FJ20 v Z18Turbo: Which is faster
Nathan Wong
On Tue, 8 Apr 1997 11:17:14 +1000, Cujo
<u95...@student.canberra.edu.au> wrote:
>Which is faster : a Z18 Turbo or a naturally aspirated FJ20 (non-turbo)?
Depends on what cars they are in....generally engines themselves just
sit there.
I've seen Fj20s running 230hp, but im sure that can be exceeded with a
Z18 Turbo, just turn up the boost and hope it doesnt blow up.
>How much faster?
How much money do you have?
>What else better/worse?
Turbos cost a lot more to insure, but its generally easier to get the
horsepower out of them. Why not a FJ20 Turbo?
Cujo
Which is faster : a Z18 Turbo or a naturally aspirated FJ20 (non-turbo)?
How much faster?
What else better/worse?
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Forg
Cujo wrote:
>
> Which is faster : a Z18 Turbo or a naturally aspirated FJ20 (non-turbo)?
Depends what you do with it. Stock, probably the Z18. Boosted -
obviously the Z18. If you work both - probably the Z18 ('cos you can
stick a Z24 2.4 litre Navara engine on the bottom-end; actually, they
might be up to Z27 by now, but that sounds way too over-bored or
over-stroked).
I think the FJ20 turbo was a pretty good engine in its' day, though;
eclipsed by the SR20, of course!
Forg.
Dave Bomba
In Article <334A3F...@zip.com.au>
Forg <fo...@zip.com.au> writes:
>Cujo wrote:
>>
>> Which is faster : a Z18 Turbo or a naturally aspirated FJ20 (non-turbo)?
>
>Depends what you do with it. Stock, probably the Z18. Boosted -
>obviously the Z18. If you work both - probably the Z18 ('cos you can
>stick a Z24 2.4 litre Navara engine on the bottom-end; actually, they
>might be up to Z27 by now, but that sounds way too over-bored or
>over-stroked).
>
>I think the FJ20 turbo was a pretty good engine in its' day, though;
>eclipsed by the SR20, of course!
>
>
>Forg.
Given that the FJ20 is a 2.0 litre it inherently has more torque,
many people forget that the FJ20 is just a scaled down version of the formula
one 1.5l engine inherently VERY strong, so strong it's the choice of the
fastest 4 in australia (austin healey)
For the Z18 this months zoom magazine shows the NIZPRO boys dato with a Z18
completely standard internals including pistons and it's pumping out 327 horse
at the fly on MOTEC's dyno.
Both have great qualities, me personally I prefer the FJ20
Cya
Dave
Nathan Wong
On Wed, 9 Apr 97 20:51:41 +800, ebo...@cc.curtin.edu.au (Dave Bomba)
wrote:
>Given that the FJ20 is a 2.0 litre it inherently has more torque,
>many people forget that the FJ20 is just a scaled down version of the formula
>one 1.5l engine inherently VERY strong, so strong it's the choice of the
>fastest 4 in australia (austin healey)
So the FJ20 2L is a scaled DOWN version of a 1.5L F1 engine?
When did Nissan/Datsun make an F1 engine?
Damir Lukic
On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, Cujo wrote:
> Which is faster : a Z18 Turbo or a naturally aspirated FJ20 (non-turbo)?
>
> How much faster?
>
> What else better/worse?
>
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> Caleb Joliffe
> Alias: Cujo
>
> E-Mail:- * u95...@student.canberra.edu.au
> * cu...@blitzen.canberra.edu.au
>
> Cronulla Sharks Homepage:
> http://student.canberra.edu.au/~u953592/home.html
>
> "Don't be afraid to go for what you want, or what you want to
> be, but don't be afraid to pay the price." --Lane Frost
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>
>
>
Well if you up the boost on the good old Z18 u can cut anything up to
low - mid 13's in a Dat1600. Non turbo FJ20 (why bother), save up the
extra cash and get the turbo version. Alot easier to go faster.!!!!
DAMIR......
Lindsay Castle
> >> Which is faster : a Z18 Turbo or a naturally aspirated FJ20 (non-turbo)?
Definately the Z18 turbo.
> >
Of course the FJ20 EFI turbo would kill it, very strong engines )have one
in my car), you loose a lot of horse power tkaing the EFI off the FJ20,
stock non turbo FJ20 EFI has about 135bhp, turbo has around 190bhp stock,
Z18 turbo i think is in the 130's (not sure on this).
> >Depends what you do with it. Stock, probably the Z18. Boosted -
> >obviously the Z18. If you work both - probably the Z18 ('cos you can
> >stick a Z24 2.4 litre Navara engine on the bottom-end; actually, they
> >might be up to Z27 by now, but that sounds way too over-bored or
> >over-stroked).
> >
> >I think the FJ20 turbo was a pretty good engine in its' day, though;
> >eclipsed by the SR20, of course!
> >
The FJ20 is still a good engine but yes the SR20 is newer and has good
design and power.
> Given that the FJ20 is a 2.0 litre it inherently has more torque,
> many people forget that the FJ20 is just a scaled down version of the formula
> one 1.5l engine inherently VERY strong, so strong it's the choice of the
> fastest 4 in australia (austin healey)
>
> For the Z18 this months zoom magazine shows the NIZPRO boys dato with a Z18
> completely standard internals including pistons and it's pumping out 327 horse
> at the fly on MOTEC's dyno.
>
> Both have great qualities, me personally I prefer the FJ20
My preference too.
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