Thread: 4 Bangers

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I hear you, we each have our own situations so if you already have a turboed VOLVO that is a strong inducement to use it. I guess I had my head in 1929/1976/1998 sand regarding the ECOtec. I ignored them after they first came out as the 700 HP Hot Rod Drag Caravan but now they seem to have made it to large scale production street status. Thus my only interest is in maybe figuring out an upgrade replacement for my '98 Sunfire. There sure were a lot of the 2.2L 115 HP I4 Sunfires and Cavalier J-Body cars. Somebody out there must be figuring out how to put a "mild" 205 HP supercharged ECOtec engine into an earlier J-body car, although the convertible model I have weighs about 2900 pounds and so is not light, just small. Anybody out there know of a J-body car with an ECOtec transplant?
Hey, so far nobody mentioned a Riley OHV for a Model-A/B/C block, hah! How about a CRAGAR? The SBC 350 may someday be just as rare as a Riley or a CRAGAR but just for discussion is there any midget racer out there who remembers the HP for the Offenhauser INDY 4-bangers or even the Frontenac OHV conversion for the T-block? It looks to me that there are a lot of similarities between the Offy and the current ECOtec, but maybe this thread should just revert to TinLizard's build up with lots of pictures.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder