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Old 25th January 2010, 01:41 AM
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if you choose to keep the sierra front and rear hubs/driveline then the world is your oyster, why not go mad and use the 3.0 twin turbo from the 300zx (if it's available to you) as it has a low engine profile that may fit under the roadsters bonnet. I had a 300zx turbo some years ago and it was an animal in standard form, heaven knows what a roadster could do with that powerplant.

A few chassis mods and a custom propshaft and you can basically fit whatever engine/gearbox combination you like, it's just up to you to design and make them.

Personally I'm using an BMW V8 - I hope to prove that anything is possible! And I have not had to make that many chassis mods to accomodate it.
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Old 3rd February 2010, 07:40 PM
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Dan

The SX200 will be my choice of donor when I eventually get round to it. Yes, I do expect there to be a few issues with differences to the chassis, but using all the SX200 bits means that it all matches, all parts were meant to go together.

I have an electronic copy of the workshop manual for the SX if you need it.

Good luck

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