love4theluv wrote:
whatever ends up being more practical for you
they do some wild things with them on ozgemini, the g180 is the most popular for turbo applications, and between g180 and g200 for n/a builds. chambers between the 1.6 and 1.8 head are the same but there are different ports on some of them. its all on ozgemini somewhere
im ready to see this thing running! after the carb header etc you should read ctmandu's thread he used Yamaha R1 bike carbs and a megajolt programmable ignition system
Both the G161 motors were running, and I'm extremely surprised the one out of the '76 LUV ran at all as the Nikki carb was leaking like a sieve, the head is warped and corroded to the max, most of the coolant journals are blocked with scale, not to mention the holes in the side of the head leaking coolant everywhere after I scraped the gunk off the side. It looks like someone had a go with metal mend?
The #4 cylinder is scoured big time & #2 isn't much better. Most of the valves are roasted, pitting on the piston tops, broken rings, badly worn cam lobes,,,, you name it, but didn't blow much smoke which is weird? Even the timing cover is corroded,,, she was a pretty sad motor before I stripped it down
At least the starter motor, alternator and distributor etc are good, and the block should be salvageable, and it came with a near new headers with 2 & 1/4" exhaust and it's got a good 5 speed gearbox hooked behind it.
The motor in the '79 looks to be in much better condition, but there's leaks from between the head & block, and oil in the coolant,,, not a lot, but enough to indicate oil is finding its way into the cooling system. So I'm guessing the head gasket has had it's day? The water pump is like a sprinkler, so far nothing else is obvious. She starts first time every time and drives okay.
Maybe I should just go the 283 I was offered, but registration fees on V8's in my state are ridiculously over priced, more than $1000 (Aust) per annum, and if I only had one car to register I could sort of cop that, but I'll have 3 vehicles to pay registration fees on, one is already a V8, and the 1953 will also be a V8, so more than $3k per year just in vehicle registration fees??? No I don't think so.
I think for now, before I go spending any more money on it, I'll get the G161 from the '79 pulled down to see what surprises are lurking in it's bowels,,, if it's not much better than the one I just pulled down, then I'll hunt down either a G180 or G200. Failing that I'll pick up a reconditioned 2.6 litre 4ZE1 or similar and throw it in
Hopefully everything in the 'G' series will work out though coz I just spent a heap on the Lynx manifold & Dell carbie
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