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Location: Perth
Registered: August 2004
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Re: AE86 + SR20DET
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Fri, 24 September 2004 02:36

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Both cars are in perth.. The first was a red Levin... I never met the owner I was given a ride by one of the mechanics at MAD Enhancements in Osbourne Park (The guys that were doing the conversion). The other was a gold levin owned by Peter Mitchell (Although the gold one was a track car and not registered.)
The Red one was pretty bad as the engine was too far foward and upset the balance of the car.. The gold one seemed to have been done right where the crossmember was modified and new mounts much further back were made.
Please understand I am not bagging the SR20 as a motor per se. My opinion to put a more revvy motor in one is my preference... My preference is also to keep an engine with the same manufacturer if possible... My argument was along the lines of if it can be done witha toyota donk thenk why not??
As for the whole lots of torque in a light car?? Well I agree with you they are a lot of fun... However this is where you can start twisting chasis' etc.
As stated above I also prefer the character of a revvy nature.. The aforementioned 600hp gtr and even the V8 (by this i mean the v8 supercar series not your garden variety v8) to some extent rely on revs to get its power. This is the same reason the CA18 is a popular swap in an 86...
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T APLUS 22 | Tue, 27 January 2004 21:58 |
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purpleminiep | Tue, 27 January 2004 22:23 |
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improvedae86 | Wed, 28 January 2004 05:38 |
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Simon-AE86 | Tue, 21 September 2004 11:22 |
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ae86drift | Tue, 21 September 2004 12:07 |
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stark | Tue, 21 September 2004 13:35 |
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Simon-AE86 | Tue, 21 September 2004 13:39 |
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stark | Tue, 21 September 2004 14:39 |
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improvedae86 | Tue, 21 September 2004 23:11 |
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Simon-AE86 | Wed, 22 September 2004 02:20 |
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THE WITZL | Wed, 22 September 2004 08:11 |
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ae95 | Wed, 22 September 2004 09:43 |
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stark | Wed, 22 September 2004 09:57 |
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truenosedan | Thu, 23 September 2004 04:09 |
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drift86levin | Thu, 23 September 2004 05:13 |
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ae95 | Thu, 23 September 2004 05:42 |
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stark | Thu, 23 September 2004 05:52 |
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ae95 | Thu, 23 September 2004 06:43 |
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Sprinter-Saurus | Thu, 23 September 2004 08:39 |
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drift86levin | Fri, 24 September 2004 05:26 |
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ae95 | Thu, 23 September 2004 08:41 |
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improvedae86 | Thu, 23 September 2004 23:35 |
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stark | Fri, 24 September 2004 02:36 |
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ae95 | Fri, 24 September 2004 08:19 |
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510rob | Fri, 24 September 2004 08:41 |
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drift86levin | Fri, 24 September 2004 10:18 |
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Anthony Kellam | Fri, 24 September 2004 16:00 |
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510rob | Fri, 24 September 2004 16:04 |
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