aussiesmg wrote: and every rotary ever built....
Aren't the side housings cast iron? Why else would racing beat sell thousands of dollars of aluminum housings?
aussiesmg wrote: and every rotary ever built....
Aren't the side housings cast iron? Why else would racing beat sell thousands of dollars of aluminum housings?
Buick small block from the '60's
As a result of my automotive tunnel vision, I failed to specify front engine / rear drive applications and I was thinking mainly of four and six cylinders. Nothing else existed to me at the time that I asked the question.
Again, pretty much any Suzuki engine + proper trans from a Sami/kick/Vitara.
Some BMW 6s...
Nissan VQ V6s
Toyota GR series V6s
Ford Duratec 30 V6
Chrysler Pentastar V6s
Course, compactness is going to be up to you to determine...
novaderrik wrote: too bad no one makes and aluminum block/iron head engine like those awesome old Vega engines..
The Mercruiser marine 4cyl. 224CI. Aluminum block which held half a 460 V8 and used one of the ford cast iron heads. That is OK because aftermarket alloy heads for the 460 will pop right on.
I really want to know what one of these feels like in front of a 4spd.
M90 Transmission from a 960 will allow you to use the 5 & 6 cylinders in a FR configuration, maybe the 4 cylinders too, not sure about them.
ditchdigger wrote:novaderrik wrote: too bad no one makes and aluminum block/iron head engine like those awesome old Vega engines..The Mercruiser marine 4cyl. 224CI. Aluminum block which held half a 460 V8 and used one of the ford cast iron heads. That is OK because aftermarket alloy heads for the 460 will pop right on.
ME TOO!!!!! For Lemons...
tuna55 wrote:ditchdigger wrote:ME TOO!!!!! For Lemons...novaderrik wrote: too bad no one makes and aluminum block/iron head engine like those awesome old Vega engines..The Mercruiser marine 4cyl. 224CI. Aluminum block which held half a 460 V8 and used one of the ford cast iron heads. That is OK because aftermarket alloy heads for the 460 will pop right on.
go here - http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=256713&highlight=mercruiser&page=9
There has been at least one aluminum block / aluminum head Slant Six assembled. The aluminum block was optional for the first couple of years of production. Only a handful of the experimental aluminum heads escaped the factory. One found its way to the right guy.
F20C, if you have 4 grand.
SR20 Nissans also. If you have a lot of wide but not a lot of tall, the VW aircooled boxers, Subaru 4s and even some of the old Porsche 6s are relatively affordable.
MG_Bryan wrote: http://www.dartheads.com/products/aluminum-ford-small-block-8.html
Anyone have an idea how much an iron 5.0 weighs? The spec sheet for the Dart block says ~85lbs. Only $6,500, prepped, BTW.
ditchdigger wrote:novaderrik wrote: too bad no one makes and aluminum block/iron head engine like those awesome old Vega engines..The Mercruiser marine 4cyl. 224CI. Aluminum block which held half a 460 V8 and used one of the ford cast iron heads. That is OK because aftermarket alloy heads for the 460 will pop right on.
is the Rochester carb stock?
MG_Bryan wrote: Well if one wishes to go down that path, a lot of engines can have and aluminum block.
Ooooh. That would be awesome in my Capri.
Canute wrote:MG_Bryan wrote: http://www.dartheads.com/products/aluminum-ford-small-block-8.htmlAnyone have an idea how much an iron 5.0 weighs? The spec sheet for the Dart block says ~85lbs. Only $6,500, prepped, BTW.
You lost me at "only."
Strictly Aluminum or does magnesium count? As in AC VW and Porsche?
Hillman Imp
Buick/Rover V8
Anything designed since 1980?
Lesley wrote: How small is small? Mazda K8 1.8, KLZE 2.5.
The funniest part is that those motors are lighter than a Miata motor. 
MG_Bryan wrote:Capt Slow wrote: Didn't toyota make an aluminum version of the 4AGE for the formula Atlantic racing?Well if one wishes to go down that path, a lot of engines can have and aluminum block.http://www.dartheads.com/products/aluminum-ford-small-block-8.html
Funny how the V8 block is cheaper than the I4 isn't it?
hyundai theta 2 (gen coupe 2.0t)
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:Lesley wrote: How small is small? Mazda K8 1.8, KLZE 2.5.The funniest part is that those motors are lighter than a Miata motor.
The KLZE is lighter than a 1.6?
Wild!
Joey
joey48442 wrote:92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:The KLZE is lighter than a 1.6? Wild! JoeyLesley wrote: How small is small? Mazda K8 1.8, KLZE 2.5.The funniest part is that those motors are lighter than a Miata motor.
I don't think the 1.6 is any lighter than the 1.8 is it?
I know the KLZE is lighter than a BP.
Adrian_Thompson wrote: Funny how the V8 block is cheaper than the I4 isn't it?
Market viability. I can guarantee if I had to sell both of these and only these, I would EASILY sell the 302/351 block 3 or 4 times more often then the 4 popper.
BTW, I read ALL 37 pages of the Mercruiser thread and OMG, way too much noise over piddly little E36 M3.
LS6...
novaderrik wrote: too bad no one makes and aluminum block/iron head engine like those awesome old Vega engines..
How about the Cosworth Vega engine? All aluminum, EFI, headers, in the mid-70's?
Build it on a replacement block with iron liners, and you're there.
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