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Jul 10, 2009 17:45:56 GMT
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At the moment I'm looking at fitting a toyota 4age engine into my cortina estate. Reason being it's a bit different to the usual, it's an instant 125bhp (or there abouts) upgrade, and being a 1600 it should hopefully be relatively kind to my insurance as I'm still young. Anyway, reason for the thread is does anyone know of any other people who have done 4age conversions? this is both so I can possibly get a bit more clued up on things and maybe ask for help if I get stuck. Cheers in advance and have a few pics of other 4age powered stuff ;D   |
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The Doctor
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Toyota 4AGE powered cars...The Doctor
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Jul 10, 2009 18:58:44 GMT
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i can't help with swapping info, but i suggest 1 thing, get the same type of driveline as in your car. FWD and RWD 4A-GE's differ in some small details (inlet manifold faces the other way, thermostat housing is different, waterpump is different.). Not to hard to fix, but it's easier if you find the correct engine  oh, and 4A-GE's ROCK  |
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CIH
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Jul 10, 2009 20:58:49 GMT
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Wouldn't fancy trying to find a RWD 4AGE without serious retro/drifty scene-tax. Best bet may be a dying MR2 mk1 and get the detail parts seperate.
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Jul 10, 2009 21:38:02 GMT
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thats^^^^^ pretty much what I'm doing. I've sourced the neccessary rwd making componants which can use either a mk3 supra manual box (proving awkward to find) or a ford type 9
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kenb
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There are a few 4age Escorts about, and there are a few 4age Anglia's in the pipeline, in both of these cases I suspect there is less room to fit than in yours so different problems are possibly arising. I think in most cases these guys are using the T50 box, which is quite hard to find. I gather there is a bell housing to convert 4age to type 9 available from Dellows which is an Aussie company but it aint cheap. Not sure on UK suppliers for that. Personally if I had a Cort i'd go T50 if you can find one, cos they are a really neat lightweight box with ratios very close to the 2000E box. Type 9 has that dreadful short 1st gear.
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Last Edit: Jul 11, 2009 6:21:30 GMT by kenb
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Jul 11, 2009 13:08:25 GMT
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you can get the type 9 bellhousing conversion kits from both fensport and raw engineering in this country for around £350. The kiit for the supra box is about the same from a malaysian company but that then needs a clutch and flywheel on top of that. I've been keeping an eye out for a t50 but the few I've seen have been very very pricey
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CIH
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Jul 11, 2009 17:36:16 GMT
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last I heard Fensport do Type9->4AGE parts.
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Jul 11, 2009 21:21:22 GMT
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last I heard Fensport do Type9->4AGE parts. that they do, for around £350 as per my above post ;D |
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Jul 11, 2009 23:16:14 GMT
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the last one I saw for sale which went on ebay a few weeks ago went for over £500 iirc. Other than driftworks I'm struggling to find any anywhere atm
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