| Engine |
cc |
Power |
Cost |
Weight |
Avail. |
Comments |
| Honda
VTEC B16A |
1595 |
160BHP
118kW
111lb/ft |
£750 |
|
Average |
High
tech engine, revs freely to 8,500rpm, high BHP but still delivers
good MPG and tractable response. Two kits available, still relatively
rare conversion. Offers excellent reliability and good tuning potential.
All alloy engine block and head. Parts can be expensive. Excellent
on motorways with 5 speed box. |
| Honda
VTEC B16B |
1595 |
185BHP
16.3Nm |
£??? |
|
Poor |
Type
R Variant of the B16 used in 98+ Civic Type-R. DOHC VTEC, 10.4:1 c.r.
peak power at 8,200 rpm, peak torque at 7,600 rpm. |
| Honda
VTEC B18 |
1797 |
170BHP |
£800 |
|
|
1797cc |
| Vauxhall
GTE |
2000 |
180BHP |
£750 |
|
Good |
Free
revving to around 6,500rpm. Good reliability and excellent tuning
potential. Lots of kits available and a fairly common conversion.
Alloy
head but cast iron block. Reasonable MPG. Parts are very cheap.
Rumours of handling problems still abound but latest kits manage to
sort this now. Plenty of owners out there who are happy with their
Vauxhall-engined Minis. Excellent on motorways with 5 speed box. |
| Vauxhall
SXi |
1800 |
|
£150 |
|
Good |
Free-revving.
Good reliability and tuning potential. Single cam but
reduced head width gives more room for small reduction in power. |
| Vauxhall |
1600 |
|
£500 |
|
|
As
for SXi 1800. |
| A
Series |
1380 |
120BHP |
£2000 |
160kg
350lbs |
Excellent |
Purists
choice, doesn't require bodywork or suspension modification,
expensive, very bad MPG, lots of kits available, limit of tuning
potential reached, considered by many to be unreliable. Parts are
relatively cheap. Torque steer and cammy engine result in difficult
handling and tiring to drive. No motorway potential. 5 speed gearbox
adds another £1,000 to the price. |
| MG
Metro A+ |
1275 |
73BHP |
£150 |
160kg
350lbs |
Excellent |
Good
first engine swap. Cheap and easy to do with little or no real conversion
work required. |
| MG
Metro Turbo |
1275 |
95BHP |
£250 |
160kg
350lbs |
Very
good |
A
bit more difficult than the normally aspirated MG Metro as it requires
some bodywork modification (inset bulkhead box to take Garret T2 turbo)
and careful attention to cooling both in terms of under-bonnet and
engine - use plenty of heat insulation wrap. Again a good first engine
swap because the engines are cheap and relatively easy to do. Power
output is conservative due to low boost pressure. Tuning potential
is quite good with just simple changes to increase boost pressure
but note that even the Turbo version of the A series gearbox (the
best to date) is probably at it's performance limit. Avonbar are specialists
in the area of turbo conversions and performance tuning. |
| Metro
K Series |
1400 |
|
£800 |
|
Good |
Difficult
to do in terms of conversion work but an excellent engine with reasonable
tuning potential. It has been done but there are questions about suitability
due to gearbox width. 16v version available. |
| Suzuki
G13B Swift GTi |
1300 |
|
|
|
Average |
High
tech engine, good tuning potential - 150BHP from turbo-charged
version. Excellent on motorways with 5 speed box. |
| Toyota
4AGE |
1600 |
134BHP
100kW |
|
|
|
16
valve, torque - 15.0 kg/m @ 6,000rpm |
| Toyota
4AGE |
1600 |
165BHP
123kW |
|
|
|
20
valve, torque - 16.5 kg/m @ 5,600rpm |
| Toyota
4AGZE |
1600 |
170BHP
126kW |
|
|
|
16
valve, super-charged, torque - 21kg/m @ 4,400rpm |
| Mitsubishi
4G61 |
1595 |
97kW
144Nm |
|
|
|
16
valve from Lancer Espanda 1990-1991 |
| Mitsubishi
4G91 |
1595 |
128kW |
|
|
|
Turbo-charged |
| Mitsubishi
4G92 |
1597 |
131kW
167Nm |
|
|
|
MIVEC
(Mitsubishi Innovative Valve timing and lift
Electronic
Control system) variable valve (similar to VTEC).
Peak power at 7,700rpm, redline at 8,500rpm! From Lancer Cyborg R
1992-1993 |
| Mitsubishi
6A12G |
1988 |
150kW
200Nm |
|
|
|
MIVEC
From |
| Mitsubishi
6G72 |
2972 |
208kW
426Nm |
|
|
|
Twin
turbo, 6 speed. From GTO (3000GT) |
| Isuzu
4XE1 |
1600 |
134kW |
|
|
|
Turbo-charged |
| Golf
GTi |
1800 |
|
|
|
|
Mechanical
fuel injection, 8 valve. |
| Golf
GTi 16v |
1800 |
|
|
|
|
Mechanical
fuel injection, 16 valve. |
| Golf
GTi 16v |
2000 |
|
|
|
|
Electronic |
| Peugeot
|
1900 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Daihatsu |
1000 |
100+ |
|
|
|
Three-cylinder
turbocharged engine fitted to the Daihatsu Charade. Bank
Garage Minis have done this conversion and quote up to 220 BHP
with the rally spec 16 valve turbo. A bloke called Jason
MacPherson has also done it. |
| Nissan
MA-09ERT |
930 |
82kW
130Nm |
|
|
|
EFI
SOHC 8-valve 4 cyl supercharged and turbocharged. From March Super
Turbo 1989-1992. Note that these engines use the same block and head
as the MA10 engine. There are also reports of these being tuned in
excess of 200BHP! Thanks to Ed at the Modded Micra Network for this
info: http://www.micra.org.uk
http://www.mmn.org.uk |
| Nissan
E15-ET |
1487 |
86kW
167Nm |
|
|
|
EFI
SOHC EFI OHC 8-valve 4cyl turbo. From 1984 EXA and Pulsar Turbo. |
| Nissan
Z18-ET |
1770 |
101kW
196Nm |
|
|
|
EFI
OHC 8-valve twin-plug 4-cyl turbo. From Silvia ZSE-X and Gazelle 1982-1983 |
| Nissan
FJ20-E |
1990 |
112kW
181Nm |
|
|
|
EFI
DOHC 16-valve 4cyl. From Silvia RS 82-83
|
| Nissan
FJ20-ET |
1990 |
142kW
225Nm |
|
|
|
EFI
DOHC 16-valve 4-cyl turbo. From Silvia RS-X,Gazelle RS-X and Skyline
RS-X |
| Nissan
CA18-DE |
1809 |
97kW
162Nm |
|
|
|
EFI
DOHC 16-valve 4-cyl turbo. From FWD fitted to Australian late model
EXA's |
| Suburu
Justy |
|
|
|
|
|
4
wheel drive |
