To do a big 4 or a 2.0 D-jet Options

[Mark Henry]

My wife and I both drive our teen, if anything she drives it more than I do. We both want more power, I really want a six, but that is at least 3 years away. The main points are I want a motor that is powerful but is smooth, gets OK mileage, can drive all day at 85-90 mph and isn’t embarrassed by ricers. I don’t want it to scare the shit out of the wife; (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) this one point I wonder if a six is too much. I only want an aircooled engine.

My teen has a perfectly running 1800 L-jet, it’s just a tad wimpy, but it only needs a couple of oil leaks fixed. I have 7-T4 cores, 2-2.0 and 1-1800 Porsche engines and 2-2.0, 1-1800 and 1-1700 van motors. I also have a set of 1800 heads with 42X38 valves and the 2-2.0 P motors are disassembled, cleaned and checked out good cores, no slugs though. The 2 d-jet systems are in baskets, but I think only one system will be any good, because of rust and a couple of missing parts. As far as a big 4 goes money isn’t really an issue and the machining and building is covered.

I was thinking about building a stock D-jet for a spare and hopping up the other 2.0, but really the 1800 L-jet can be the spare. So I’m either going to live with a 95hp d-jet or go with a 2056 or maybe a 2270 with either mega squirt or SDS PEFI (I don’t want carbs) One reason for not just going with the D-jet is the fact that I have no clue on it’s condition. They were running engines, back in 1985! One system is a ‘75 and the better one is a ‘74. The ’75 case is the better one and my car is a ’74.

Any thoughts, suggestions, recommendations, advice and/or even smart remarks appreciated. I’m still sitting on the fence with this engine, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) no real rush, but I do want to jump on it someday! Thanks Mark.