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Re: Why no love for the 4A-C? Bullies!! Fri, 11 October 2002 07:35 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
I was once asked to work out the cost of improving the power of the 4AC to around the stock GE mark, I estimated that without the cost of me building it, the stuff needed to be done alone would come to around $1K... the price of a G, having said that Ive have always wanted to do one just for the hell of it and oneday I will, but for a grand heres what I estimated needed to be done to get power.

1. ditch the 4AC crank and use GE one from a 3 rib block, the rods will bolt on to this crank no worries.

2.bench flow the head with maximum possible valve size and a port and polish to boot. then deck the head about 20,000" to up the compression a bit more

3. move up to a 1mm oversize piston

4. custom made extractors with a heatshield to protect the intake manifold a little bit plus some heat wrap may help as well

5. custom intake manifold to suit either a 32/36 (from a escourt or cortina) or 36/36 (from an alfa alfetta) weber IDA carb

6. regrind or preferably a billet upgraded cam, something like a 35/65 would be suitable

7. lightened flywheel and better clutch setup

8. and of course a full balance

9. ditch the clutch driven fan for an electric thermo fan

10. run an oil cooler


you could also add an electronic dizzy, coil packs or better still 3D mapping to improve it further.
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