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| ne14914 |
 Mar 4 2003, 12:43 AM
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Me N My914  Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Los Angeles, Cali (Inland Empire) Member No.: 388  |
I have a 1.7 motor that I want to rebuild. My question is - what should i do? How can I get ALOT more horses out of it and keep it a daily driver, and NOT go broke doing it.
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| Mueller |
Mar 4 2003, 12:45 AM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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sell it and get a Honda (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
seriously, do have a realistic budget? |
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| ne14914 |
Mar 4 2003, 12:50 AM
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Me N My914 Group: Members Posts: 94 Joined: 4-March 03 From: Los Angeles, Cali (Inland Empire) Member No.: 388 |
A HONDA - Thats why I want to rebuild the motor (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
QUOTE seriously, do have a realistic budget? Budget - $2500.00 |
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| Dave_Darling |
Mar 4 2003, 02:10 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,986 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California
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Forget the idea of "A LOT" more horsepower, together with a lot of reliability if that's your budget.
--DD |
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| Mark Henry |
Mar 4 2003, 07:32 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
Dave's right, thats about the budget for a stock rebuild job, that's done right, not much more.
Find yourself a good used, running, complete 2.0 d-jet, thats good for 15-20hp. You want to hear it running and it would be nice to get a compression/leakdown test. |
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| echocanyons |
Mar 4 2003, 10:14 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,094 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Bay Area, CA Member No.: 7 Region Association: Central California 
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Do it yerself turbo could be under that mark and with the low compression 1.7 you would have a good start
but youd be buildin it from scratch or if ya like short lastin engines and refilling bottles go NOS (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) |
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| Bleyseng |
Mar 4 2003, 11:46 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,034 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
A turbo is the only way to get alot more hp out of a 1.7l for $2500.
For a 15-20hp increase locate a good used complete 2.0L engine with Djet or with dual webbers & carb cam. That will satisify the hp crave for a few years until the six bug bites. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif) Geoff |
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| airsix |
Mar 4 2003, 01:23 PM
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I have bees in my epiglotis Group: Members Posts: 2,196 Joined: 7-February 03 From: Kennewick Man (E. WA State) Member No.: 266 |
One of the big questions not answered is are you going to do all the work yourself or pay a shop to do it?
If you pay a shop, $2,500 will get a stock 80hp rebuild. If you do it all yourself (excluding machine work) you have more options. -Ben M. |
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| Lawrence |
Mar 4 2003, 01:44 PM
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Senior Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,661 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 244 Region Association: None |
For 2500 dollars, you should be able to pick up a pretty solid 2.0 motor with heat exchangers - maybe not a fresh rebuild, but it should be something ready to bolt in.
-Rusty |
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| campbellcj |
Mar 4 2003, 07:18 PM
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I can't Re Member Group: Members Posts: 4,545 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Agoura, CA Member No.: 21 Region Association: Southern California
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I will very soon be selling a complete turnkey 2.4 engine with low miles. Somewhere around double the power of your 1.7 for somewhere around your budget target. I do have a couple of potential buyers locally, and I have no idea where you live (not shown in your profile), but the point is that a transplant is probably your best bet by far. As the other guys mentioned, good stock-or-better engines are listed for sale fairly frequently, by guys who've upgraded further, or are abandoning a partly completed project.
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