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Well i'll be picking up the holley 350 and cain manifold tomorrow. The holley hasnt had fuel through it since reconditioning and the manifold is brand new. My 173 red engine has electronic dizzy, electronic fuel pump... going to fit a cooler thermostat and have already fitted massive VR radiator and thermofan and removed the stock engine fan. The car has a basically straight through exhaust which is 2.25" with one decent big walker muffler at the rear, no cat or nothing between it running from the stock exhaust manifold.
I have no idea whats been done to the engine, but I figure its stock. The trimatic gearbox revs out first into second and slips and doesnt change at high revs, but second to third changes hard. It often goes from first to third too when im just cruising slowly, and the kickdown is rooted... probably the cable.
I want to work out what would be the best to do to the engine without overspending. Extractors are top of my list, and if I can find a second hand set then I'll be putting some on asap.
I figure if im going to start doing things like head shaving for compression, lumpier cam, pistons etc its going to be a waste of time, as a 202 would give me 0.5L displacement straight out the box and another 15kw or so... and I want to keep this engine in there because it doesnt blow smoke and there isnt much point changing it right away.
The toyota blowers are crap... they are from a 2L engine and fair enough they do rev higher but I am more of a turbo man than a supercharger man.
The main cost I find in turbo applications is the engine management side of things, and I know low levels of boost 6-8psi can be had with most efi engines without need for upgrading MUCH. I have no idea about how carbed turbo applications work, and what needs to be done to the holley to achieve that.
I figure my job is done with the cooling side of things, and now that I needed a carby and a nice holley 350 has come my way for cheap ($150!) I am prepared to probably drop another $500 on the engine if its REALLY worth it.
Car has 3.9:1 diff ratio, IRS, four wheel disc brakes with twin opposing pistons and handles and drives well enough. Would turbocharging be as simple as:
Turbo - (No idea on size, but figuring the car wont rev over 4500-5000rpm probably a T25 from a silvia with internal gate for cheap) - say $150, can upgrade it later.
BOV - Twin trumpet good cheap n nasty one from ebay like $40
Boost controller, turbotech one - $35
Extractors to turbo pipe - custom make under $50
Then fit the turbo to the rest of the 2.25" exhaust for now.
Im thinking that the engine is 85kw stock, and with holley, extractors and good CAI and cooling should be conservatively putting out well around 110kw++? I have no idea what boost can be run on these engines, but at 8psi+ if I get like 180kW+ Id be happy... that would send me all over the road with the 185/75/R14's I got on there now.
So you got this far... thanks for reading =)
I have no idea whats been done to the engine, but I figure its stock. The trimatic gearbox revs out first into second and slips and doesnt change at high revs, but second to third changes hard. It often goes from first to third too when im just cruising slowly, and the kickdown is rooted... probably the cable.
I want to work out what would be the best to do to the engine without overspending. Extractors are top of my list, and if I can find a second hand set then I'll be putting some on asap.
I figure if im going to start doing things like head shaving for compression, lumpier cam, pistons etc its going to be a waste of time, as a 202 would give me 0.5L displacement straight out the box and another 15kw or so... and I want to keep this engine in there because it doesnt blow smoke and there isnt much point changing it right away.
The toyota blowers are crap... they are from a 2L engine and fair enough they do rev higher but I am more of a turbo man than a supercharger man.
The main cost I find in turbo applications is the engine management side of things, and I know low levels of boost 6-8psi can be had with most efi engines without need for upgrading MUCH. I have no idea about how carbed turbo applications work, and what needs to be done to the holley to achieve that.
I figure my job is done with the cooling side of things, and now that I needed a carby and a nice holley 350 has come my way for cheap ($150!) I am prepared to probably drop another $500 on the engine if its REALLY worth it.
Car has 3.9:1 diff ratio, IRS, four wheel disc brakes with twin opposing pistons and handles and drives well enough. Would turbocharging be as simple as:
Turbo - (No idea on size, but figuring the car wont rev over 4500-5000rpm probably a T25 from a silvia with internal gate for cheap) - say $150, can upgrade it later.
BOV - Twin trumpet good cheap n nasty one from ebay like $40
Boost controller, turbotech one - $35
Extractors to turbo pipe - custom make under $50
Then fit the turbo to the rest of the 2.25" exhaust for now.
Im thinking that the engine is 85kw stock, and with holley, extractors and good CAI and cooling should be conservatively putting out well around 110kw++? I have no idea what boost can be run on these engines, but at 8psi+ if I get like 180kW+ Id be happy... that would send me all over the road with the 185/75/R14's I got on there now.
So you got this far... thanks for reading =)
