A Few Questions About The Beast...
06-25-2003, 03:36 AM
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In advance, sorry if these are a bit noobish questions
1) I read that the 20Bs only came in automatics because they were ment to be for luxury cruising vehicles, and not rockets- does that really effect the performance of the engine. Meaning, since it wasn't made for racing that it shouldn't be used for it?
2) Could you swap out the rotors in the 20B and put in s5 NA rotors for higher compression if you wanted to make the car an NA instead of a turbo?
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1) I read that the 20Bs only came in automatics because they were ment to be for luxury cruising vehicles, and not rockets- does that really effect the performance of the engine. Meaning, since it wasn't made for racing that it shouldn't be used for it?
2) Could you swap out the rotors in the 20B and put in s5 NA rotors for higher compression if you wanted to make the car an NA instead of a turbo?
Thanks in advance
06-25-2003, 04:29 AM
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1)The 20B generally can't rev as high as a two rotor engine because the eccentric shaft is less able to, or something. The later engines had better internals.
They can be driven hard with lots of boost though. 400HP is easy with a few mods. 5-600+ is capable with more mods. The exhaust sleeves can be replaced with T2 or FD ones.
The flex plate can be removed and the counterweight can have an aftermarket flywheel bolted to it and a pilot bearing and seal can be installed in the eccentric shaft for use with a manual tranny. One or two of the bolts won't be used, but the two dowel pins still line up correctly.
2)Yes. Pretty cool, huh?
They can be driven hard with lots of boost though. 400HP is easy with a few mods. 5-600+ is capable with more mods. The exhaust sleeves can be replaced with T2 or FD ones.
The flex plate can be removed and the counterweight can have an aftermarket flywheel bolted to it and a pilot bearing and seal can be installed in the eccentric shaft for use with a manual tranny. One or two of the bolts won't be used, but the two dowel pins still line up correctly.
2)Yes. Pretty cool, huh?
06-25-2003, 04:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeff20B' date='Jun 25 2003, 05:29 AM
1)The 20B generally can't rev as high as a two rotor engine because the eccentric shaft is less able to, or something. The later engines had better internals.
They can be driven hard with lots of boost though. The exhaust sleeves can be replaced.
The counterwight can have an aftermarket flywheel bolted to it and a pilot bearing and seal can be installed.
2)Yes.
They can be driven hard with lots of boost though. The exhaust sleeves can be replaced.
The counterwight can have an aftermarket flywheel bolted to it and a pilot bearing and seal can be installed.
2)Yes.
About how much h wpuld a 20b with s5 na rotors make with stock ports? Street ported? BrdigeporteD?
06-25-2003, 04:36 AM
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250HP stock, 280 streetported (I think), bridgey is a lot more. Not sure exactly how much.
My stock ported 20B with stock low compression rotors in NA mode will probably have 225HP and 180 torque. Maybe less 'cause the compression may still be low after the MMO treatment. My new goal is to spend no more than $2003 on it. Kinda my own GRMS challange.
My stock ported 20B with stock low compression rotors in NA mode will probably have 225HP and 180 torque. Maybe less 'cause the compression may still be low after the MMO treatment. My new goal is to spend no more than $2003 on it. Kinda my own GRMS challange.
06-25-2003, 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Streetrally' date='Jun 25 2003, 12:36 AM
1) I read that the 20Bs only came in automatics because they were ment to be for luxury cruising vehicles, and not rockets- does that really effect the performance of the engine. Meaning, since it wasn't made for racing that it shouldn't be used for it?
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