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| bender |
 Oct 4 2005, 12:26 PM
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hi guys
i want to upgread my 1973 1.8 engine i want 2 stay with 4 cyl and i want around 150-180 hp were can i do it? how? kits? do you know prices range? thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Brett W |
Oct 6 2005, 10:24 AM
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The Average joe can't afford to drive such a car on a daily basis. I have no idea what you could afford or not.
It is cool from a a historical stand point. That engine was a hell of an engine for its time. Most folks will never see such a car outside of a museum or controlled car show setiing. Obviously there are exceptions that statement. I only see work on some lowly 500-800HP rice, 300+hp rotaries, HSR 2.0 Club Sport Cars, and ricey bike motor powered formula cars. We deal with a different clientele.
Bushngs aren't the problem. It is the basic design of the tranny. The shifter throw is like a damn rowboat, the synchros in the tranny are such an archaic design, and the linkage is a mile long. I do away with the stock linkage and go to a nice cable shifter. I doubt there is a racer on the planet that thinks the stock shifter is the fastest way around the track. It takes way to long to shift. Its and internal design problem. I can assure you the stock Boxster shifter is not near as shitty. The car has new rubber. It just doesn't fit the same on all the cars I have worked on. That is nothing that can't be overcome with some time but, since I don't daily drive one anymore it is not on my list of things to worry about.
Why the hell should I have "run thicker oil". If the engine didn't grow three times what a water cooled engine does, I shouldn't need to. It never got "that" hot. We will never agree on this and I don't much care to. I drive what I drive because I think it is a better way to do it. We can always go to the track and see what is faster, and not any of that dragstrip crap. |
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Posts in this topic
bender upgread power?? Oct 4 2005, 12:26 PM
Headrage Go here and check your options. Oct 4 2005, 12:29 PM jimkelly The short answer is...
First I'd say reasearc... Oct 4 2005, 12:32 PM bender i watched jake's site probebly he is very rely... Oct 4 2005, 12:59 PM SirAndy <... Oct 4 2005, 12:59 PM SirAndy Oct 4 2005, 01:00 PM Cap'n Krusty Oct 4 2005, 01:06 PM bender so my man is the raby?
thanks Oct 4 2005, 02:47 PM Jake Raby Think I'm expensive???
Make a few dozen mista... Oct 4 2005, 02:49 PM bender ... Oct 4 2005, 03:09 PM tat2dphreak try pricing the parts seperately that jake uses in... Oct 4 2005, 03:50 PM Mueller Oct 4 2005, 05:11 PM bender Oct 4 2005, 05:16 PM Mueller Oct 4 2005, 05:19 PM bender Oct 4 2005, 05:39 PM Mueller Oct 4 2005, 05:45 PM Jake Raby Yep- If you are a first timer, don't even thin... Oct 4 2005, 05:49 PM bender ... Oct 4 2005, 06:12 PM Mueller Oct 4 2005, 06:23 PM Headrage Oct 4 2005, 06:24 PM Tobra FI vs carbs, once the FI is set up right, it will ... Oct 4 2005, 06:33 PM Andyrew Another thing you can do is do an engine swap....
... Oct 4 2005, 10:38 PM Jake Raby If the Subaru was aircooled I'd say go for it.... Oct 4 2005, 11:01 PM MattR ... Oct 4 2005, 11:03 PM Jake Raby Thanks.. Some days I'm a better asshole than o... Oct 5 2005, 12:11 AM Brett W Heritage or not you can't beat Physics. Water... Oct 5 2005, 09:13 AM Jake Raby So physics is why you drive a rice burner... Figur... Oct 5 2005, 10:21 AM lapuwali ... Oct 5 2005, 11:06 AM Jake Raby But those aren't VWs... they may have the logo... Oct 5 2005, 11:42 AM Andyrew ... Oct 5 2005, 02:19 PM Jake Raby Well it wasn't a personal attack.. Those invol... Oct 5 2005, 02:41 PM Mueller you gotta love the fact that Jake is a hardcore lo... Oct 5 2005, 03:01 PM Andyrew Jake when I said purist, I ment the fact that your... Oct 5 2005, 03:31 PM Jake Raby I like simplicity and it doesn't get much simp... Oct 5 2005, 04:10 PM scott thacher yup, its all the simplicity of it, how many hours ... Oct 5 2005, 04:24 PM Rand I noticed this same "upgread" upgrade thread has b... Oct 5 2005, 04:28 PM Mueller 
