This 240SX-Engined Datsun B-210 Has Banished Our Winter Blues

Take one tiny but awesome Datsun from the late 1970s and swap out its wheezy engine for something a bit more special and what do you get? Want - that's what you get
This 240SX-Engined Datsun B-210 Has Banished Our Winter Blues

Fans of underrated 1970s Jap metal, you may want to sit down. American eBay has come up with the goods big time, with a B-210 complete with a modified engine and gearbox from a 240SX.

Feast your eyes on classic 1970s panels; the muscle car made small (and cheap) by a company that was still learning the ropes but creating absolute gems without even realising it. What was sold as the much-maligned Sunny in other markets was ultimately perfect for Americans with an imagination and an eye for a project. Cars like the B-210 have aged incredibly well.

This 240SX-Engined Datsun B-210 Has Banished Our Winter Blues

This B-210 is from 1977, one of the first of the facelifted versions of the budget supermini. It comes complete with the 5mph crash safety bumper instead of the earlier model’s chrome strip. As standard the 1.4-litre engine managed a respectable 94bhp, but that clearly wasn’t enough for the builder of this project.

He has installed a KA24E engine, better-known as the four-pot 2.4-litre lump from Nissan’s 240SX. Likewise it brings that car’s five-speed gearbox, and the visible components look to be in fine order. But the crowning glory has to be the Weber side-draft carburettors. They look fantastic and we’d be willing to bet they sound great too.

This 240SX-Engined Datsun B-210 Has Banished Our Winter Blues

It should be a proper old-school experience to drive, with every noise audible through the thin cabin. It’ll be brisk enough, too. There’s no power output listed in the advert but Nissan forums are full of the rumours of 200bhp or even more being possible. That’s in a car weighing little more than 900kg, for power-to-weight of around 220bhp per tonne. That’s more than a Vauxhall VX220 Turbo…

The seller, who doesn’t seem to be the person who built it, claims the interior looks mostly original. Apart from the gear ‘knob’, anyway. Apparently he’s put new tyres on it and refreshed the brakes, plus he reports a new ignition lock cylinder.

We’re big fans of this sort of thing. The want is strong.

Comments

Kyle Ashdown

Did someone say Datsun???

11/22/2016 - 14:56 |
82 | 0

Yo dawg I heard you like datsuns, so we put a engine from another datsun in your datsun

11/22/2016 - 16:24 |
58 | 0
The_Import_Kid

A Datsun with an engine from a Nissan. Not the most original choice but a choice nevertheless.

11/22/2016 - 15:05 |
6 | 2
Max Caplan

I would expect an SR20 but that’s only because the KA24 doesn’t get enough love. Good to see it getting some!

11/22/2016 - 15:07 |
34 | 2

KAs do not get the love they deserve

11/23/2016 - 01:14 |
2 | 0
Poke

SR20DETT awesome engine

11/22/2016 - 15:16 |
6 | 2
Forzeer153

In reply to by Poke

First off - SR20DETT would be a twin turbo SR20. The actual engine is called SR20DET
Second off - this is a KE24E

11/22/2016 - 15:20 |
8 | 0
Anonymous

Ayyy, it’s a 210SX!

See what I did there?

11/22/2016 - 15:43 |
54 | 0
Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

If you have to ask…

11/22/2016 - 21:31 |
2 | 0
P1eased0nteatme

That has to B one of the coolest Datsuns I’ve seen.

11/22/2016 - 16:04 |
16 | 0
Jelle Dik

My summer car goals

11/22/2016 - 21:04 |
8 | 0
Dat Incredible Chadkake

I would prefer if it had the straight six from the 240Z

11/22/2016 - 23:08 |
4 | 0
The Silver Paseo EL54

Hey Nissan 420sx , shouldn’t that be swapped with a 4.2-litre KA42DE? I’ve heard it’s the best engine a human has engineered.

11/22/2016 - 23:19 |
2 | 0
Griffinz7

This is what you get

11/23/2016 - 00:38 |
4 | 0

Topics

Sponsored Posts