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Location: Melbourne
Registered: October 2003
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Re: 3.8 ecotec into Hilux/celica.
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Fri, 16 April 2004 10:47

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rrr... i'm on a lot of forums, and always see the same thing when someone puts their neck out about a cross breed car.
Let people do what they want!
BUT to the point:
the 3.8L is a pretty compact engine. They actually make a massive
fan shroud in the commodores (over 40cm long) to make the bay look full. Their 'tiny' esp when you pull all the plastic covers off em. I don't see why they'd be very heavy either.
a 3.8L would shit all over the 22r (driven one in a lux ute)
People seem to forget what cubes do to all round drivability/comfort.. Do what you like for performence, but to be able to drop your foot in 5'th and still pull is awesome.. Esp when your tired and cbf'd changing gears)
A std, 3.8, in a vn v6 manual does 15.5 sec 1/4 from factory..
That is, in a 1300-1400kg car. In a 1000kg car, easy 14's..
How could anyone say that is not fast?? The factory hilux diff, which is oviously (numerically) higher than the 3.08:1 ratio the VN's use, would yield awesome acceleration off the mark.
This all being with a standard family car engine, which will run as good, long, and reliably as it would in a commodore. Comparing this with the reliabily issues of turboing the 22r, the 3.8 is better.
The engines are cheap as anything.. Their are about 8 or 9 of them in pikapart, and the other week they had a special on for 'any bare engine, including head(s) - $50' Taking advantage of this offer, plus buying loom + computer + everything else you need), you'd have all then engine bits for <$300. All you need to do to smooth out the husky VN v6 is to swap the computer for a VP/VR one.. simple as that. Or just swap the memcal..
Sequention injections is actually just for emissions, it's contribution to power and economy are insignificant.
This all being for a base. You can always modify the v6 with the usually intake/ex mods, and thier is a huge array of aftermarket parts available for cheap.
That is my unbiased opinion, i own 7 cars, 4 of which are 70's celicas, (2t/3t Hyb, 18RG, 18R, 2t) the other 3 are: a worked 5.7L, a 3.5L Turbo, as well as a n.a worked 4.0L (NOT FORD) stock.
So I am NOT BIASED!! (or so i hope not)
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