By eskynut March 8, in Tech Talk. How easy is easy in regards to dropping the duratec in? From what I had heard it wasnt the easiest conversion at all. Gaz 6 posts. RT 5 posts. Not too bad at all. There's a lot of bolt on parts or ready made parts available ex uk at pretty good prices and bellhousings or adapters to suit different gboxes.
If you get a chance look up burton or rally design in the uk. They're prob the biggest in duratec stuff over there. And guys at Palmside here in chch can get stuff too. I also would advise not to bother with a 4age If price is on your mind and you don't want loads of diff breaking power then just put a 2L pinto in it.
Can't really get cheaper than that and you can do it in a weekend. Nismo's got a worked 2L in his Mk1 van thats making hp at the rear wheels, makes a lot more torque than a 4age. I've never had a pinto that didn't start when I turned the key? If youre gonna put a 4age in why not a 4AGZE? Cheers guys, sounds like I threw a stone at a hornets nest.
I thought about a pinto, but then thought a 4age or similar would perhaps be better. Mix of old old school and newer old school sort of thing.
Power and reliability. Lots to think about. I want to try and get it done by end of this winter. Pinto is IMO a better engine for the car. Not just for the ease of instalation but also for the torque factor and the simplicity of getting HP out of them. Not saying the 4age isnt easy to get that power out of or that it wasnt fun.. I just like the peppyness of the pinto in the little car rather than the 4age in which you had to wait for the revs to wind up, im sure in Rally etc this would prob be the opposite.
