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the lads at work wont let me put my spare motor in with out playing or let it sitt at home
the plan
head either shaved heapes or diferent to boost compession
how far can these old things be bored out until its dangourous
diferent crank more compression
torky cam
cant go turbo or ej because or new licence laws in gueensland
extrators?

Not much can be done with a Ea81.
you can try installing EA71 pistons to boost the compression.
you could also try and increase air flow into the engine and advance the timming..
It's much easier installing a EJ engine. You can get better power and relaiblity out of a stock EJ than a worked EA.

90brumbyu on the boards here built a beefy ea81, had cams and pistons etc etc...was quite a torquey motor....he doesnt have the net atm ill ask him exactly what he did to it and post back

dave

this in the only way for the next 2 years because now in qld the P plate rules apply i cant turbo, supercharge or eaven drive a car with a diferent engin

Put in an EJ22 but stick a little plate over the top of the EJ22 stamp that says "EA81", nobody will know, and I'm semi serious about that

You young guys are in such a hurry to go fast,speed isn't everything.Just think about why they've made these laws.

What about an EJ18?
Still 1800. Non turbo.
Maybe even be able to stretch to a larger EJ and use the EJ18 engine cover?

How much longer have you got to drive on P plates for?

Edit: missed the post about your 2 years on P's

In that case... save ya dosh an' go FULLY SICK BRO. when the two years are up.

And in the meantime... do some advianced driver courses.
Going fast is good.... being able to BRAKE is more important.

INEEDABEER wrote:You young guys are in such a hurry to go fast,speed isn't everything.Just think about why they've made these laws.

Excellent point

The best I money i have spent on a car's performance was doing advanced driver training and later a introduction to rallysport

ie investing in my ability as a driver. Best thing is, you take it with when you change cars.

Teaches you how to drive not just operate the throttle and brake - not always about HP...

Sven

im not chacing out right speed if i did i would have got somthing elce to begin with i want torq for climbing hills and sand

thanks brumbyrunner i will look into that but i will have the ea sitting a home

You can do a lot to EA81, currently 1mm oversized pistons, dual port heads (read valves swapped intake / exhaust) Wild Cam, weber and snorkel. This is very realiable and quite torque not the same as an EJ, although day to day you wouldn't notice the difference. I like my trusty little EA81, it is bulletproof and light to. Thats my 2 cents worth.

thats what i wanted to hear thanks matt