How many "SSS" are we talking about?

-----Original Message-----
From: malcolm cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 10:37
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: sss?


NO WAY CAN YOU TELL A 510SS BY THE CHASSIS NUMBER AS THEY ARE ALL BASED
ON THE DELUXE MODEL.

BODY TAG WILL READ 109HP NOT 96HP.
SSS DOES NOT HAVE FACTORY HEADERS
ONLY DIFFERENCE IN ENGINE IS FLAT TOP PISTONS AND BIG VALVE HEAD(SAME AS
L18)


MALCOLM
"THE OWNER OF MORE SSS DATSUNS THAN ANYONE IN THE WORLD"

Cameron Stean wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>         I have a SSS and the engine is different in some ways and the same
> in others.. the water jackets are the same for the SSS head (i have got
the
> SSS head on a 180B block bored to 2L) the SSS has extractors, twin SU's,
do
> you mean the ports on a SSS head are different to a stock 16?? well if so
> YES they are heaps bigger.
> The chassi number will tell if you have a SSS or not but the block number
> doesnt really mean a thing as a stock block and a SSS block are exactly
the
> same...
>                                          Cameron Stean
> 
> >From: "Chris Halpin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: sss?
> >Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 23:11:09 EST
> >
> >Hey people, just a few questions about the 1600sss.  I was just wondering
> >what the basic differences were between the 1600 and the 1600sss engine
> >wise?  The head is different I know, but is it just the water jacket that
> >varies, or is the compression higher in these too.  Can a 1600sss be
> >identified by the engine numbers or just the chassis no, and if so, do
they
> >have a specific letter/number to look for?  Are the port sizes different
> >too?  basic quesions I know, but I'm just curious.  cheers
> >chris
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