Originally Posted by Stavros
The CA isnt bad, costs literally nothing to buy, has a better valvetrain design than the SR, uprated parts to well over 450bhp are available, but id still get the SR.
SR tuning bits easier to get, 450bhp is much more commonly done, and 200 more cc is nice.
SR Gearbox usually starts to get unrealiable about 400bhp, im sure T5s would hold out a lot less if people didnt use 205 wide tyres and shit on cossies anyhow
255s+ are fairly common on decent power SXs.
Uprated internals are available, and other boxes can be made to fit.
Diffs are generally strong as, and uprated ones are widely available, dont fall into the cossie trick of sticking with the lame viscous one- they might not break, but they still shit.
Personally if I was going to do an engine swap into something id fit something bigger, RB25s cost fuck all really, as do 1JZs and 2JZs.
Or if you wanted a smallish (in size) engine id be wanging in a 13B.
And id put it in an old Chevette or Kaddett
Tell me the cars they come from Steve
- you sound like some one from the Fast and the Furious films. :gayflag:
As for the Chevette or Kaddett- too old and rusty...
The cortine and manta were just examples.. and also too old and rusty - but both cool- I've been looking at Manta A's which look proper bad!
but
I'm thinking something more modern readily available and slightly less rusty and cheap to buy.
+ I want to buy a donor car and transfer everything I need in one go to save fuckin about buyin bits.