9AGE discussion

[riojin]

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sounds interesting. anyone have any more infomation?

[biggo]

bah! seems like the hard way to get 2lts

this or 3sge?

*edit* 1/2zzfe and for that matter 2zzge's arnt exactly disposable motors in 2008, you have given me something to search for on the intehwebs

[riojin]

well if you don't mind the difference it will put on the weight balance on your car then a 3sge is the way to go.

i found this

[samuel]

Sounds like a lot of trouble to go through to get a 2 litre xAGE

Would be a bit of a torque monster though

3SGE would be a bit simpler... And probably be made to rev harder and hold together longer at the end of the day?

Intersting technique though

I still think a 22R-E with some form of twincam head, bottom end balancing and a decent huffer would be a winner though God i'd love to do an all CNC billet head

[kaibeecee]

you can see the benefit of using a 7a block, as you wouldn't have any of the mounting issues that a 3s has. just straight in, and mounted

[af300e]

3sge weighs 18 kg more than a 4age. If you move the battery to the rear, it will iron out the weight difference. Also, i believe that 5kg of that 18 is in the huge cast iron alternator mount the 3sge's run.

[slydar]

its an interesting idea i heard about ages ago. but its by no means practical at all.

there was a written off sportivo like over a year ago at eumundi auto wreckers which had the engine damaged, tried to get them to sell me the crank but nothing cam of it.

its just another one of those things you see on the net a bit which is really a u.s based idea, and doesnt really make sense in OZ. kinda like those dunga F20s..

[rthy]

sounds like all bullshit to me, for a start "anything past 83mm will require the block to have pressed in liner sleeves" even 83mm is un-recomended from engine builders and sleeves or not the gap between cylenders would be seriously small.

I want to know has anyone actually ever done this?

[Jonny Rochester]

Just a note: 2ZZ-GE has a different stroke to a 1ZZ-FE.

[ukato]

what my two of my friends had to say about that 9age info

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div>So the main argument here is that anything can be done, but is it worth it?