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gold28 Forums Junkie Location: Madrid - Spain Registered: August 2002	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade?? Wed, 29 January 2003 02:35 As has been previously said, the EFi engines are a better alternative and require less skills to service than a carby engine does. The toyota EFI engines/ECU's don't seem to have many problems. If anything the problems come from damaged wiring/connectors due to shabby installations. The big drawback with an EFI conversion is the actual conversion. You will need to upgrade the fuel and electrics, along with any structural/brake mods required. Added to this is a Cat equipped exhaust. This makes an EFI conversion a bit more costly. Turbo engines don't give any extra problems when run within the factory limits, so long as you have a good oil supply. Carby conversions are very easy and an 18RG ain't such a bad old engine. Having said all that and owned both a 18RG RA28 and a 1G-GTE RA28, I can say that the 1G is a far better engine all round. It is better to drive, doesn't need tuning (Solex carbies are a pain), runs on unleaded, much better fuel economy (when I am behaving) and has double the power. But I do miss the noises coming from a twin carb engine. If I was doing the conversion I could easily justify the added expense of an EFI engine. I guess it is up to your budget. [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	77 RA23 engine upgrade??	Blaze	Tue, 28 January 2003 23:16
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	rob_RA40	Tue, 28 January 2003 23:33
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	Blaze	Wed, 29 January 2003 00:27
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	Norbie	Wed, 29 January 2003 00:41
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	Bugman	Wed, 29 January 2003 00:55
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	gold28	Wed, 29 January 2003 02:35
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	Blaze	Wed, 29 January 2003 05:58
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	Norbie	Wed, 29 January 2003 06:12
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	Blaze	Wed, 29 January 2003 06:14
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	Norbie	Wed, 29 January 2003 06:19
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	Blaze	Wed, 29 January 2003 06:31
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	Norbie	Wed, 29 January 2003 11:24
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	blackRA28	Wed, 29 January 2003 11:47
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	ra23celicachick	Thu, 30 January 2003 01:35
	Re: 77 RA23 engine upgrade??	TOY77	Thu, 30 January 2003 06:03

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