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Originally Posted by CraigW  Hope to have a demo SL-R here in Australia in April.
Currently looking for suitable engine choices.
Lancer Evo(Eclipse,Galant) 4G63 Turbo 2lt DOHC engine looks attractive for ADR 37/01 emissions.
The 4G63 is readily available, well priced and has been produced over quite a few years. Front cuts start at around AU$2500.
It's not too difficult to plate over the AWD output.
The engines cope well with the lack of oil changes/lack of servicing that is common with jap imports.
There is an abundant of aftermarket parts & tuning knowledge.
The Honda engines are also attractive, but from experience they really need to be well serviced for longevity & reliability and that just doesn't happen with a lot of jap imports. |
Hi Craig,
Congrats on being the RCR Aussie distributor.
Can't wait to see a SLR up close. Should give quite a few clubmans a scare as well as give an overpriced molecule a kick up the.... (Its rumored to be about $100k AU landed and ADR'ed.)
In Vic ADR 37/01 runs out at the end of this year so you may only get track SLR's instead of registered cars if you only use 37/01 engines.
Here's a thought, what about using a really common 4 from a toyota corrolla (now 2ltrs) or for something with more torque like a Euro Honda Accord 2.4ltr. These motors may not have the grunt of a civic type S or R motor but they would be alot more common and should be a lot cheaper too. Nothing a blower can't fix later for more power, just ask Lotus! From recently going through the rego process for an ICV in Vic, it's alot easier if you can say to your engineer something like, "It's a late model Euro4 motor from a (insert car here)". Then the engineer takes a photo of the motor and ECU and ticks a box. In Vic they hate surprises or anything else that requires them to actually do some work (and charge you like a wounded bull for doing it). Likewise when it comes to chassis testing, if you can provide the chassis drawings and testing then the process it alot easier or else they will test it and charge the customer for it. Going through engineering of my Cobra was consequently pretty straight forward (in Vic) as I used a late model motor that complied with 37/01 and the engineer had previously tested the chassis of my kit manufacturer so he didn't have to test mine and charge me for it. I know the VASS engineers are a pretty close bunch and they will/have previously exchanged drawings and testing results.
Good luck with it all!!