The 1.6L engine of the Protege
April-14th-2003, 05:20 PM
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Originally posted by Bruce95fmla
so yall know , big rims makes your car go slower, unless they are super light, and it also makes your car burn more gas.
So you defeat the purpose of saving gas by installing big rims and tires ,,, so just go ahead and do the engine swap .. I learned then when I took off my 16's
Br
so yall know , big rims makes your car go slower, unless they are super light, and it also makes your car burn more gas.
So you defeat the purpose of saving gas by installing big rims and tires ,,, so just go ahead and do the engine swap .. I learned then when I took off my 16's
Br
but on earlier question, yeah, just wondering about what is available today. I mean, I don't mind learning some history, some of those cars I never heard off
April-14th-2003, 06:29 PM
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Originally posted by midnightblue97
Didn't BMW sell a one cylinder car at some point in North America?? I believe it was called the Isetta.
Didn't BMW sell a one cylinder car at some point in North America?? I believe it was called the Isetta.
http://www.cqql.net/bmw.htm
And it turns out that I was wrong about the Subaru 360 having the smallest engine... the Isetta was available with a 13 hp, 298cc, 1-cylinder engine.
April-14th-2003, 06:40 PM
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I talked to derrick at Corksport and asked is the KL-ZE swap possible in a pro, he said yes but it'll take $7700 to do it. I could have this by the end of the year if I try really hard for it. My question to all of you is, is going from the slow 103hp 1.6L to the 200hp V6 worth $7700? He'll need my car for 3-4 month to re-do the engine mounts and to pretty much squeeze everything in there and to get it to work with no problem.
The reason why I'm seriously considering this is I have 2 friends who did a j-spec prelude engine swap into 2 civic hatches. 100hp to 200hp and man are they fast. They lost their A/C but they don't care. Derrick said I'll still have mine, I can't live wthout A/C. So, what do you guys think?
The reason why I'm seriously considering this is I have 2 friends who did a j-spec prelude engine swap into 2 civic hatches. 100hp to 200hp and man are they fast. They lost their A/C but they don't care. Derrick said I'll still have mine, I can't live wthout A/C. So, what do you guys think?
April-16th-2003, 03:29 PM
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Originally posted by duncanslx
Im pretty sure the crx 1.6 si had like 98 HP
Im pretty sure the crx 1.6 si had like 98 HP
I used to own a 91 Si, and in legal SCCA D-Stock trim (2" cat-back, K&N drop-in flat panel filter, no other engine mods) it ran a best 1/4 mile time of 15.81 seconds @ 87.3 mph, which is good enough to spank any stock Protege that doesn't say "Mazdaspeed" on the trunklid.