Hi,
I've just bought myself a 1976 180B SSS, and I'm gonna restore it 100% from scratch and do an engine swap.
I live in Norway and the RTA here is a real pain in the ass when it comes to modifying a car. They need documentation on everything and won't approve anything unless you convince them that you have thought it through (what you are going to do), have papers, some kind of documentation which states that it has been done before and it works, get a mecanich with a license to go over your work and approve of it, and if possible bring them some papers, and not any kind of papers they prefer, or demand TÜV papers, but they must be in english, german or scandinavien...:wacko:, sometimes it really seems like they hate people who have a passion for cars.......
Anyways, to get my project approved I'm making a project plan which will include almost everything that will be done to car, from the interior, to the gas tank, to the brakes and suspension.
I've searched on the web and I've asked on different Norwegian forums, but nobody knows so now I'm trying this forum.:)
Since I'm doing an engine swap I need to know what the engine wich sits in the car as we speak weighs, and if you know the gearbox as well. Yes I know," why don't you just take out the engine and do it yourself?" well because I'm in the process of finding a suitable site/place to do some work on my cars and since I'm gonna reuse a lot of the parts wich are on the datsun I would like to take it appart all in one location so that I don't loose a lot of parts just because I don't remember where I put them:P
Since I'm making my project plan as we speak and since I'm going to speak to the RTA before I start to work on my car I need as much information as possible so that I can show them that this project will be done very thorougly all the way from A to Z.
I appreciate all the information/help I can get:D
PS; sorry if my languge sucks, but I hope you can understand it.
Evan