2.2l L4 In A Ke55

[keith]

hi guys i need help can't find info in search.

i need to rebiuld my 4k engine in a couple of weeks. i was thinking of working a second 4k engine un till a friend surgested putting in a corona engine. has anyone got any surgestions. not to good electrical so wont to stay carbi. other engines will be good.

[flat out]

thank you for welcoming yourself, not

 

a corona engine would be a waist of time as there just heavy and pretty gutless from what iv herd

 

peace

[7shades]

Timing chains like to fly off with ruthless predictability too

[anastasios]

my mate just bought a ke55 with a 21r in it which is a sohc 2l motor but havent driven it yet because the diff broke

[styler]

hi guys i need help can't find info in search.

i need to rebiuld my 4k engine in a couple of weeks. i was thinking of working a second 4k engine un till a friend surgested putting in a corona engine. has anyone got any surgestions. not to good electrical so wont to stay carbi. other engines will be good.

 

spelling, grammar and write some sense first.

 

i wouldnt recommend your friends suggestion as its probably something he thought of on the spot.

it would be a lot of work for a little reward unless someones done it before and had great results with it which is a possibility but unlikely.

 

i would recommend you look into building a tough 4k or recommended engine swaps such as

the 4ag series of motors.

Edited December 17, 2006 by styler

[keith]

Thanks to all that replyed to my guestion. Will look in to the 4ag engine. forgot to interduce my self. keith from penrith sydney with a ke55.

[love ke70]

keith, a 2.2 SOHC motor is going to deliver a reasonable increase in seat of the pants factor, however for the cost of all the conversion and then getting it engineered there are much better options to spend plenty of money on.

have a search around, 4age will be fun with massive potential and alot of other peoples experience to go by. all depends what you want the car for...

[MRMOPARMAN]

gday, yeah basically what everyone else said, the R series engines are a bit of a boat anchor. you can't get off the shelf parts for them, they don't make much power and tend to have reliability problems.

 

good engine conversions to look for would be the 4ag series engines, nissan CA18's, SR20s and rotors. all have been done 11tybillion times so info is a piece of piss to find, and all are able to produce more power than a corolla chassis can handle.

 

for easy engine conversions look into the 2T-3T engines. they arent a bad engine, just a little archaic compared to the 4ag's.