3au freshen up

[jakesae101]

ok guys till i can fork out enough coin to do a 4age conversion in my ae85 i was wondering if there is anything i can do to get a bit more out of the 3au. I have done all the usual airfilter sparkplugs coolent (after my radiator broke) oil and oil filter anything like carbies off another toyota? had a look and found pretty much nothing on how to give these a bit more grunt

[Bling]

They aren't meant to be powerful. You would just be throwing money away.

Just save up faster to get the 4age in there. <- best advice IMO

Wasting money to get minimal power will just mean you're stuck with it longer as you'll have to save for longer.

[Mr Revhead]

yep keep saving

if you've got it in good working order and correctly tuned then there isnt much you can do cheaply
best to save ya cash... after a quick intake and exhaust mod your left with opening it up. and that is not cheap and is pretty pointless on a 3a

[jakesae101]

just as i suspected i know i can get a bluetop 4age out of a aw11 thats missing the fuel rail for 200 inc ecu and loom so i may just buy it and start rebuilding / modifying for rwd and a bit of extra power

[Mr Revhead]

thats not a bad price

just use the gutlessness as motivation to pull finger!

[jakesae101]

yea my boss is parting out his aw11 yea a tad gutless after owing a mk1 escort with a verry modified 2L motor and a ae101 with a 20v in it ive just never rebuilt a engine before well not something as complex as a 4age (cam chain ohv escort 1300) my boss rebuilt his ae82 nz gts motor but no modifications