Here's a diagram of the modification to the 235 crankshaft:
The small diameter rod journal is for a Nissan 2.4 L engine which has a connecting rod 6.498" long. This slightly shorter rod than a stovebolt engine, and a Ford 223 cubic inch piston works with a 235 engine, and pistons for 215 or 350 Buick engines work for 216's and 261's. Displacement ends up from 258 to 270, to 292, depending on which block is being used.
Jerry
Super cool. I wonder how many machine shops know how to offset grind a crank nowadays, and what they charge when they do?
Do you have to do anything with the wrist pin to adapt the Nissan rod to the Ford 223 piston?
My teenage son drives a frontier with the 2.4L. Still runs too good for me to start parting it out, though!
