metalmonkey47 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 (edited) I want your honest opinion on what you guys think I should do. My A15 is tired, worn out and ready to sleep for a while. It's a DD, so I need to get it sorted out pretty quick. I've traced down 3 engines that are good candidates for my car. Although I'm at a crossroads as to which would be the best for the moment. Here's my reasoning: L20B: $300, but not complete. It was previously owned by Braden, so who knows what happened to it. IIRC, it's be re-ringed but needs a valve cover, oil pan, and intake/exhuast. L motors aren't cheap on the east coast. Z22: $100 the engine actually came out of a 210. Although, it's only a shortblock with 200000 original miles on it. My plan was to use an L head on it. I've read through the pages on doing it multiple times and think that this would be fun. I've never build a "frankenstein" motor before though, so I'm not sure I'm up to starting now. I don't know that I have the knowledge to get the engine built properly without incident. L16: $150 for a complete engine. Needs gaskets, but a much better candidate as a temporary swap then the others, since it's already complete and needs small things to run. Not to mention once I get the 210 set up for an L motor, the others would be a cake walk. It's a cheap, quick solution that still leaves me room for improvement, plus a mild performance increase. I can build another L motor over time and spend a night swapping it over once it's already set up. At the moment, I'm kind of partial to the L16 since it's a cheaper option with potential and I'm more comfortable with this one then any others. I just want to know what your opinions would be. Edited March 21, 2011 by metalmonkey47 Quote Link to comment
HRH Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 L16, cheap, easy, still more hp than the A series. Quote Link to comment
Ken_B Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 L16, cheap, easy, still more hp than the A series. What he said! Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Z22 will require L20B pan/timing cover and all the front cover internals and preferably an L20B head to make the Frankie. If you can swing it get the Z22 for the future but definitely get the L16 for now. Quote Link to comment
hitch Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I'll give you the l-16 from my 510 if you help with the l-20 swap. Use of a hoist would be appreciated. Low miles and idles smooth. You can hear it run if you want. I plan to get real serious about the 510 and 620 projects in the next couple of weeks. I've got some down time and will be home for two weeks finally. How does free sound. 1 Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I'll give you the l-16 from my 510 if you help with the l-20 swap. Use of a hoist would be appreciated. Low miles and idles smooth. You can hear it run if you want. I plan to get real serious about the 510 and 620 projects in the next couple of weeks. I've got some down time and will be home for two weeks finally. How does free sound. I'm down man You free anytime this week on Wednesday and Thursday? I'd be happy to drop by and we can asses it and see what you wanna do about the swap. Quote Link to comment
hitch Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Wed AM, before 10:00 I've got to make a quick business trip to Charlotte. I will be back Thursday night, probably late though. Friday, before 2:00 is good and Saturday is good for me, call me tomorrow and we'll discuss. Quote Link to comment
green!b310! Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 sr20 if your doing a swap go all out Quote Link to comment
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