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This 1970 Datsun 1600 Roadster is powered by a 2.0 L SR20DE inline-four with a six-speed manual transmission from a Nissan S15. The engine is controlled by a S14 ECU using a Painless wiring system. The swap was performed by Spriso Motorsports. Other upgrades are Nismo sway bar, Nismo springs, KYB shocks, custom rear leaf springs, Nissan 300ZX front brakes, and 16×7 Panasports wheels. See more photos and details on this project at Super Street<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source: Super Street Online<\/a> via Japanese Nostaligic Car<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 1970 Datsun 1600 Roadster is powered by a 2.0 L SR20DE inline-four with a six-speed manual transmission from a Nissan S15. The engine is controlled by a S14 ECU using a Painless wiring system. The swap was performed by Spriso Motorsports. Other upgrades are Nismo sway bar, Nismo springs, KYB shocks, custom rear leaf… Read More »Datsun 1600 Roadster with a SR20 Inline-Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-datsun"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131006,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=131006","url_meta":{"origin":504,"position":0},"title":"1967 Datsun 1600 with a SR20DET","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 28, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"We found this 1967.5 Datsun 1600 for sale on Bring a Trailer in Aztec, New Mexico. 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