The Long road to D1

[Mux213]

Banpei, Hmm could be related to it when it was with the last owner. But the first owner was mostly active on driftworks but did briefly post here if I am not mistaken. Something with the engine not starting or quitting all the time..

[The Doctor]

well, here it is.
Didn't want to upset you with removing the pic from my webspace

But if i look at it, it's a white car.
Dunno if it's resprayed lately....

[Mux213]

Doc, interestingly enough the engine fits very nicely while dogs car hasn't had the engine fitted yet and the front cut out so they where plannign to put something BIG in there (or maybe some FMIC sortof setup??, purely guesswork here)

[banpei]

The Doctor Wrote:well, here it is.
Didn't want to upset you with removing the pic from my webspace

But if i look at it, it's a white car.
Dunno if it's resprayed lately....

It used to be white:

http://www.aeu86.org/viewtopic.php?t=1385

But I don't think it's the same car if I read the topic.

[Dogs Danglies]

No my car has NEVER been bastadised by ever touching that crappy vauxhall motor, the guy sold it before ever finishing the project, and my car was silver when it left japan.

I guess the fronts been cut to allow the engine to be removed much easier.

[Dorito86]

Dogs Danglies Wrote:I guess the fronts been cut to allow the engine to be removed much easier.

I never thought removing an engine was THAT difficult. A usual crane lift was sufficient when I replaced mine. And that was with the gearbox still bolted on it :wink:

[Ivan141]

Well it's not for taking a 4AGE out, it's for putting bigger lumps back in. Billzilla did the same thing for his 3SGE install I think, you can put the middle part back in with some reinforcements and bolts...makes it a lot easier to handle bigger engines.

[Mr Doricar]

That's my car with the XE engine in it It's not running yet but don't be long. I'll keep it updated in the projects section. You all will fall to your knees when you hear my induction roar and see my in your rear view mirror You can't argue with 200bhp for not a lot of money. Plus I can get any parts I need next day delivery not weeks and weeks from Japan! Win win situation!

[SuperHessu]

We'll see about that win win situaition again when your engine blows during the first test drive...

Dogs Danglies, how much power are you going to get from your 4A-GE?

[Dogs Danglies]

Probably around 10bhp compaired to Doricars XE, but IMO keeping it 4age what its all about, I do like the XE idea becasue of the torquey-ness, and tuning portential, and I'd have a XE over a 4agze.

I'm going to keep the engine stock for this year, and see how I get on, then strip it down and re-build it for the 2007 season. Ultimatly hoping for around 190bhp at the fly, at so obseane amount of revs too.