What engine do I want in my AE86?

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oldeskewltoy Wrote:WOW... WARNING: Hip waders needed in this thread.....
Stock cams CAN NOT PULL to 7800 rpm... no way... no how... its just poo.

Check your blacktop BEFORE you buy... they are known to produce a fair bit of sludge.... you are looking for compression numbers of at least 170, or higher... no more then 10 psi difference between cylinders

Yeah but hes got auto ecu, that makes the cams pull hard as fuck
Sorry but that just sonds like a load of bollocks, unless you got dynosheets to back this up.


My rebuild 4AGE bluetop making 141hp on the flywheel, and thats on standard ECU with higher compression, ported head, airfilter/ martelius R1 and adjusted fuelpressure. The money spend on it was 1K for the rebuild and 400€ for the exhaust. chuck in a set of mild cams that run on the stock ecu and you should easily see 150/155 giving you more torque than a 20V.
Ditch the fuel injection and put it on bike carbs with more agressive cams and you should see 160/170hp and that beats a 20V anytime and still (since it seems to be very imprtant for you) gives you some siiick induction noise, yo.

I´ve driven a stock 20V on Omex 600 that made 163 on the flywheel but a shit torqueband, iirc the peak torque moves up 1200 rpm compared to a 16V.
I therms of driveability Id choose the 16V over the 20V everytime. Be aware that a 20V bolts to the gearbox, and fit the enginemounts, but thats about it, all the rest will need to be modded and those waterkits are expensive, and unless you´re going standalone ECU, the dizzy relocation is expensive, too.

20V are NOT worth it, unless you can pick one up cheap for like 300€.