CaptainL Posted June 4, 2006 Report Posted June 4, 2006 Hi did anyone knows the horsepower of a standar 5k engine?? :monkey:
madrolla68 Posted June 5, 2006 Report Posted June 5, 2006 Hidid anyone knows the horsepower of a standar 5k engine?? :monkey: FAQ
Rolla__Boy Posted June 5, 2006 Report Posted June 5, 2006 Mine is dead standard and it had 54 HP @ the wheels. It has around 100K Kilometres on it.
madrolla68 Posted June 5, 2006 Report Posted June 5, 2006 Hey madrolla its not in the faq. OH why????
Trev Posted June 5, 2006 Report Posted June 5, 2006 The engine specs i posted didnt list the 5K horsepower rating either.
Rolla__Boy Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 (edited) Ok calm down mr hates K engines suddenly.....let's not go crazy huh Edited June 14, 2006 by Rolla__Boy
Xany Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 Or, if you're lazy like me and don't wanna change engine mounts :jealous:
Rolla__Boy Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 I don't hate K series engines. They have a time and place Unless you're leaving it fairly stock though, any K engine is a waste of time and money - which could be better spent on any of the decent engines out there. Nick=Scared of a challenge :jealous: I was quite happy with the performance of my STANDARD supercharged 5K And Simon's SC 5K will be a frickin bullet
Teddy Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 just ya'll wait till Ryans 7k is released from the pound. You'll Keep :jealous:
Teddy Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 DO use a K motor if you are on a budget. These can be very cheap motors to modify for noticeable reward, and also to replace if you stuff up and kill it. That's the best thing about them, parts are cheap, and spare engines and parts can commonly be had for very little or free. However like anything, they can be expensive as well, if you let them. Keep it in perspective. DO use a K motor if you can't be bothered engineering your car. Want 100hp for as cheap as possible? Don't want to spend the money on upgrading the brakes, wheels and tyres? Want to just bolt something in and do burnouts? Technically, there's a clause in the ADRs that says if you sufficiently increase the power of an engine to warrant it, you need to upgrade other relevant safety systems, but that doesn't stop your car passing rego. This was one motivation for me. DO use a K motor for something different. At the time I did my motor, it seemed everyone was doing a 4age transplant, or rattling off numbers numbers letters of all these high powered engines which they see in car magazines and will never buy. Nobody remembered the poor old stock K engine. It's also pretty cool to have a noisy lumpy sounding engine, and you can really impress people when you tell them a naturally aspirated 1300cc did THAT! DO use a K motor if you just want something that bolts in. I can't weld custom engine mounts either, so I went with the easy solution. I also couldn't be arsed converting my car to an efi fuel system, wiring in a computer and all that jazz. I also like the self-tuneability of carbs and a distributor. DON'T use a K motor if you have plenty of money to spend. If you want the best engine for your corolla and you'll spend more than a grand on it, forget a K motor. Drop in a 4age or some other efi thing, possibly even force inducted if you want to, and you can drive it without crashing it. Take it from someone who's built a $2000 4K, I could have got the same thing (minus the lumpy idle) by buying a $850 4AGE, with alot of potential for more power as well. DON'T use a K motor if you want to beat things on the street. About the best you'll manage is flogging crappy old Lasers and Magnas, and a stock Commodore up till about 100km/h. All your mates probably have really fast cars, and if you want one too, be prepared to either spend alot of money on your corolla, or just buy a car that's fast in the first place. Budget modified Corollas are quick, not fast. DON'T use a K motor if you want to "drift". If you think you have the "mad skillz" like Fujiwara Takumi, or you are building a "drift pig" corolla because you're a P-plater driving professional, then forget a K motor. The best power you'll reliably get out of one cheaply is less than a bigport 4AGE makes, and nobody drifts with them. :jealous: :D
Teddy Posted June 14, 2006 Report Posted June 14, 2006 Now, theres a few things on there which i beg to differ, but whats it matter. Each to there own. At the end of the day, if a 5k puts a VN in a corner, So be it.
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