doing up engine-some suggestions

dynabytes · rice boy Joined: 01 Nov 2001 Posts: 42

Hi I have a stock engine in pretty good nick that I want to do up to put in my freshly painted gemini...
I have about 1500 to spend, what are some suggestions on what I could do to the engine to beef it up a little... it is the one with the electronic fuel pump not the mechanical one... the budget doesn't include fitting the engine as some is doing that for me...

spud · petrol head Joined: 05 Apr 2002 Posts: 1106

if you have a good nick engine i would advise you keep it as a spare and pick up something ready to go in.or get a cheap block to work from. either way im sure you could get a pretty damned decent engine going for 1500 bucks. then you also hav a spare incase something bad happens to your main engine.

Pete · backyard mechanic Joined: 05 Oct 2001 Posts: 502

if your in sydney they have them off the shelf, they have an add in the trading post 'from mild to wild',so im pretty sure they will have what you need. PLUS they arent some backyard dodgy brothers wrecking joint that will rip you off.

Gemini Driving Yobbo · petrol head Joined: 26 Feb 2002 Posts: 3897

Buy a G200 and do abit of work to that and that will flog a worked G160 or 161.

Ben Wight · backyard mechanic Joined: 04 Oct 2001 Posts: 946

Getting a second hand going engine is a good idea, especially since say a $2000 engine can be picked up for say a grand.

Check the trading post.

Stoktg · tinkerer Joined: 05 Jan 2002 Posts: 113

Or a $4K race prepped turbo 2ltr motor with custom made extractors, 32mm wastegate, hiflow T3 sucking on a pair of SU's with water/methanol injection and tough 5 speed box for $1200

nos · tinkerer Joined: 24 Apr 2002 Posts: 274

turbo motors don't have extractors man

Stoktg · tinkerer Joined: 05 Jan 2002 Posts: 113

technically no, custom tuned length headers/exhaust manifold what ever you want to call it. Either way they cost $700