Anyway, first impression was that it seemed really tame but wasn't worried because the engine is healthy as and is stock standard apart from a pod filter...sucking in hot air. Also the fact that its for the gf who is upgrading from an ee90 2e powered bonnet rippling beast.
Now that I've driven it a few times (and found a misfire
) I really like it! Its great to be able to rev the nuts off of it. It makes no where near the power of my 4agte 16v or even my other late model 4agze but its just a nice engine to "play with" for lack of better words.
I guess I missed the response and rev happy-ness of N/A 4age's.
Also quite surprised how well it pulls from low speed in the high gears, I was expecting it to have no torque what so ever from what I hear people saying. I suppose people should just think about the fact that a 1.6L 4 cylinder will never be a torquey engine but still is pretty good for what it is.
Now I have to force myself not to do stuff to it when she's not looking! Im already thinking of ways to convince her that the Cat should be replaced by a straight pipe
... Also some nice shocks and springs for when I'm driving
On a side note I came to realise that I now have a set of modern Trueno's! My ae86 Trueno and ae92 GTZ Trueno and her ae101 Trueno, I never set out to do this, it just sort of happened lol.
And also a set of the modern 4age's: Bigport 4agze(t), smallport 4agze and silvertop 20v.
Do I have a 4age problem?
