l20 vs l18

[james wade]

Howdy Guys.   I am looking into converting my l16 powered 1600 to a bigger l series engine. I had my sights set on getting a l20B engine and getting it worked, but a mate is selling his car as a wreck with a l18 and 5spd stanza for 300-400 bucks to me. I can have the car for 200 without the box and engine. I would rather get the box with the car so im leaning towards the buying it.   Pretty much im just wondering if the l18 has as much potential. I was planning on putting a crow cam and pushing the timing back a bit to get the revs up in the l20 and also putting a a87 head on… twin sus aswell. I have been told this can put out some alright power for a street car, and I plugged the values into the computer and got 145 hp. I know it wouldn’t get this high as it is a 20 odd year old engine but still, could I get the l18 going this hard for a similar cost?   Sorry bout the rambling.   -James   James Wade / underground electronic magazine [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ugzine.com PO BOX 140 Kensington Park, SA 5068 t:+61 8 8262 2850 f:+61 8 8219 1070 m:+61 (0)421 846 630   --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------