4AGE Motor

[Jackstand Queen]

Some other factors to consider:

One of the worst things you can do to an AWII's handling is to make the rear half of the car heavier.

Forced induction on a similar displacement engine is always better. Because you can never have too much Horsepower. {tounge in cheek . . not an absolute truth}.

An N.A. designed engine is a poor candidate for forced induction. The compression ratio is too high, and the pistons and rods will not be made of forged strength materials.

Strangely enough, all this swap advice I'm getting is coming to me at a time where my current engine is making a sound a lot like "Rod Knock", though I doubt it is actually rod knock. Anyway, she's about to get ripped apart starting today. And coincidentally, the collective consciousness of MR2 land, is directing me to a larger displacement swap. Hmmm I'll give it some deep consideration for sure. Where I live the population is so sparse that in ten years, I've only seen 3 Mr2's of any generation in local junkyards. I have to import just about everything parts wise.

Gentlemen, I'm listening and will give it some thought. I'm having really crappy luck with my SC14 setup.

[328FTW]

Originally Posted by Jackstand Queen

One of the worst things you can do to an AWII's handling is to make the rear half of the car heavier.

Ah yes but the extra torque helps bring you some control plus you can always go to wider tyres, mine are 11" wide rear but that might be over the top for road use.

Originally Posted by Jackstand Queen

An N.A. designed engine is a poor candidate for forced induction. The compression ratio is too high, and the pistons and rods will not be made of forged strength materials.

Actually the gen 2 3sge rods are about the same as the gen 2 3sgte rods and hold a lot of horsepower, compression ratio is higher but correct tuning can overcome that.....plus I may have some flattop pistons for my setup just laying around as you do

I want to see where my pet project takes me, it hasn't had a majorly good run yet, mostly handling issues but on the straights it was a rocket. The engine for me is just so much easier to get, 4agze are hard to come by now and the 3sge isn't, people in my country are basically throwing out low km motors for lack of buyers plus there is a larger parts base at cheaper prices. I will try to get a video up of my one doing a hard run if I can just to show how it howls (there are plenty of others on the net though on youtube). It starts a quarter of a turn and pulls all day (last owner took care of it), I love it, it's different, nice to drive and pretty powerful.

[mr2erdave]

Ouch i didnt know i sold it for a third of money I put into it reason for selling was too many projects plus the ae82 had undercarrage rust and rear well rust so i pulled then engine and now its a parts car for my white ae82 i dont come on forums much but i always answer questions but everyone is entitled to thier own thoughts now dont knock a 9a till you have at least driven a car with one yo might be surprized its the Toyota eqivalent of a b20 Vtec engine the other engines are for sale
David