Hey everone, after some advice about throwing a V8 into my 200B wagon. pure track car only... need to know about conversions. Can i use a different chassis? etc.

Thanks

This is a 308 in a 200B:

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green200b - aka Alistair

The fleet:

Australia:
'80 200B GX - the green200b - hibernating
'81 RX-7 - 12A extend port - daily
'74 RX-2 - 13B bridgeport - cruiser

Europe:
'93 200SX - CA18DET - tourer

who did the 308 conversion? Looks sort of ok

wow, that looking nice! how hard was it to do the conversion??
details?

The guy who owns it did. He said he had to slightly panel beat the transmission tunnel so that he could get to the bolts for the auto but the conversion was otherwise very straightforward.

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green200b - aka Alistair

The fleet:

Australia:
'80 200B GX - the green200b - hibernating
'81 RX-7 - 12A extend port - daily
'74 RX-2 - 13B bridgeport - cruiser

Europe:
'93 200SX - CA18DET - tourer

oh ok then not bad!! what diff and hubs are on it?

What engine do you plan on using? 200b doesn't really have a chassis as such so you wont be swapping that. The things you have to worry about are things like exhaust hitting the rails in the engine bay, having a sump that doesn't hit the cross member, air cleaner that dosent hit the bonnet and trans that fits in the trans tunnel. making engine mounts, making a tail-shaft the correct length to suit whatever gearbox you use, thinking about where the gear lever comes through, as well as things like connecting throttle (are 200bs cable throttle? in which case should be easier) choke cable (if required) radiator hose positioning and appropriate radiator. and that should be the basics of just "getting it in there" then you can start to worry about the diff, the breaks and suspention etc.

TBH your time and money would probably be better spent getting more out of your current engine, pretty cheap turbo kits come up every now and again, or you could buy a used L series that someone else has worked and just put that straight in there.

Also if your actually planing on racing it properly you are probably best picking a class to race in and then work out what you can do within the rules.

If its just a bit of a paddock basher / fun car then have a think about the above and have a go and deal with sh*t as it comes up

Also my advice would be going with a pushrod carby v8 that isn't tooo big, will be far less hassle then if you try to fit a LS1 or something stupid in there

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My garage:
180b sedan daily (needs some TLC)
180B sss (under restoration)
180b Wagon daily
http://ozdat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f= ... 9&start=30

im looking at either a 308 or a 350 chev pending on price i can get them for, this car is only a burnout/show car so has to put up with torcher and also look good. i am aware that this will be a huge project but i cant give it up, i have had this 200b wagon for near on 7 years and it has bin sitting there. i currently have a sh*t box vp common whore as a burnout car so im going to sell that and go hard with the 200B.

If you decide to go 308 then I'll see if I can find the email the guy who owned that car sent me, he told me which radiator hoses, accelerator cable etc he used. In saying that it was a good eight years ago I got that, I was at high school at that time!

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green200b - aka Alistair

The fleet:

Australia:
'80 200B GX - the green200b - hibernating
'81 RX-7 - 12A extend port - daily
'74 RX-2 - 13B bridgeport - cruiser

Europe:
'93 200SX - CA18DET - tourer

it would be good anyway to see... im looking for a motor anyway but the 308 is looking more ideal.... did you need my email address?