[Roadsters] What year is my car?

[Mike Harper]

This may be the best 1600 engine out there IMHO.  If still original you should have a cast iron head (3 bolts in the thermostat tower), and it is pretty bullet-proof as far as warping due to heat etc.  The downside is that it is a 3 main bearing engine rather that 5 (engine # 40,000 was the change-over I think).  The 5-main bearing engine can be stroked with a 2000 crank & pistons, but not the 3.  The 5 does apparently have an oil delivery issue to one of the bearings though, so I'd say you have the best of both worlds.  Enjoy the ride!

Mike SC
'66 1600 (Also an early R Engine)


--- On Thu, 7/31/08, Charles Kyle <chuckkyle at mac.com> wrote:

> From: Charles Kyle <chuckkyle at mac.com>
> Subject: [Roadsters] What year is my car?
> To: "datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
> Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 8:52 PM
> Hello all,
> 
> So I think my Datsun is somewhere between a 66 and a 68. 
> Based on the
> serial number (SPL311-18896) and descriptions that I have
> read online, I
> defiantly think the body is a 68, high windshield.  Now the
> engine might be
> something different.  How can I tell?  The engine block
> number is R05076 and
> the oil filter is the old canister type not the screw on,
> so is this a 66?
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Chuck
> 
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