na sohc 4g63 worked ?

[turbol200]

hey all keen to know has any one worked a sohc 4g63 na ? as in bumped up the compresion, cam, good exhaust, good carb/s ignition work ? and had good results ? i like the engine, they have worked well for me before, efi turbo that is, im keen to have a play with one for my run about car, not after a horse power hero or nothin like that, i know a 2.6 is the go but i have to be diff lol

cheers

[A112H]

Where about are you from turbol200? I have a 4g63 here that I pulled apart, it is a complete engine from a JA Starion. I will never use it and don't know if it is any good but I don't want much for it and it would be perfect to play with.
I and the engine are in SA however.

[webby]

I thought about it, but instead of using the 8v '63 head I'd use the SOHC 16v Magna/Triton 4G64 head to get it to breathe somewhat better.

I reckon it'd go alright with 10-10.5:1 comp, a middling cam, balanced high-comp bottom end, the 16v head, individual throttles etc, especially in a light car like a Galant, Lancer or GE

[turbol200]

hey im in tassie mate, thanks for the offer mate but id be looking for a narrow block, iv thought about this for a bit, twin cam would be good, but then there is the whole thermostate thing and cas, = more money lol, i know that cars are big money lol, thats why im leaning the way of sohc, i think thats 4g64 heads have 3mm bigger valves but are hyd, and dont think there adjustable, where you can get adjustable rockers on a 63, keeping in mind that spending money on this car is ok but i dont want to get the bill up to much lol

[turbol200]

hey mate does the starion engine you pulled a part have a top mount turbo manifold at all ? cheers

[A112H]

Stock turbo manifold, yes

[Nath76LA]

Sounds like what you are after is the same as what my dad used to have in his old GB.
It was a 4G63 GS motor with flat top pistons, cam, and twin solex carbies putting out about 100kw, all off a early Sapporo GSR from NZ. Unfortunately these motors weren't sold in Aus and are getting hard to find even in NZ.

There are two of these motors floating about in Aus, one in my dad's old blue GB and a yellow LB sedan that he did the same conversion to.

Nath

[turbol200]

what kind of coin would you want for the manifold ? if your keen to seperate, that set up sound good mate, so was it a motor he worked or was it stock out of somthing

[A112H]

I think $150 is pretty fair, plus postage. PM me if you want to talk about it more.

[Nath76LA]

He bought a 4G63 from an L300 and sourced the pistons, cam and carb's from Kempy's wreckers in NZ. This was atleast 20 years ago.
http://www.kempys.co.nz/

[A112H]

Seems everything that Kempy's do now is 1999 or newer these days, shame

[turbol200]

yer ok mate as in (manifold) il pm you if il get it,

that engine sounds like the way im after, do you know much about it mate, what was it like to drive, it wasnt a flat out engine was it lol like race haha, ? cheers

[Nath76LA]

No it was very drivable on the road with fuel consuption of about 10L/100km but qiuck enough to embarass a VL Commodore.

[turbol200]

thats what im after mate il be building somthing along those lines i think, now to find me an engine lol, does any one know if you can get off the shelf (as such) inlet manifolds for these engines

[webby]

hey im in tassie mate, thanks for the offer mate but id be looking for a narrow block, iv thought about this for a bit, twin cam would be good, but then there is the whole thermostate thing and cas, = more money lol, i know that cars are big money lol, thats why im leaning the way of sohc, i think thats 4g64 heads have 3mm bigger valves but are hyd, and dont think there adjustable, where you can get adjustable rockers on a 63, keeping in mind that spending money on this car is ok but i dont want to get the bill up to much lol

The 16v head came with both rocker types if I remember right.
There was also a 16v SOHC version of the 4G63 used in the HJ Galant, not sure how common it'd be though.

[toruhiwi]

Sounds like what you are after is the same as what my dad used to have in his old GB.
It was a 4G63 GS motor with flat top pistons, cam, and twin solex carbies putting out about 100kw, all off a early Sapporo GSR from NZ. Unfortunately these motors weren't sold in Aus and are getting hard to find even in NZ.

There are two of these motors floating about in Aus, one in my dad's old blue GB and a yellow LB sedan that he did the same conversion to.

Nath

This 4G63 was from a 1985 L300 which had 9.5:1 comp ratio same as the GS motor. They were only in L200/300 for about 18 months. New pistons may be available in generic form. They were very shallow dish, not flat top.
Only other mods were carbs modified to mechanical secondaries plus other carb tweeks, regraphed distributor and a set of L300 modified extractors and 2" system.

It was certainly quicker than a 3 lt VL dunnydoor (as was my manual TM Magna)

Roger