JDM Coupe

[matt mead]

hahaha i was waiting for someone to say that...

i think you will need to spend more then 3K(are you talking euros) to make 180-200hp

id luv to put a weapon NA 4ag in but to be honest i cant afford it... and you have to look at my situation... this car is a superspirnt and hill climb car, where you get put into classes based on HP and other modifcations done to the car...

a turboed 4ag would give me the power i want but then i would get put up in the 2L to 3L as the turbo times the output by 1.7

so its 1.6L x 1.7 = 2.72L

therefore ill be upagainst 13b roatries and turbod mx5 and cars that have alot better suspension geometry then a sprinter will ever have....

so i want a 2L NA engine..... i looked at a 7age, but that will cost me 10g AUS to build as i have a friend who build race 7age and thats what they cost... i cant afford that and i would have to do further modifcations to the drivtrain to get rid of the t50, then i would need to find better ratios for the gearbox and my final drive....

i also looked at a BEAMS 3sge but they cost 4g AUS to bring into australia and i would have to do some seriouse modifcations to the firewall and cross member to get it to fit and i dont really want to do that to the coupe... this is the same case as a F20c which is even mroe expensive with halfcuts coming in at around 6g AUS to bring in.....

So to me a non turbo sr20de is perfect for me, it will cost me around 1.5g aussie to bring into australia... it will cost me 1g to get custom engine and transmission mounts and a one pieace tailshaft.... then ill wire it up with a Haltech and it will be makeing around 170hp at the fly, for around 4g AUS...

ill then send the head away to get ported and polished and put a set of tomei or toda cams, upgrade the head to match the cams, with a good set of extractors, large throttle body, bigger injectors, lightweight flywheel, an for around another 3g aussie i will get around 250hp.. mayb even more

so for around 7g aussie( which i take would be around 3g euros), i will get around 250hp with a shit load more torque then a 4age, better gearbox ratios, a lighter car, as the sr20 and gearbox is lighter then a 4age with a w series....

now can you understand my reason for doing and the reason that a sr20 is a good engine option...