I tottaly agree with everything here. I hear people talk about the poor bottom end of a 20V and I ask compared to what!? Have a look at the dyno graph of my engine, ignore the total power figure its pretty irrelevant, instead look at how flat and predictable the torque curve is. This engine is really easy to drive with and I havent found a hill yet I can't sit on 3000RPM to go up. The red line is with VVT in reverse (ie: think not working)
a lot of new parts on this car,
so it it true that the rear quarters are as hard to change as they say?
whats your location James? obviously not australia
the low cost of the conversion is the only thing I can think of as being redeaming in this conversion idea. I think no pinto engine would ever live up to a smallport 4age
mystic is on the money I think, if you are carefull it can be done, if your really keen you could put some aftermarket or 4agze pistons in there.
So how did you lower the back end? with lowering blocks?
I want to do up my wagon in due time with some light mods and while it will be lowered sadly it wont be quite as low as yours. You will sure get some looks driving this around.
I like wagons but I hate your firewall bash and the external cooling pipes.
Whats your plans for filtration? socks? you may get a few more kw but running some different trumpets even at the same length but what you have will will just fine too.
Oh and any plans for the diff? I kept on breaking mine in my old corolla wagon.
"havent started on the exterior"?? looks finished? what do you have in mind?
I had a friend do that for me, hes no longer around and I didnt have to pay for it. I still have the pulley somewhere I think but I havent seen it in a long time.
I had an extra slot put into my cam drive gear on the head to advance the cam 5 degrees, gave a good power increase between 3,000 and 4,000RPM.
When your ready for your 20v conversion let us know as I sell the RWD cooling system parts
do you have conform to the club rules? you could strip the dash right out and recess the firewall box style, this would mean you could shift a motor back atleast 200mm further than what you normally would be able to
shit once again I didnt get notified of a reply so sorry for the wait
that dizzy relocation kit was for a 20v, it just needs to be tested but I am over head right now with crap