will boosting the 420a be even close to the power i could get out of a swap?

 

different people say different things. From my own experience, I will say it will take a lot of patience to boost a 420A. Most of it is all bolt on but the tricky part comes when you have to tune it. Getting the right fuel ratio is a bitch sometimes. Also on stock internals, you can only run safely between 8-10 psi. Some have had luck going up to 12 - 13psi, others have blown the motor up at 11 psi. Good thing is that there are starting to have a lot of rebuild options at a relatively fair price such as from Howell Automotive and other places. Once the rebuild is done, you can definately run higher boost.

Anyway, the bottom line:
1) Swapping the 420A with a 4G63 is possible but expensive
2) buying a GST will give you immediate results due to the motor being naturally aspirated vs the N/A
3) Boosting the 420A can be a lot of fun when its done with but getting there you have to be patient.

 

well if u had fun working on ur friends srt4 the 420a is kinda in the same category....a neon motor( yes i know its not exactly a neon motor cause the exhaust and manifold are backwards for u technical mofo's lol)

as for the bottle....put it behind the back seats in the hatch...
or check out the link i posted on ur last thread and do what u wanna do

 

spray that shit , i have had a 420a turbo and for the money it cost to do it , you are better off spraying it. just take the bottle out when you are not running, boosting the 420a is fun but expensive and very , very in need of maitinence.


spray it..... high compression loves spray not boost

 

As long as you tune properly, high compression loves boost as well . My old car was gutted like a mofo and i ran 10 psi and it was a very fun daily and pretty quick car. It also lasted a pretty long time considering it was untuned. I blew the stock motor because i spiked 16 psi since i hooked up my evc ez incorrectly.

 

Looks like you have a mess to deal with!!


Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

 

Well guys either way i'm boostin this car.... the money, the time none of it matter boost will come.....

 

Ah yes boost.... its in my plans. I keep going back and fourth between that and the bottle but everytime I see someone's 420a turbo and I'm ahhhh turbo. Project car is looking good. Keep up the good work. 97-99 is the same as far as headlights, front bumper, etc.

 

Didn't someone put a thread in here about some guys putting an evo motor in an RS/GS from DSMTALK.COM. Something about how the mounts line up to the engine bay chassis and the brakes swap and all that other good stuff. Look into that!

 

I've been researching this for about two or more weeks now and I have found no information on this swap. Someone a few months back posted pictures of 2 different 2g's with this swap in the engine bay but I've done all types of searches and have found nothing.