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New member - Freakynami from Adelaide
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 1:39 pm
by freakynami
Real first name: André
Location: Adelaide (North East)
Model: Nothing yet, looking at buying a 4B11 (and yes, I do mean the engine only)
Colour: Black of course
General interests: Building and designing
Current mods: None
Planned mods: Future upgrade to 4B11T
How you found out about ClubCJ: Goooooogle
..anything else you want to entertain us with: Here for information about the 4B11 and CVT. Considering using it in a kit car, the forums are always the best place to find great information
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 2:28 pm
by D
,
always good to see another Adelaide member
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 2:32 pm
by VRX_08
Welcome! Been ages since we had a new SA member!
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:43 pm
by turbogirl
Welcome Andre!
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 5:14 pm
by Rowlesy6
Hey Welcome
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:22 pm
by Kal777
the engines are fairly good. easy to work on and cheap. if your looking into putting a turbo on the standard 4B11, i wouldnt bother. they dont have forged internals and run a compression ratio of 10:1 so anything more than 5-6 PSI seems to snap rods and slice the block open. better off getting the 4B11t out of a ralliart or evo if you want to turbo.
as for the CVT, its a good transmission providing you look after it, very quick off the mark. the down side to them is i would not run too much power through them as they will slip and die. they also lose about 15-20% of the engines power from the flywheel to the drive shafts.
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:30 pm
by freakynami
Thanks for the warm welcome
Thanks for the info Kalum, I had begun to get that impression thanks to this forum
I gather that it is not just "add a turbo", I would imagine that once I get the kit car on the road and running, I could look at doing a complete conversion to an appropriate engine / trans combination - down the track.
I've been really impressed by the amount of information available on the 4B11, and it is sounding more promising than I originally thought
Good to hear some feedback on the CVT too! I haven't driven one at all, need to do a dealer test drive soon to get a seat of the pants feel for it.
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 9:30 pm
by shamoo
Heya
Welcome to the club. There's plenty if info on here, any questions just ask
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:03 pm
by kay christensen
welcome
Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:44 pm
by Metalstrix
Welcome to the forum mate.
Just go Ralliart and u won't have to worry about the 4B11 etc
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:14 am
by blinklight
Welcome André, just go the RA, you won't be disappointed
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 5:38 pm
by SIX
welcome , if u were intrested in the CVT go the 4B11 .... other wise as u are aware if you go the 4B11T u will be looking at a SST trans unless ur get an engine out of a Base model GSR evo x as a manual ??? depends on the transmission , personally i wouldnt turbo a CVT transmission
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2014 11:07 pm
by Kal777
so am i the only one who actually read his introduction? he is only interested in buying a second hand engine and gearbox... not buying a car >_<
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:01 am
by lantourismo
Kal777 wrote:so am i the only one who actually read his introduction? he is only interested in buying a second hand engine and gearbox... not buying a car >_<
Yeah mate, I had been wondering when someone would ask him that one
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 3:02 am
by lantourismo
SIX wrote:welcome , if u were intrested in the CVT go the 4B11 .... other wise as u are aware if you go the 4B11T u will be looking at a SST trans unless ur get an engine out of a Base model GSR evo x as a manual ??? depends on the transmission , personally i wouldnt turbo a CVT transmission
The cvt has power limitations