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Engine swaps into 120's 120-130

posted by  Daz on  Sun Aug 8 03:05 CST 2004
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Hey guys,

Thanks for those replies. I figured any v engine would be a push it is quite a cramped engine bay especially with those top a-arms invading it.

I have an SR20 turbo motor and 5spd tranny that I bought for a conversion into a 142 but I may use it on the 122 instead. The volvo motors are great, don't get me wrong I have put several hundred thousand km's on these motors but as has become obvious from places like turbobricks it is hard to make lots of power from the B23/B230 turbo motors reliably without spending lots of $$$. The SR20 motor is, on the otherhand, capable of heaps of power without touching the engine's internals as has been proven by lots of people in 180/200sx's, nissan pulsar GTiR's and several other cars.

Thanks for the info re the motor swaps these other swaps have given me quite a bit of info to help with the SR20 if I deciede to go ahead on the 122 instead.

Cheers,

Daz
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'69 model (delivered in '68) B20/auto 142, keep the mods coming!






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New Engine swaps into 120's [120-130]
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