StaticLine wrote:how about the 1.9L in the escort EXPs. Drove it like it was stolen for a year
I've got one of the 1.9L engines in my '85 Lynx. While this is the carburated version with the EXP's and Escort GT's getting a HO fuel injected 1.9L it's still pretty much the same motors. When I got divorced a little over two years ago I left with the shirt on my back and picked up the Lynx for $500. I'm truly amazed at how well these engines hold up. I've driven the piss out of it for two years and don't see anything changing. I'll sell the '99 Cavalier before I get rid of the '85 Lynx, and I promise you it will outlive it the Cav anyway. Steel bumpers, no sensors, two vacuum lines (one for the spark advance and one for the brake booster, no emissions controls on the car), and a simple 3spd automatic that has the fluid changed every year.
420a- I cant even describe the abuse my buddies neon takes everday and runs a 15.1 with an iceman intake and cheap header
Mazda 1.8 in older ecort gt's,323's,etc- Friend had a 91 escort gt ran a 14.5 with intake,header,and dry 50 shot and was sprayed all the time
4g63t- IMO the cheapest 4cyls to build into 11 sec cars. Can you say, crank walk? lol
All b series,and the k as well if you wana drop $5K for one
Im sure theres more but Im tired as hell.
koenigseggCC7 wrote:If you are asking about reliability, Mitsubishi's 4G37 (1.8L SOHC) should be in the discussion. If you asking about the ability to handle power, Mitsubishi's 4G63 (2.0L DOHC) should be mentioned. No, I don't work for Mitsubishi, I've just owned a few DSM's before I got my Sunfire. Otherwise, I've had good luck on my 2.2 OHV.
See Crank Walk.... WALK CRANK WALK !
My Cav
I give up...
i'm buying a VW those people love trees, so they should love eachother too... "Andy"
In 11 years of owning DSMs I have yet to see a case of crank walk. I have read about it. In Club DSM I remember one guy from the East coast and one Guy from Toronto being sticken by it. I have had a 2G (7 bolt) for 9 years and run the crap out of it. It has about 180 000km on it now and still no sign of the problem.
Those who understand the 4G63T (7 bolt, the one the "walks") also know the problem is just not all that common. Anyone who used good oil and keeps it clean and fresh will not likely have any issues at all. That's the trick to getting long life out of any engine, but especially the 4G63T. Good oil, frequent changes.
Now shut up about the virtually non-existant issue of "crank walk"
PAX
PS: This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated
- Mitch Hedberg (RIP)
