4 cyl engine advice needed

[Mike Pilkenton]

Yep you are referring to the famous 2.3L Ford motor.  Extremely popular from
early 80s up to 95 or so.  This motor is also real popular in all the 4 cyl
racing circuits such as sprint, NASCAR Dash 4, dune buggies, etc.  Lots of
aftermarket stuff available for it from places like Racer Walsh and
Esslinger.  Available in carb, FI, turbo, twin plugs, crossflow head, etc.
Lots of varieties out there.

Mike Pilkenton
-----Original Message-----
From: Frederic Breitwieser <frederic.breitwieser at xephic.dynip.com>
To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: 4 cyl engine advice needed


>> lots of people seem to be happy with putting in the 215 cu alum. rover
v8,
>> or the '63 Buick v8.
>
>Heavy, heavy, heavy.
>
>While Clive suggested is very good.  Toyota with a RWD
>Corolla transmission should work just fine, and of course,
>they bolt together easily enough without any bizarre fangles
>for engine/tranny adaptors.
>
>The first thing that popped into my mind was the Turbo 4 cyl
>from Ford, used in their thunderbirds of the mid to late
>80's, they ran VERY well, and quite a few of them were
>manual trans (5-speed), drag the whole thing over with the
>computer and you will have a road terror based on the
>fantastic power to weight ratio.  I haven't seen one in a
>while, but I don't recall the Ford turbo motor being
>anywhere near close to the hood of the T-bird, therefore it
>might very well fit into your MG.
>
>Though, there is nothing stopping you from attaching a turbo
>to a Toyota engine if you prefer to go that route.  Just use
>chromoly rings in your engine, and you should be fine if you
>keep the compression under 9:1.
>
>> expense of putting a v8 in the mgb, (new rear, new trans, some fairly
hard
>> to find parts and lots of time.
>
>Another option, if you are concerned about the MGB not
>holding up to the additional torque of a V8, is to make from
>scratch a basic ladder frame - if my memory serves me the MG
>is not a unibody, but correct me if I'm wrong.  While
>building a frame from scratch is fairly inexpensive (so I'm
>finding), its extremely time consuming if you do it
>yourself.  I estimate I will have close to 200 hours on my
>chassis when I'm done, but that includes a roll cage, rear
>bulkhead, front bulkhead, all nice and triangulated.
>
>> the turbo fuego engine in the Renaults. who does better than a cast iron
65
>> bhp engine and 4 speed trans ? , I thought about a BMW 320i engine/trans.
>
>Stay away from the BMW 2002 engine... they are terrible
>IMHO.  However, any of the late model engines should be
>fine, since all the BMW's are RWD, makes the conversion
>easier.
>
>I still like Clive's Toyota idea, probably will fit the
>easiest and certainly doable - as how many corolla's are
>there in a junkyard... the tranny portion of it would be
>cheap.
>
>
>--
>Frederic Breitwieser
>Bridgeport, CT 06606
>
>http://www.xephic.dynip.com
>1993 Superchaged Lincoln Continental
>1989 500cid Turbocharged HWMMV
>1975 Dodge D200 Club Cab (soon to be twin turbo 440)
>2000 Buick GTP (twin turbo V6)
>