4A-C block with 4A-FC head?
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:30 am
Anyone know much about throwing a 4AFC head onto a 4AC block?
Seems like it might be simpler than the GE head mated to the 4AC block, but I don't really have anything to go on.
Is it more of a plug and play type thing compared to the GE head swap?...rather than having to work out piston sizes, shave the head, etc to get the CR and all that jazz right
Really this is just to get my car running and hopefully squeeze a little more power and (hopefully even more so, a little better range) out of the 4AC. And since I need to pull the head off anyways (need to checked for a cracked head or blown gasket), I wouldn't mind playing around a bit with such a set-up.
A full engine swap is out of the question at the moment until I do my research on what all I would need. A swap will eventually happen, so I don't want to throw much more than a few hundred into the 4AC engine. I think I'd like to keep this one Carbureted (another reason to not use the 4AGE or even 4AFE head) and learn from it for awhile. And I know I want to keep it NA.
Here are my hopes on how it goes 4A-C bottom end all stock internals; 4A-FC head no modifications needed to itself or to the firewall to fit; complete head gasket kit for 4A-F; hopefully the OEM 4A-F timing belt work just fine, and all of the OEM drive/accessory belts work from the 4A-C. Then Ill work on other basic tune up parts, plugs, distributor cap/rotor button, maybe the leads (assuming that at the autoparts store, I would be looking up these parts under a 4A-F as opposed to looking them up as a the 4A-C). And I'd also like to get the Weber Carburetor kit that everyone recommends for the 4A-C engine (same exact kit for the 4A-FC) and probably change the fuel filter and check vacuum lines at that point.
All of these tuneup ideas were from reading on the forums...Im pretty ignorant so far when it comes to most car stuff, one reason I bought an AE86 was to learn it. So if anyone has any other recommendations that I ought to do, then feel free to chime in...headers and exhaust would be nice, but I think Ill hold out on exhaust work until I decide on which engine I want to eventually through in her. And a full bottom end rebuild would be great as well, but I don't think I want to spend that much money on this engine, and don't trust the cheap rebuild kits.
So am I just dreaming here? Is there a lot more that will be involved in this head swap than I can ever imagine?
Seems like it might be simpler than the GE head mated to the 4AC block, but I don't really have anything to go on.
Is it more of a plug and play type thing compared to the GE head swap?...rather than having to work out piston sizes, shave the head, etc to get the CR and all that jazz right
Really this is just to get my car running and hopefully squeeze a little more power and (hopefully even more so, a little better range) out of the 4AC. And since I need to pull the head off anyways (need to checked for a cracked head or blown gasket), I wouldn't mind playing around a bit with such a set-up.
A full engine swap is out of the question at the moment until I do my research on what all I would need. A swap will eventually happen, so I don't want to throw much more than a few hundred into the 4AC engine. I think I'd like to keep this one Carbureted (another reason to not use the 4AGE or even 4AFE head) and learn from it for awhile. And I know I want to keep it NA.
Here are my hopes on how it goes 4A-C bottom end all stock internals; 4A-FC head no modifications needed to itself or to the firewall to fit; complete head gasket kit for 4A-F; hopefully the OEM 4A-F timing belt work just fine, and all of the OEM drive/accessory belts work from the 4A-C. Then Ill work on other basic tune up parts, plugs, distributor cap/rotor button, maybe the leads (assuming that at the autoparts store, I would be looking up these parts under a 4A-F as opposed to looking them up as a the 4A-C). And I'd also like to get the Weber Carburetor kit that everyone recommends for the 4A-C engine (same exact kit for the 4A-FC) and probably change the fuel filter and check vacuum lines at that point.
All of these tuneup ideas were from reading on the forums...Im pretty ignorant so far when it comes to most car stuff, one reason I bought an AE86 was to learn it. So if anyone has any other recommendations that I ought to do, then feel free to chime in...headers and exhaust would be nice, but I think Ill hold out on exhaust work until I decide on which engine I want to eventually through in her. And a full bottom end rebuild would be great as well, but I don't think I want to spend that much money on this engine, and don't trust the cheap rebuild kits.
So am I just dreaming here? Is there a lot more that will be involved in this head swap than I can ever imagine?