20v Conversions

[TOM]

Hello all,

 

I've picked up an AE95 wagon on the cheap :jamie: with a stuffed 4AFE motor (project thread coming soon). Always wanted one of these, but a bit more straight line poke would be great.

 

Obviously I have several options for fixing the motor - replace the 4AFE with an low kms imported or (god forbid) exchange engine, rebuild existing motor which has no compression in one cylinder, or ditch the 4AFE and replace with a 20 Valve. :)

 

Can anyone tell me roughly what is involved with 20V conversions into these cars? Are they a fairly simple plug'n'play type thing, or are there more substantial modifications that need to be made? What expenses other than the engine and getting it fitted am I likely to encounter?

 

Can anyone recommend somewhere in Adelaide who would be qualified to do the work?

 

I will be getting someone else to do the work (don't have the time), and will be using standard gearbox.

 

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. ;)

 

Cheers,

Tom

Edited September 21, 2009 by TOM

[philbey]

Any mechanic will be..... "qualified" to do the work haha. Whether they a) want to, b) charge you an arm and a leg c) take less than 6 months is the question you need to be asking.

 

As I'd never pay someone to do a conversion, I can't recommend anyone, BUT expect it to be expensive and do a hell of a lot of research.

[LukeAE71]

Somewhere like Fours N More in Pooraka would be able to do a conversion like this.

 

Not wanting to diss them too much but they are not the cheapest. At the same time they do know what they are doing and are big fans of the 20 valve engine. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to get a quote from them.

 

I wouldn't go anywhere else in SA to have Toyota work done despite their pricing.

 

Tom this is not a particularly hard conversion, pretty much bolt in so you would have to be pretty damn busy to want to pay someone upwards of $1000 in labour to do it for you.

 

Luke

[TOM]

Thanks Luke and Philbey for the replies.

 

Yeah I guess I'm just scared off by getting the thing wired up and running properly...and yeah I'm aware that any quotes I get for a "drive in...drive out" coversion will be astronomically expensive.

 

Luke - Adelaide Jap Dismantlers - any experience with them?

 

I still need to suss out what is actually wrong with the 4AFE once I get the car home - I've been told it has 180 compression in two cylinders, 150 in one and 50 in another (presumed to be 3rd cylinder), runs rough but still drives.. It may be the case that I can get a relatively inexpensive rebuild on this motor, but seeing as the car has done close to 400,000kms I'm assuming the motor is probably toasted and there may be other issues other than lack of compression.

 

And yes Philbey research will be the key, but I guess considering how cheap I got the car I'm not particularly fussed about blowing a possible 2-2.5K on a conversion if a) it's done properly and runs like it should and b) someone else can do all the hard work. I'm a lazy, lazy man....

 

As an aside, does anyone know if is this a simple engine number swap in SA at motor reg or do I need to go to regency?

[philbey]

Call Regency. Too specific for anyone to offer much more than bullshit anecdotes about what their mates cousin dad got registered.

 

Get it straight from the horses mouth, those guys are very helpful. Your problem will likely be with emissions.