maxima SE
www.datsuns.com

Josh,

Join the SR20DET/1200 coupe club! I am also doing this conversion: http://
www.datsuns.com/projects/1200/

Where sis you pick up the differential? I'm guessing you're in Australia or
NZ?

Dave Lum
'72 100 getting SR20DET
'71 1600 with VG30DE (230hp)
'00 Maxima SE
www.datsuns.com