I have always said to the young fella's that I have had under my wing over the years. build it once and do it properly.

Drsw yourself a plan of what it is exactly that you want from the vehicle. Do you want...

A/ A reasonably stock cruiser to potter around in and go cruising with utter reliability?

B/ A highly modified pig that will eventually annoy you, be unpredictable and go out of tune easily?

C/ A ball out powerhouse that frys the tyres and is dangerous (albeit fun) and that you will be scared to drive in the wet?

Get an idea of what you actually want from the car, draw up a plan and stick to it. It is when the plan evolves that the car will usually end up an unfinished project if you can't settle on what it is that you desire from the vehicle.

forced induction, u will never get ova it, u can only add more to it..

ive got a very worked a series coupe with twin dellortos around 90-100 hp atw with 5 speed and lsd and im already bored of it. go sr20de vct

dont waste you money on a a12 or any A series motors, what figures do u expext to achive? if you put a sr20 its already 3 times quicker than any a series motor u build n u can push them to well over 500hp try n get a Aseries at that much hahahahaha

but i would rather a nice rotor over any A series

4age :)
cheap as chips tuff as nails

Z18

It's a bit late but I wanted to chime in, bige touched on some good points. Engine upgrades are seldom just the engine which is why I like the moderately modded A series as it leaves room for the other stuff. A full race A14 is around 170HP, so a street engine would likely be around the 100-120HP depending on the tune. Add a 5 speed, LSD diff, brake upgrade, sway bars etc would make for a fun all arounder.

I'm still working on my A-series with E-series head hybrid engine which in the tune I'm looking at will be 150HP (a full race A/Es series dynoed at 186 HP) this could be a bit of fun for a street car but probably not cost effective.


Tom

A series either 14 or 15 little bit of a port clean up and twin webbers relatively cheap and bloody reliable, i have this exact set up and it puts an eco-tec v6 to shame

Yep, the CA18DE has got all the advantages.

Easy to make lots of power.sound good.very light.will be quicker then most other options.thats why you should