Dream Car (Part Two)
When I read the April '04 issue of Sport Compact Car (http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com), I read an article about a 1971 Datsun 510 having a SR20DET under its hood. The SR20DET is a 2-liter engine found in 1991-and-later US-spec Nissan 180SXs and Silvias.
The good thing about it is that I can swap a new intercooled-turbocharged engine in an old can on wheels. Since the Datsun 510 is rear-wheel drive, and the SR20DET's donor car is also rear-wheel drive, the swap can be made with minimal modification.
However, Mitsubishi designed all their cars to be either front- or all-wheel drive by the late 1980s, meaning that the newer engines are transverse (runs from left to right, or vice versa). The problem is that the 1973-1979 Lancer is designed for longitudinal (runs from front to rear) engines and has a rear-wheel drivetrain.
So what now of my dream car? Well... it will undergo extensive modification to fit either the 4G92 or the intercooled-turbocharged 4G63.
Or I could go for a Ford Festiva. *Laughs real damn hard*
When I read the April '04 issue of Sport Compact Car (http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com), I read an article about a 1971 Datsun 510 having a SR20DET under its hood. The SR20DET is a 2-liter engine found in 1991-and-later US-spec Nissan 180SXs and Silvias.
The good thing about it is that I can swap a new intercooled-turbocharged engine in an old can on wheels. Since the Datsun 510 is rear-wheel drive, and the SR20DET's donor car is also rear-wheel drive, the swap can be made with minimal modification.
However, Mitsubishi designed all their cars to be either front- or all-wheel drive by the late 1980s, meaning that the newer engines are transverse (runs from left to right, or vice versa). The problem is that the 1973-1979 Lancer is designed for longitudinal (runs from front to rear) engines and has a rear-wheel drivetrain.
So what now of my dream car? Well... it will undergo extensive modification to fit either the 4G92 or the intercooled-turbocharged 4G63.
Or I could go for a Ford Festiva. *Laughs real damn hard*
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