Need engine,any engine

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:17 am Post subject: Need engine,any engine

What other engine would fit the t50 and engine mounts. In other words is there any other engine that i could just slap into hachi plug&play style? doesnt matter what engine..

and does anybody have a working 4a-g near slovenia to sell?

Takumi Joined: 07 Oct 2005 Posts: 389 Location: Wroclaw PL

a 3A will fit... so will 4A-C

don't have one to sell, sorry.

get a 4A-FE and use your AG head.

Takumi Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 328 Location: Slovenia

1. In some posts ago I saw that in NL there are good 4age from junkyard for 200-300 eur. You can make some calls to transport agencies and arrange the transport. What about the transport by train?

2. Contact robotype ( he is from Milano, Italy ). As far as I know he had a working 4age redtop from corolla ae92 a year ago. He might still have it...

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:45 am Post subject:

I might cancel my smallport project due to financial reasons. If you buy my smallport you could have 140-150HP easily andit's not very far from you, in Budapest.

Smallport intake adapter has to be converted to the RWD style but I can help you to do this. More in private.

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:52 am Post subject:

the smallport is the latter (ae92) no tvis version right? will my bluetop manifold fit?

in what cars ca i find 3a and 4ac engines? wasnt it said that 4af block is a lot less rigid than the 4ag?

what about the engine mounts? can i use my engine mounts?

the point is i would like to have a working engine, that i can just service it (oil, filters) and run it.

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:58 am Post subject:

The smallport has smaller intake ports (how strange Smile

) than the bluetop bigport. So your manifold won't fit.

Don't forget that almost every engine needs some modification since these newer engines were built mostly in FWD cars. So the smallport and the 4A-FE too.

Maybe my smallport is not what you need because it needs some things to work in your car.

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:05 am Post subject:

well i need a working bottom end. good bloock, rings, crank, bearings, oilpump.. i can use my head..

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:08 am Post subject:

Any A-series engine.
2A (1.3), 3A (1.5), 4A (1.6), 7A (1. Cool

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:13 am Post subject:

what work do i need to do, when converting to fwd type engines? can i use my mounts plug and play? is the T50 bolt-on for fwd engines?

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:14 am Post subject:

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:16 am Post subject:

cant i use 4ag exhaust manifold?

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:19 am Post subject:

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:21 am Post subject:

how about other fwd engines (2a,3a,7a)? and will t50 fit them plug and play?

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:26 am Post subject:

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:33 am Post subject:

so to sum it up - i can get any A-series engine (unless its a smallport 4ag) and use my (4ag RWD) engine mounts, my t50 tranny, and my intake and exhaust manifold? and it will be plug and play? what about the wireing? yes?

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:47 am Post subject:

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 10:49 am Post subject:

It will be a difficult swap if you're not swapping in a 4AGE or something running the same head. Using the head on just any a series is not possible, you need at the very least to swap over the pistons with the 4valve cutouts. 4AFE etc will be just as expensive and a bitch to wire in..not impossible though. I'd say stick with the 4A-GE..been hearing rumours about a ae86 in Croatia soon to receive a nissan engine..might be worth your while to inform with Zax whether he has an engine left.
Plenty of 4A-GE's here in Holland, but i think shipping would kill you. Why not inform around with some truck drivers around Ljubljana that make trips to Holland? Wouldn't mind helping you out with acquiering the engine and loading it onto the truck.

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:04 am Post subject:

yep i see.. i know 4ag is the easiest thing to go for, but there is just none of them here. unbelivable.

i have this urge to fix up my car for the winter. i really want to have soome winter fun this year, so i need to fix/buy engine for less 400 eur.. i'll super-build my car later with all the fancy parts, when i have the money. but i just must not miss out on the fun. it means teh world to me. Very Happy

Much thanks for your willingnes to help. I will ask a trucker i know if hell be doing any trips to holland anytime soon, an i'll let you know.

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 1:11 pm Post subject:

Takumi Joined: 08 Sep 2004 Posts: 328 Location: Slovenia

The following page explains a little bit about intake manifolds:
http://www.whyturbothat.com/

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject:

Call me crazy, but Zax used to have a bunch of 4age's, cant he help you out? He's not actively drifting competitions with the ae86's anymore so I'd expect he doesnt need so much spares anymore.

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 6:27 pm Post subject:

the problem is i would like to have a solid working engine for as little money as possible. mine has conrod bearings and crank problems and because of the history of the engine i'd need to do a complete rebild (grind&polish crankshaft, new bearings, hone cylinders, new rings..) - and that aint so cheap to do- but what most consirns me is that my work would be all in vain, because of the rough history "she had" - and the engine was never worked on by a toyota specialist, but by a mere local mechanic.. i think my engine is pretty out-of-tune. yes i will call zax and some other folks and see what i can do, its no hurry, so finding something that would suit my budget is the priority instead of rushing in on some unthought-through and expensive deals.

thanx for the help guys-

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:35 pm Post subject:

Well, i got the oe engine i pulled from my car,done just around 200k km,but there is no sound from bearings or worn pistons,the head was rebuilt at the Toyota dealership, pryer to it have been put away,it was using 0.3 ltr oil, in 5oookm , and no water,
The car had been standing in a garage in 10years,so it have not even been started in that time,but i ran it for 10k km and there is no problem with it.

but there is a long was to Denmark,and i dont know about shipping,but the engine, would cost 270 euro.

Regards,
Skassag

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject:

yea, again the distance problem. ill try to find something thats closer to me, tnx.

Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:55 pm Post subject:

Slade (ISL here) sold 4a-ge for my mate with kp60 starlet, but starlet is now sold to Jura, so my mate has one blue top 4a-ge for sale.

I don't know the state of the engine or price, but engine is for sale.