" No, carbs cost way less than a new engine " ....the last set I saw on ebay were at $450 U.S. and the only place I know that sells manifolds charges $265 U.S. where did you get the impression carbs were cheap?
" besides you gotta remember buying a used 4A-G is also alot of money as you need to get it overhauled and if its really old, you might even have to do soem restoration" ..I've seen mint bluetops at the importers for $400 Canadian and redtops for $450, NO rebuilding required, heck they even have a warranty.
"Besides I do like the fact that the 4A-F has a flat torque curve, its not too peaky at either end." ..that's great for picking up the groceries, soon as you overbore it and add a set of cams and some port work the intentional stock broad torque band will be toast.
"And which 4A-G are you talking about? the 128hp one? Cuz a 4A-F can be made to have more than a stock 4A-G with some tuning. It's not a pitiful engine" ...it will cost way more money to squeeze that kind of power out of a 4AF than it will cost to completely rebuild a stock 4AG, and the end result is unpredictable since your trying to make an engine do something it wasn't designed to do.
Pothole wants to overbore his engine, the price of the oversize pistons will be as much as a imported jspec engine...shit the price of the machine work without even considering parts will be as much as the imported jspec engine.
If ya use an engine that was designed to perform, you will be rewarded with the factory dependability etc., the end result will be predictable.
Neil
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