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the 3 engines ive had like that have always been pretty much dogs.
Farmer..were you using a stock cam, stock carb, stock exhaust, stock intake w/all of the smog stuff intact, and a stock coil w/a points distributor...or did you have it de-smogged w/all of the aftermarket stuff on it? And how hard were they to crank over?
Sorry for all of the questions...but I'm just wondering if de-smogging it, adding a header, a weber 38/38 carb, a bigger cam, a higher output coil, and an electronic distributor/ignition module makes it all work out better for anyone using a hybrid G180/G200 engine.
The Impulse 1.9 G200Z engine I'm using already comes stock as a high compression motor with taller flat top pistons and a bit stiffer valve springs, and if I add the G180 head to it, it's going to boost the compression up a bit more, and hopefully I'll end up with a good running high-performance 4-banger with plenty of torque.
I purposely didn't get a much beefier than stock cam from delta for it because I didn't want to have to worry about valve-to-piston-top clearance if I bolt on a G180 head w/G200 valves installed in it.
(With a regular 2.0 block, it shouldn't be as much of a problem though, because it's pistons aren't as tall.)
I've checked on the Aussie site, on the Isuzu forum, with delta cams, with a good reliable local machine shop, and everyone else that I can think of, and I hope I'm not about to spend a few bucks fixing up a G180 head w/G200 valves just to turn out a very crappy running engine that my stock starter won't crank over.
As it is now with the stock Impulse 1.9 head still on it - it runs pretty darn strong already.
And frankly, I'm kinda getting tired of working on it...and my "honey-do" list ain't gettin' any shorter...lol