Going all motor!
Reckage
05-10-2004, 09:50 PM
Ok saw this on a thread on dstuners.com he was talking to a guy who wanted to build his 420a engine up before adding a turbo kit.
If you are going to rebuild you may want to consider getting a stroked engine rather than just rebuilding your 2.0. There are a couple of options if you want to go this route. Howell sells a 2.2L shortblock, basically all you have to do is buy it and swap out your block for that one. They also sell just the 2.0L shortblock as well. These blocks are already assembled, balanced and blueprinted with forged internals. Then there is the option of going with the 2.4L engine out of the Stratus, Cirrus, whatever the other cloud car is, and the caravan. All you need is the bottom end from it. The do make forged internals for the car and once you get it bored .02 over it becomes a 2.5L. You use your head, which bolts right up to the 2.4 block, and I would recommend taking out the balance shafts and getting the crank, rods and pistons balanced. Supposedly going this route ends up costing the same or less than it would be to go with the 2.2L from Howell and will produce much more power and torque. The only prob with bolting this block in is the passenger side motor mount which needs to be modified. When I rebuild
this is the route I am gonna take.
What is he talking about and also what are the proper steps for getting the most power out of a 420a before turboing it I'm aware of the fact that compession must be kept low for future turbo. I wanna go all motor before i even think about turbo how much power can i get.
If you are going to rebuild you may want to consider getting a stroked engine rather than just rebuilding your 2.0. There are a couple of options if you want to go this route. Howell sells a 2.2L shortblock, basically all you have to do is buy it and swap out your block for that one. They also sell just the 2.0L shortblock as well. These blocks are already assembled, balanced and blueprinted with forged internals. Then there is the option of going with the 2.4L engine out of the Stratus, Cirrus, whatever the other cloud car is, and the caravan. All you need is the bottom end from it. The do make forged internals for the car and once you get it bored .02 over it becomes a 2.5L. You use your head, which bolts right up to the 2.4 block, and I would recommend taking out the balance shafts and getting the crank, rods and pistons balanced. Supposedly going this route ends up costing the same or less than it would be to go with the 2.2L from Howell and will produce much more power and torque. The only prob with bolting this block in is the passenger side motor mount which needs to be modified. When I rebuild
this is the route I am gonna take.
What is he talking about and also what are the proper steps for getting the most power out of a 420a before turboing it I'm aware of the fact that compession must be kept low for future turbo. I wanna go all motor before i even think about turbo how much power can i get.
Reckage
05-11-2004, 02:56 PM
Is this guy right and where can i find engines with forged internals already built to bolt in to a rs/gs
Reckage
05-12-2004, 06:57 PM
Ok plz what is this guy talking about?
BoostedSpyder
05-12-2004, 07:07 PM
i think it is pretty self explainitory... i understand every word of it. further more i'm not sure what you are questioning??? it is a simple explaination of the options avalible to people thinking about turboing or rebuilding their 420a's.
look into the 'turboing an rs/gs' thread in the sticky section...
look into the 'turboing an rs/gs' thread in the sticky section...
ashah000
05-12-2004, 07:13 PM
For the 2.4 you will have to do some custom fabrications to get it to work. Nothing major. Yes it will work
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