But I have zero regret. After the drive home I have a thought though… my turbo 16v was freaking fast. This is lazy in comparison… but maybe with better auxiliaries it will impress. I am looking forward to a clean and simple engine bay again. It’s currently running stock electronics, so a FREEDOM ECU should be relatively easy to fit, and allow open stacks. Megasquirt seems like a major challenge. I think I’ll probably cut a whole in my firewall for the distributor, and likely run an AE86 waterpump etc rather than fuss with expensive coolant line kits. Now the heater really is damned.
Of course… it’s all going in my AE86.
I think you made a sound decision. Stock management and premium fuel and you can simply drive the piss out of it with little worries compared to all the constant attention a home built turbo setup seems to need. Your gearing will be good too. Ever read up on the budget drilling method for the water lines and then just use a front mount dizzy?
I will be going N/A very soon myself, maybe even giong back to a nearly completely stock ride for bombing these rough country roads in my kneck of the woods.
Is there a cheap way to front mount the dizzy? I’m not too concerned with cutting a recess into the bulkhead, but whatever is cheaper/easier…
I’ve seen a few guys running a RWD water pump and lines with a few block off plates and some porting of the head. That would grant me opportunity to fit upgrade the head gasket and do some port matching, as well as utilize my aluminum pulley set. I mostly think about the aesthetics of velocity stacks, and building myself a crazy header.
I should have done this sooner… but it really seemed quite daunting/expensive to collect all the required parts. I feel like a got a killer deal. $500 for the whole car, and it’s got some decent alloys on it for the Echo, and proper sized Nexen’s for the 86. Seems way better than what my local importer was offering me: the same price for an engine that had been sitting for years, and was missing a whole tonne of stuff.
Talk to Sam, he did it.
Neil
Cool man!
20v is the best choice. Get a FREEDOM because I want to see how shiny it is.
Money valve, nice
What happened to the header post?
I saw it, was going to read it later, now it’s gone:(
No turbo should equal less broken, more driving, and cool sounds!
You can run blacktop electronics/wireing harness on it. Open stacks, and a little more power I think. It’s still going to be slow.
Werd. Already got an AE111 ECU on the way, and I’ll order map and ait sensors from Rock Auto. Seems like child’s play VS megasquirt and Turbo. I am expecting slow though. AE92 was not exciting.