Nissan Unveils Lightweight 1.5L 3-cylinder Making 400 Horsepower - EngineLabs



1.5L 3 cylinder direct injection turbo

Front track looks awfully narrow. I wonder how it will corner.

How long until someone puts one of those engines in a Miata?

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Can I swap it into a Sentra with a six speed?

MV

Datsun 1600 Roadster/Fairlady...

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'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

I've watched some "behind the scenes" video of the car and it's an amazing piece of technology. Something like 80% of the weight is on the back wheels. A person can easily pick the front up and move it around.

The tire contact patch is proportional to the weight and the handling, steering weight, etc... are fantastic.

Here's some background on the original car: Track Test: Nissan DeltaWing Driven At Road Atlanta -- /CHRIS HARRIS ON CARS - YouTube

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Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Amazing video. The three banger sounds wicked too.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

Wonder if that can be shoe horned into my scoot ...

I thought it was goofy until I watched that. It's a fantastic engineering feat. Talk about outside the box thinking!

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)