4af mods/ sidedrafts paricularly

[sportrally88]

i have a 1988 toyota corolla sr5 4af 1.6 2bbl (carbureted) engine

i want more hp out of it ....i know its limited and i am not rich so it wont come all at once i just want some reasonable/ creditable suggestions....i am not interested in fi i dont need any of that.

so here is my list of mods

custom exhaust
....end of list

i have seen sidedrafts on 4age 16v's but not the 4af ...i am really interested in this so if anybody has any info on this i would love to hear it.

i have found pacesetter headers for it , but i dont know their quality! are they good?

all productive help welcomed!

[sportrally88]

okay guess not...

[Flashmn]

What about sidedrafts?

4A-F with Keihin CVK 38mm

4A-F with Weber DCOE 40mm


yes I've had too much money and time on my hands.

[diver9000]

Do you want a 4age? I have one real cheap, engine and tranny and I am in Ga. if you are interested. It came out of my car and the only reason I pulled it was because I dropped in a 20v ST. Let me know if you are interested...Later

If you want answers about the A series engines look up bill sherwood. He is the expert on this type of info. He has a website http://www.billzilla.org He can tell you how to get 500 hp out of a GTS engine.

[diver9000]

Where in jacksonville are you? I used to live there.

[sportrally88]

i am from the eastside of jacksonsville, but i go to fsu so i am there during the week and in jax fri-sun. im in the corollacarclub - north chapter its based out of jax we have a couple of members in GA aswell.

where can i get the manifold and linkage for the 4af? does it produce any power gains? pros?cons?

how about headers? cams? any other good mods

[diver9000]

"where can i get the manifold and linkage for the 4af? does it produce any power gains? pros?cons? how about headers? cams? any other good mods"

manifold<-->intake or exhaust? linkage<-->transmission linkage or what? does what produce any power gains? headers will give you a bit of an increase. Cams will give you a major increase however; you need to rethink using a 4afe for this. The block is not really made for large increases. You need a GTS block or GZE block. Good mods--- yeah buy you one of those two engines and build it up from there. If you have the budget sure you can do anything with those engines.

Where on the east side? near Jax beach?

[sportrally88]

im from the downtown area

i was talking about the manifold and linkage for the sidedrafts on a 4af

and i just want to run my motor till it blows then i will take the dual carbs off and put them on a rebuilt/modded built up 4age.

[freakinbox]

Originally Posted by diver9000

He can tell you how to get 500 hp out of a GTS engine.

Thats to much power for a 2300 lbs fwd car.
500 hp out of a 4age isn't the cheapest thing to do, you might as well go for a power powerful engine stock at that point.

[Flashmn]

manifold and linkage are both diy stuff. I made my linkage from hardware store stuff.
pros:
acceleration, throttle response mainly
cons:
fuel consumption, off idle performance, not being able to use the vacuum advance of the dizzy is a big hindrance.

[sportrally88]

thanks flahmn ....im doing a 6spd conversion in january along with my suspension and headers. cams + dual sidedrafts will make a nice little set up!.... for me anyways

and when i blow my motor i will already have a 6spd tranny for 4age lol

[diver9000]

Originally Posted by freakinbox

Thats to much power for a 2300 lbs fwd car.
500 hp out of a 4age isn't the cheapest thing to do, you might as well go for a power powerful engine stock at that point.

Nobody said he had to put 500 hp in it. But the knowledge is available if he wants to learn how to boost his hp. Nobody said he had to spend a bunch of money on his car either. But the knowledge of how to do it is available to him. Like I said......

[sportrally88]

whatever i get....im putting carbs on it and rebuilding it completely.....i like a long like out of stuff i spend money on