NEWBIE needs a hand...

[Te_Andrew_GC]

hi guys. i am slowly moving away from restoring my stock as a rock TE to mod it a bit. the stock 1.6 is a might gutless piece of machinery, and i was wondering what a good engine mod would be, that has a bit of grunt, nothing spectacular, but is also reliable as a daily driver. i dont want to turbo it, and not really drag it, just something with a bit of go. i have seen rodeo engines being tossed around in here a bit. how much would this cost to get it put in and all that associated shit. i'm a total mechanical newbie, so it's all gonna get professionally done, caus i'd have no idea what to do lol.

also, are there any major things i need to change in converting the stocker to the rodeo engine? like the path of the exhaust and all that.

one last thing, i fuckin hate the pin stripes down the side of the doors, can i take em of without ruining the paint, if so, how?

thanks heaps

AndrewTE

[hypaTG]

g'day mate,
welcome. you can drop a g180 or g200 (rodeo/jackaroo) engine in without any modifications... they are a straight drop in. The manifolds from the g161, g180 and g200 are all the same aswell. these engines might set you back about $600 on average. depends on the condition though and if you can find one. if i was you, i'd be dropping in something like a 12a rotary engine. they put out 84.5kw standard and have a lot of potential. also, there is a kit on the market now to drop in a 3.8L v6 engine out of a vn commodore, the kit is available from rod hadfield and costs about $1200 + engine + getting a mechanic to put the engine in the car... all up would add up to about $2000 - $2500. a standard vn v6 engine in a gemini will run 13.9 1/4 mile with standard driveline.
good luck, hope that helped a bit,
cheers,
mat

[Te_Andrew_GC]

hey mat.
my brother had a series 3 RX7 with a 12b, he blew the engine 3 times in as many months, so i'm not the biggest fan of em. the V6 seems to costly and the insurance for a first car for an 18 year old would be fuckin stupid. so i'm thinking the rodeo engine is the way to go. is there anything u can get bigger than an g180 or g200 *are they 1.8 and 2 litres respectively?* someone said on here something about a 2.3? whats the legal capacity under the small car scheme *? i think thats what it is* of a TE? are larger 4's in a gemmi reliable as daily drivers?

thanks for your persistance, i'm really fuckin clueless, but i'm learning

[Mr DOHCT]

ive got a 1.8L twin cam 4 sale but thats probably too much $$ for what u are willing to pay

[Frederick Stienheld]

ok a 12A rotor conversion or a V6 conversion is WAY overkill for what you want. If you dropped in a G200 thats in good condition and put a weber on it I'm sure you will be more than happy with the performance. They bolt straight up and most parts are interchangable with the standard gemmi engine.

[hypaTG]

you can get a 2.6 and a 2.3 litre engine but they are not straight drop ins i don't think. the g180 and g200 are 1.8 and 2 litres respectively. they will be reliable too.

[Wagonslut]

or the cheapest way out would be.... webber, exhaust and cam! ware u from? im sure some local hotgemini boys could fit the webber for ya for a small fee, cam possibly(not as hard as u think) all these mods should satisfy u and could be done for less then 500 bucks!

[Te_Andrew_GC]

hey man. the g200 seems the best go atm, as well as the one bluebanno suggested. i live on the gold coast, so yeah, any of the hotgemini guys wanna do it for me, i'll pay, if i can watch, caus i really wanna learn. i'm in a social circle of musicians, so none of us have any knowledge of cars, which kinda sucks, as i'm the only one of us who gives a crap about my ride.

how much for the g200? are they easy to source? thanks for elpin a newbie
andrew