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Re: H20

To: "The Belgian Roadster" <chriss@euregio.net>
Subject: Re: H20
From: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 10:33:36 -0700
Chris asks:
> Nissan has an engine called H20 (used on a light weight truck), that
> looks similar to our U20.

The H20 is, here in the states, a forklift engine. It's basically a
3-main U20. While Nissan specs it as a low-RPM engine, several
Roadsters have H20-based engines in them and reportedly run fine.
It requires the H20 crank but I believe all the other U20 parts (rods,
pistons, chains...) swap right over.

I'm not an H20 authority. My suspicion, though, is if you have H20 parts
and want to put them in a U20, you may want to reconsider. If the parts
aren't identical, I would imagine the U20 parts are heftier. That is, unless
the part number is identical, a U20 piston is going to be stouter than an
H20 piston.

-- John
     John F Sandhoff   sandhoff@csus.edu   Sacramento, CA


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