Help me add some hose power to my ae86!

[jeenyus]

I have an 84 ae86 with a 4AC engine and an automatic transmission. I'm eventually going to be swapping the engine, but for now I'd like to see how many horsepower I can get out of my 4ac. Any ideas? I'm trying to keep the spending to a minimum. Thanks.

[banpei]

You could start with fitting a different carb and/or cam on the 4ac:
http://www.paradiseracing.com/cams.htm
http://www.paradiseracing.com/carbs.htm

I thought they had 4ac turbo kit in the past, however I could not find it on their site.

[Chrisso]

Turbo works, but can be a little bit unreliable. If you're adapting your own gear, make it suck through (carby before the turbo). Have a look at old (carby) charged setups.

A guy in Australia said he got good results from a cam regrind and a larger carby.

First things first though, make sure your engine is in good condition, filters, timing, compression, spark.

A cold air induction would probably help and for the cost of some pvc/flex pipe, it's a cheap option.

They're hard to kill and easily/cheaply (free) replaced, so have fun playing around and save for the 4age.

Chris