DaveFJ
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| posted on 16/7/04 at 11:41 AM |
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Originally posted by scoobyis2cool
Cosworth would be very nice indeed! How much do you think it will cost for a complete installation? How much power are you expecting?
Pete
Err Lots  and errr Lots 
Dave
"In Support of Help the Heroes" - Always
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Aston
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| posted on 17/7/04 at 12:42 AM |
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I have considered the SR20DET that all of the 240SX guys love over here in the states. It would be a pretty expensive option. However, factory
turbocharging and tons of power make it almost worth it.
The CA18 from the Japanese 180SX is also a good engine.
What about the 4AGE, or 4AGZE? Lots of power, and reasonably cheap. I have no idea what those engines go for over the pond though.
-Aston
85' Dodge Omni GLH
Project Locost
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 17/7/04 at 01:59 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Aston
I have considered the SR20DET that all of the 240SX guys love over here in the states. It would be a pretty expensive option. However, factory
turbocharging and tons of power make it almost worth it.
Why do you say this would be an expensive option? I was beginning to think it might be fairly cheap - fits into locost chassis without mods, gearbox
also fits so no need to a bellhousing to a ford box. you'd need some way to connect it to the diff and obviously an exhaust, but this
wouldn't even need a cat.
Maybe I'm missing something here, anyone care to point it out before I end up getting hold of an engine that is going to cost me a fortune?!
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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JoelP
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| posted on 17/7/04 at 10:21 AM |
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IIRC the 2 litre engines was found in the newer editions, maybe 97/8ish onwards, hence a more expensive donor.
id go bike myself, bag a zx9 for 500 quite easily. then you have good power and even better weight.
on the plus side you can get crap loads of power out of the sylvia/sx engines.
i am tempted by the idea of turboing a big beamer engine too, i recently read about a 800bhp 'homemade turbo' 3.8 lump. old m5 origin.
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 17/7/04 at 11:01 AM |
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Ah yeah sorry, the 2L was in the later models which are fairly expensive but you may be able to get hold of an engine on its own relatively cheaply.
The older 1.8 still produces 171bhp and you can get hold of a donor for well under £500 so I'd say that's still a possibility.
WRT bike engines, I'm not sure it's really what I'm after, I want something that will be fairly driveable on the roads and
I've heard bike engines cane be a bit of a pain when crawling around town. Also I think there may be a lot more work to do to fit one - making
engine frame, new propshaft with adapter, gear lever etc, not sure if my skills (or budget) are quite up to that at the moment. Still, I'm not
discounting them yet...
Joel, 800bhp in a locost, are you mad?! Would be intersting to see but pretty difficult to keep in a straight line I'd imagine, and you'd
get through tyres at a ridiculous rate! Would still like to see you try though
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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JoelP
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| posted on 17/7/04 at 11:28 AM |
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i too would like to see me try, but i suspect it wont happen! the guy who made it was a mad swede, using a truck turbo, in a 3 series chassis.
Impressive stuff?! i do like the idea of the 'carb-in-a-box-turbos', so if ever i get bored or see a cheap 535 or m5 etc, i might be
tempted. before that, i hope to make a zx9 gokart!
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Aston
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| posted on 18/7/04 at 01:57 AM |
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Perhaps not terribly expensive for some. However, for me, a $1200 engine + tranny is expensive. And that typically doesn't include the
"bits" you would need to make it actually work.
A full front clip can be had over here for about $2000. Still expensive, but it would come with everything you need.
$1200-$2000 on an engine is a lot of money for me. I think our definitions of the word "expensive" may be slightly differant. If a
couple thousand dollars is no big deal for you, then i'd say "Go for it!". An SR20DET Locost would be awesome.
-Aston
quote:
Originally posted by scoobyis2cool
quote:
Originally posted by Aston
I have considered the SR20DET that all of the 240SX guys love over here in the states. It would be a pretty expensive option. However, factory
turbocharging and tons of power make it almost worth it.
Why do you say this would be an expensive option? I was beginning to think it might be fairly cheap - fits into locost chassis without mods, gearbox
also fits so no need to a bellhousing to a ford box. you'd need some way to connect it to the diff and obviously an exhaust, but this
wouldn't even need a cat.
Maybe I'm missing something here, anyone care to point it out before I end up getting hold of an engine that is going to cost me a fortune?!
Pete
85' Dodge Omni GLH
Project Locost
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dave1888
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| posted on 18/7/04 at 10:31 AM |
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Zetec SE you can pick them up for £350-400. The 1.6 from fiesta/focus year 2000 onwards. Very small and compact I think you could use the original inj
system. You need a aftermarket bellhousing £200 but no sump mods required because of it,s size. Check out www.shawspeed.com
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Trev Borg
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| posted on 10/8/04 at 02:37 PM |
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200sx motors in 1.8 Ca18det were upto 1994, from 94 they were the 2.0l SR20det with 205 bhp, still old shape. So a 94 2.0 with nop cat is a good
option.
Ally engine instead of steel, loks very promising.
Just saw a nice car for sale complete and mot'd for £1600, so a crashed damaged one would be coming closer to my budget !
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes.
By that time, who cares.
You're a mile away, and you've got his shoes
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