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The Project Begins: My NA 16v Build-up


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[red]UPDATE #7 [/size=5][/red] 10.20.06

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It's getting closer and closer to that time.. I'm getting really antsy to get this sucker fired up but I'm not rushing this project at all.. It's been a couple days and I've been working my fingers to the bone, I've installed my 1SZ-FE shims, and slapped teh cams in there, installed my under drive pulleys, got the engine all in time, went out and bought some other small goodies like the fuel pressure gauge and a low pressure fuel pump(was a bunch of fun to install..NOT), completely finished my fuel lines, rigged up a throttle cable bracket for my linkages, I took a plug out of the 4th injector hole and put a nipple in there to hook up my brake booster up to(I'm still unsure if i'll need a vacuum tank), changed my slave clutch cylinder, pulled my frozen pilot bearing and replaced with a new one and installed my clutch and transmission, installed the starter, GOSH I've done it all the past couple days. The ONLY thing I can think of right now that really needs to be done is just finish the wiring for the MSD and see if I can get it started. Footage should be up tomorrow night if all goes well :).

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UPDATE #8 10.23.06

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These are the pictures of the engine in it's final state.. and I've been working frivolously trying to get this baby to start up, but no with no luck. It turns over, and sounds like it's almost going to start but just doesn't do it. I'm well aware that I have no vacuume advance anymore and I'm trying to figure out my timing accordingly but so far, I have had zero luck. The wiring for the most part was a headache since I despise it greatly.. I ended up taking my old harness, completely stripping all the plugs and wires I don't need off of it, and keeping all the sensors and etc I can still use to monitor the engine. I also had to run a 12v switched wire to the fuel pump to activate it when the ignition was on, but other than that it was fairly easy, thank god. I promise everyone once this sucker gets started I WILL have footage of it coming to life.

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That is seriously clean, nice, amazing, what hp do you think you'll get? And are you driving autox, any track, etc?

 

Thanks man, it's come a long way and i'm as about as poor as I get lol. I won't really say how much I have invested in this motor but I really have no clue what to expect out of this motor number wise. A big reason why it's cost me so much is because of the old and outdated head design, and it takes a lot of work to get some good N/A numbers, but it seems though with the specs i'm going with I should expect nearly 200 flywheel hp.. so roughly around 175-180 to the wheels. PLENTY of engine for a 1900lb car. The cams I'm running will put me at a peak HP in the 10k RPM range, but I can't make any predictions.. I really don't know what to expect. I actually track the car quite a bit, I will be driving the car competitively in drifting competitions. I was actually already qualified for the Nationals at Mid Ohio last month but I didn't have my motor put together in time to run in the comp. I do also plan on autoX'ing the car too, just depends on how much time I have to get around lol.

 

wow, way to do one right, I wish i couldv'e done my GZE up like that, i kept it on the cheap side though. did you ever concider a 7age? (corolla 1.8 block (7a) with mr2/corolla GTS head bolted on to it.(ge) I've heard alot of great things about those.

 

I've definately heard of the 7age, and the thing about them is they're just not the same as a 4ag. The biggest advantage of a 7age is the fact that you actually have some nice torque down low, but you lose the best thing about the 4ag, the high-revving ability of the motor. It just doesn't seem too appealing to me since it would just be like any other 1.8 motor out there.

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I've definately heard of the 7age, and the thing about them is they're just not the same as a 4ag. The biggest advantage of a 7age is the fact that you actually have some nice torque down low, but you lose the best thing about the 4ag, the high-revving ability of the motor. It just doesn't seem too appealing to me since it would just be like any other 1.8 motor out there.

 

Thats always been my attraction to the AE86 and the 4AGE. I love the fact that they rev so high when you toss some good parts into one. They also have such a unique, and almost musical sound when they reach the high part of the RPM range.

 

Damn, now you are making me want to pursue my Corolla dreams again lol. Thats my problem, I jump from project to project.

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UPDATE #9 10.26.06

 

 

Well, after finding multiple bugs and figuring out my timing issue I present to you my start-up video. The engine idles pretty rough right now because the carbs aren't sync'd up but it still sounds pretty damn good.. This saturday Driftz240 is coming to my house to lend me a hand with jetting and basically giving me a crash course on how to tune my carbs :)

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