ImportIntelligence wrote:the 4g63 is very similar to the SR20 becuse it is still a turbo 2.0L . The main problem they have with the 4g63 are the head design an bottom end counter weights. Uggg... Have you seen any of the runners? You could barely fit a marble down one.
I'm not sure what you're talking about here. The "counterweights" as you call them (are you talking about the balance shafts/silence shafts/countershafts?) are one of the 1st things a lot of people get rid of, and costs about $40 to do so.
The head design on the 1G DSMs (90-94) flow DAMN well. People have ran 10.5s and put over 480 whp down with the stock head. I wouldn't call that a "restrictive" design. My younger brother's POS beater ran 11.3@126 with the stock internals and no porting of the head...just HKS 272 cams, and the car still have some left in it. From what I've seen of the SR20 heads so far (will be able to confirm 100% next week when mine arrives) those ports are actually quite a bit smaller. I'm not sure which ones you looked at that you thought were small. Perhaps the 2nd Generation heads (which people have ran 11s on with 16Gs)?
Quote » I generally think that DSM people and Sr20 people generally get along pretty good due to the similar setups. The DSM AWD 60ft times are not that much lower if you are launching the 240 good out of the hole, and by the end of the 1/4 mi the sr20's wide and long runners should be pulling ahead. [/quote]
Actually, from what I've seen on these forums, the DSM 60' times are a ton better than the SR20s. Even if the SR20s have drag radials and the DSMs use crappy all-season radials.
Even in some of my older Galants (more weight, smaller tires/wheels) with both Nitto NT450 A/S and "Big O" (read Arizona's answer to Sears Roadhandler), I was still pulling low 1.7s (1.71/1.72/1.73s) 60'.
I'm anxious to get the SR20 into the car and play with a well-balanced RWD that you can squeeze a little bit of power out of. I expect the car to be a HELL of a lot more fun to drive than my DSMs, but you can't begin to compare the two in outright acceleration at the strip. Being on both sides of the fence, I still have to say that the 240s don't have a chance unless you mini-tub it, and throw some REALLY big meats on it. When's that last time you saw a stock-bodied 240 with street tires put down 1.4 60's?
We'll have to agree to disagree on this one...until you're ready to come down and go for a ride in a DSM with a "little" power. ;-)