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March 4th, 2010 11:47 AM #11
Hi nickriingen. Im thankful for your wonderful comment. You appreciate the Opel engine and its capabilities. My concern and reason behind this project was the long run of the car itself and the maintenance I'd be facing in the future. Being a student. Budget is limited, cause I use my own money with everything that I do with it.
Well to start with, the car stalled in EDSA 4 months ago, had it towed going home, upon inspection, the crankshaft was broken, had it estimated for the broken part. Costing to almost 35k with out labor yet, so all in all it would mostly cost 45-50k with other parts to be replaced due to un-timing caused by the crankshaft.
Now, If ever I do agree with the 50k costing, it is still not assured that it would run as how it did originally, so 50 50 was on the line. So decided to get a reliable and strong engine, which would cost me less in the future and would be easy to tune and maintain. That's why I opted for a Toyota Engine. A Silver Top 4age 20v.
With regards to its power, having it driven in Quezon Ave for a quick run, had to say it does feel powerful. So I could happily say that my decision was well worth it. And at the end of the day, I didn't have any regrets. Cheers MateLast edited by mfo; March 4th, 2010 at 11:52 AM.
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March 5th, 2010 05:36 PM #12
Bro. I`m planning on to swap my 2A engine to a 4AGE ST too.
If you don't mind ... how much did the whole conversion cost you ? And, how many days was the conversion ?
Lastly, uhm ... can I know the contact details of the shop wherein you bought your 4AGE and the contact details of it.
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March 5th, 2010 06:33 PM #13
sana a better power plant of the opel kind na lang din pinalit.
sabi nga nila kanya kanyang trip yan...
edit: yung gauge JDM, sana defi na lang since gumastos na. heheLast edited by archie123456789; March 5th, 2010 at 06:51 PM.
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March 7th, 2010 12:30 PM #15
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March 7th, 2010 12:52 PM #16
nice ride for the TS!
i understand your purpose for changing your engine to a more maintainable one. i'm also a student, ang hirap talaga kapag ikaw ang gumagastos para sa auto mo, kahit sa gas lang. nahihiya din akong humihingi ng financial support sa parents ko although they are willing naman to support.
ignore those people who are saying about the founder of Opel. it's your car. nabili mo na yan, kahit ano pang gawin mo dyan its up to you as long as hindi ka nakakaperwisyo ng ibang motorista.
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March 7th, 2010 01:39 PM #17
bro mfo,
thanks for the offer nga pala to help. uunahin ko muna siguro aesthetic mods, may napagtanungan din ako na medyo malaki gastos in swapping engines since pati brakes, fuel pumps etc. etc. papalitan.
And, syempre diba you won't know if the work is perfect or what so ... susunod na lang yung engine swap pagkatapos ng exterior/interior upgrades ko. Budget ko lang din eh nasa 50k eh. Umpisahan ko na siguro this week yung pagaayos.
I`ll rely on my stock engine first, bro. With that ... i`ll see the real horses under my hood. Depende rin kasi sa driver, hehehehe.
Goodluck on your project bro.
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March 7th, 2010 02:11 PM #18
An Astra isn't a very fast, very expensive or very luxurious car. In Europe, it's roughly equivalent to a Corolla. It was only more expensive here because of taxes.
Uh... more reliable and durable? Who knows. I've personally never heard of Toyota silvertops breaking their crankshafts... old Opels are generally not the most reliable cars in the world... which is why Daewoos sucked so bad... because they were mostly old Opels...
Opel actually makes good engines?
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Personally, I would have gone with an SR20DET... ...
Ang pagbalik ng comeback...
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March 7th, 2010 05:36 PM #19
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No experience pero, I think it should be fine. The Innova (any model except the Zenix) has been in...
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