could a N/A redtop do low 14s?

[low_rider]

could a smallport 4age do low 14s without being turbo?
if so what would you have to do

[Dell'Orto]

Put it in a KP Starlet, with good drag suspension and slicks, and the usual bolt ons, it ought to be able to pull it off

[low_rider]

i was thinking in a fx or a levin

[Dell'Orto]

Big cams, new ECU, maybe a bit of porting...basically the less weight the faster you can go eh

[low_rider]

how much should you ecpect to pay for a port n polish?
is it worth the money?
also what sorta price would it be for a nice set of cams?

[strap-on]

kelford cams quoted me around 600 for a regrind of the cams in my 20v, mayb thats a good indication i dunno

[Rollux]

Allow another $600 for a decent port match and polish, plus headgasket and labour to remove and refit the head.
As for worth it, depends on how good the factory head is. The older the engine, normally the bigger the gains.

[kingcorolla]

600 a bit steep 4 just a port. i gotta place that wll port (not including manifold) your head for little over 100 for a simple porting job. Sometimes it worth going all out like i did, porting, plaining, polishing, new valves, valve surface refacing etc. Cost me about 700. sometimes its worth it, especially if its a 20 year old engine.

[CAMB01]

Or you could get in the trade like me, and work with the guy who does porting for top race cars like Docile, he's currently doing my head, and balancing a set of conrods for me

[strap-on]

i thought all of speedtechs work was done by colliers motor engineers in levin?

[Loudtoy]

could a smallport 4age do low 14s without being turbo?
if so what would you have to do

Yes it could but what would you have to do to it is like asking how long is a piece of string or how much money does bill gates have, it all depends on how far you want to go with the motor and how much you can afford to spend on it! Cams, porting, ecu, etc etc not in that particular order either
Btw even if you do all these mods no matter ow much you want it if you put a smallport 4age on the start line it won't go anywhere if it's all on it's lonesome ! You could put it in something light like mmmboost suggested or something heavy and have over a seconds worth of difference just there!
So your call now dude

[92GTApex]

Put it into a 600-700kg Lotus 7 or replica and you should have your times tumble to somewhere down there
(With the plus that you get a RWD setup for your 60' times)

Logan

[summin]

Put it into a 600-700kg Lotus 7 or replica and you should have your times tumble to somewhere down there
(With the plus that you get a RWD setup for your 60' times)

Logan

Try 550kg fraser clubman...or instead of 20v try a 3s-ge..heheh - should be almost good enough for 12-13sec

[Loudtoy]

could a smallport 4age do low 14s without being turbo?
if so what would you have to do

Small port's are 16 valves dude not 20 but yes a esgte would go mint in a fraser

[92GTApex]

550kg fraser clubman...

Can anyone say Caterham Superlight?
Around 450kg (possibly a little heavier with 4age)

yes a esgte would go mint in a fraser

YES, 3SGTE's go really well in lotus 7/fraser/replica's etc

Logan

[low_rider]

could a smallport 4age do low 14s without being turbo?
if so what would you have to do

Small port's are 16 valves dude not 20 but yes a esgte would go mint in a fraser

i know i never said they were

[Loudtoy]

could a smallport 4age do low 14s without being turbo?
if so what would you have to do

Small port's are 16 valves dude not 20 but yes a esgte would go mint in a fraser

i know i never said they were

Whoops sorry don't know how that ended up like that i was meaning to quote summin when he said

Try 550kg fraser clubman...or instead of 20v try a 3s-ge..heheh - should be almost good enough for 12-13sec

Hehe

Oh yeah i could be wrong but didn't that starlet at the last honda/yota drags have a red top in it?? That was running low 14's

[blackie]

man, what sort of power are those 3sgte's making?
i thought it was around the 190kW mark.

but a guy from my work has a mr2 gts with one in it, and a full 3" exhaust off the turbo, its hell slow.

well not exactly slow, but its performance was poor as for a 2L turb in such a small car. this was backed up when i drove another guy from works Evo III.