Irish Yobbo wrote:
If you know someone who can do your driveshafts, that's a good money saver. But you'll still spend a lot more on your new brakes, potentially the wheels to go over those brakes, a new fuel system with a high pressure pump and a return line, new exhaust and new gauges and controls. Even if you do everything else yourself, that will add up pretty quickly.
I don't think i need new brakes. I have a leyland with camira disks and a morris with cooper disks. Pretty sure both would pass engineering in that form
Return line may be a hassle but shouldn't cost alot, but i have a few efi pumps from years playing with silvias and skylines. Just need to buy a surge tank (ebay $50) and put a return line in the tank
If i stay NA, then the stock exhaust will suffice, otherwise if I go turbo, I have half dozen larger exhausts i could cut up for parts
I have a selection of guages
Moral to this story is i'm a hoarder, which helps alot in times like these
Irish Yobbo wrote:
Then you need to look over all your existing parts. Chances are all your suspension bushes and many of the bearing will need replacing, and that's assuming you're keeping the stock suspension.
These are optional in my opinion. Worn suspension is worn and should be replaced, regardless of an engine conversion
Irish Yobbo wrote:
And after all that work, is it really worth saving the money by not rebuilding an unknown motor? It would be insane not to change the timing belt, oil and water pump. With the engine out and already partially apart, why not spend the extra for the extra performance and peace of mind?
Agreed on the point of replacing 'consumable' items while the engine is out like belts and pumps. Whole micras can be bought for a couple of hundred dollars so I'll probably just push the engine till it breaks
I'm not doing a restoration or building a racecar - that might come a few years down the track. Just looking for a driveline that's more reliable, more power, more economical, interesting and will fit in the bay without cutting