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(XLS)Thumperup wrote:I was actually thinking about going for a rice rocket. Like Mazda or Mitsubisi, But I found my true heart in the sunfire

Ya I still like sunfires but I'd have a hard time droping down to the little 4 banger. Now if you could get a sunfire with a v6 that'd be a different story.

you can put a v6 in a sunfire

ya I don't doubt you can. You can put just about anything into any car for the right amount of money.

but ya cant get a sunfire with a 6, you cant even put a 6 in one. If by chance you moved the mounts and opend up the the front and got one in there is still the problem with the power difference. You would twist that car to shit if it had a 6 in it. Far too much torque for the sunfire you would need to reinforce the unibody, "Not fraim", Unibody.

It's for sure alot more work and headache then it's worth. But I'm sure it's been done.

The Sunfire can handle the same engine's a Grand AM can

Lets see

If ya put in a 6 you will need

Engin
Transmition
move mounts and try to fit it in
computer
renforcmet on the unibody
+ pay someone to do it all

i would say grand total would be upwords of $10,000 my aswell buy a new car for whats it worth. You cant just put in a 6 it wont fit.

I am sure you could fit a 6 in if you really wanted to. Hell, I saw an 80's Dodge K-car with a V8 in it, NOs and everything.

As for cost the best way to do it would be to take the entire drive train out of a Grand Am (Engine, tranny, computer). You could probably pull the whole thing out of a smashed one for under a grand. You would need new mounts and possibly some Uni-body reinforcement (although the Grand Am is also a Uni-body car) but I think a good price estimate would be closer to $3000 (maybe half that if you did all the work yourself).

ya but the Grand Am's engin doesnt have as much Horsepower as the Sunfire GT does.

i sudjest investing in a turbo, cold air intake, new transmition that should help in the power ya need.

I'm not saying it would be a good idea, I am just saying that it could be done, and the cost wouldn't be too much.
I agree with you that modding is the way to go, those 2.4's have alot of potential. A cold air intake could give you 20-30 more horsepower for only around $250. Another cheep and easy mod would be a high flow muffler to reduce back pressure, could give you another 5-10hp.
A turbo would be great but your looking at about $600 for a new intake manifold and then maybe three grand for the turbo itself. You could get a performance throttle body for much less money, not near as powerful but it would still give you a nice performance increase.

Go with Dual Turbos!.... Ok fine, I just want to see it done and my dad won't let me make the new truck cool

If we're gonna talk Mazdas, it's all about the RX-7 and 8.

C'mon, Homey J...........supercharger! The big intake that completely obscures all vision on the small hood would be........life threatening. That would make it cool.

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye; then it's a sport

On an engine that small a turbo would be a much better way to go, although any mod that makes the car more life threatening is always a good idea.