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[VR42LT]

Well ive moved back to NSW from WA and the new job requires me to get myself to work as the last job supplied a work van for the last 6 years.

Now i always wanted to do this conversion so i thought never too late.

Currently looking for a vr4 engine,loom and ecu to do the swap but as you can imagine f!@$IN hard to come by these days.





Got this for 1300 with 2 months rego it manual and had the 2.4 in it.

Plans are to have a 4g63t with all the engine and components painted matt black. See if i can trick the fuzz☺

[bazeng]

sweeeeeeeeeet
Love your style.
I told my Mrs that I wanted to do this and she asked me why I love ugly cars. Lol

Is it a 6bolt or 7bolt engine?

[jack be nimble]

As in other post. Check if evo exhaust manifold goes on. If so, bang a turbo on the 2.4 na, say a 14g or so, give it 6 or so psi and a late evo ecu.

later on, save up for turbo pistons, bigger turbo and rvr/evo twin cam head.
keep your 2.4 ffs.

[Cranked]

^^^^👍

[White Knight]

As in other post. Check if evo exhaust manifold goes on. If so, bang a turbo on the 2.4 na, say a 14g or so, give it 6 or so psi and a late evo ecu.

later on, save up for turbo pistons, bigger turbo and rvr/evo twin cam head.
keep your 2.4 ffs.

Torque monster! Would be well quick enough to be interesting.....

[Adrian]

And call it the flying lunchbox

[VR42LT]

Like i just posted in the WTB i think i want the 4g63 but then you see this

http://www.briancrow...3_stroker.shtml

This could be dangerous! I can already hear the misses, YOU ALREADY HAVE THE VR4 YOU DONT NEED A TURBO MOTOR!

Thoughts Jack?

Edited by VR42LT, 25 August 2015 - 11:33 PM.

[VR42LT]

sweeeeeeeeeet
Love your style.
I told my Mrs that I wanted to do this and she asked me why I love ugly cars. Lol

Is it a 6bolt or 7bolt engine?

Im pretty sure they are 7 bolt mate

[VR42LT]

As in other post. Check if evo exhaust manifold goes on. If so, bang a turbo on the 2.4 na, say a 14g or so, give it 6 or so psi and a late evo ecu.

later on, save up for turbo pistons, bigger turbo and rvr/evo twin cam head.
keep your 2.4 ffs.

Im picking up an evo 3 exhaust manifold and ecu today.

[BYBY5L]

+1 for keeping the 2.4, the price of a 2.0L is starting to get a bit high, factor in parts on top and I reckon ya mrs might start clicking on, lol
what are ya thinking driveline wise? (Eventually)

[VR42LT]

+1 for keeping the 2.4, the price of a 2.0L is starting to get a bit high, factor in parts on top and I reckon ya mrs might start clicking on, lol
what are ya thinking driveline wise? (Eventually)

Mmmm 2.0 or 2.4 im just torn atm

As for box. Ive got a evo 3 empty box that had the par dog box internals in, as they run the mount off the box i had to swap all that into a gvr4 box because they mount to the motor. The nimbus mounts to the box also and ive got a 3.9 gear set from a gvr4 and also can get a another gvr4 gearbox thats 3.5 so maybe if possible sort out a 4wd evo box with vr4 internals to fwd if there is such a way given all the viscous coupling bullshit. Im such a noob on the gearbox front sorry guys.

[BYBY5L]

^ me too man, gearboxes seem a bit intimitading, but im pretty sure they can be locked to fwd,
Just do plenty of research before buying, goes without saying but 2.4s have some good combos worth a thought or 2
How good is a new project though!

Edited by BYBY5L, 12 January 2016 - 09:40 PM.

[Cranked]

I can help with the box Wade.

[VR42LT]

Cheers man appreciate it.

As for new projects they use to be cool but im forever looking over my shoulder when on here or ebay waiting for the girl to ask "What are buying, what are you looking at that for" lol

I think i can talk her around.

[jack be nimble]

Your eyes say you have a big budget, but you keep saying you dont.
compression test your engine, if its good, plastigage the bottom end and bang a turbo on it and start beating on it.
it should have a big fwd gearbox as its a big car. Only way to check (that i know) is to count the flywheel teeth. The big box will take a low psi turbo for a bit....longer than the small box.
evooox probably will know from the gearbox number.

i only have a 6bolt sohc head so im not sure if the dohc exhaust fits the sohc on a 7 bolt. There is a bit of info to say it does.....

[bazeng]

Lock the center diff. This will allow fwd and awd operation.

[VR42LT]

Your eyes say you have a big budget, but you keep saying you dont.
compression test your engine, if its good, plastigage the bottom end and bang a turbo on it and start beating on it.
it should have a big fwd gearbox as its a big car. Only way to check (that i know) is to count the flywheel teeth. The big box will take a low psi turbo for a bit....longer than the small box.
evooox probably will know from the gearbox number.

i only have a 6bolt sohc head so im not sure if the dohc exhaust fits the sohc on a 7 bolt. There is a bit of info to say it does.....

just window shopping jack i do alot of that now i have 2 baby girls

[TBOWGN]

Im probably stating the obvious here, but wouldn't alot of the RVR drivetrain and egine be nearly a straight swap?  

[VR42LT]

Im thinking the same thing in the mean time i think ive bought a evo3 ecu and manifold. Is someone able to confirm.

[VR42LT]

And the manifold