Why would the U20 piston be stronger? I would guess that they would be the
same strength.
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>From: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
>Reply-To: "John F Sandhoff" <sandhoff@csus.edu>
>To: "The Belgian Roadster" <chriss@euregio.net>
>CC: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: H20
>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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