1.8L T4cyl (BPturbo) or KL-ZE

[mazdaprot]

I finally bought another viehicle and can start to tear in to my '94 protege. The first thing i would like to do is chunck the SOHC. So that being said, which engine is better, the BPturbo or the KL-ZE. I've been told that there both difficult installs and they both will fit. Which is better.

[itzkcatz]

I finally bought another viehicle and can start to tear in to my '94 protege. The first thing i would like to do is chunck the SOHC. So that being said, which engine is better, the BPturbo or the KL-ZE. I've been told that there both difficult installs and they both will fit. Which is better.

How much do you wanna spend and how much power do you wanna make?.

[midnightblue97]

Yeah. Won't the weight balance be thrown off with the V6??

[itzkcatz]

Yeah. Won't the weight balance be thrown off with the V6??

Im assuming keeping going with the bpt will keep the balance fairly equal considering it only adds 20 pounds to the bp motor, I would go bpt, But the v6 swap is nice to have 200 na

[mazdaprot]

How much mony will it take and how much power can I get

[mazdaprot]

i would like to get the GTR BP if and I mean IF i can find one

[midnightblue97]

How much mony will it take and how much power can I get

How muuch money you got and how much power you want??

[mazdaprot]

Could the balence be fixed

[itzkcatz]

Could the balence be fixed

Well im not sure how much more the v6 weighs than the bpt. I know my GTR motor weighed in at 185 pounds when i got it shipped. As for how much power you can get out of both im not sure about the v6, Jesse knows more about the options you have for it. I know you can prob get 230 hp out of the GTX( vj-20) before it maxes out. But im sure at 230 its just a heatpump. The GTR you can see over 350. But it will run you alot prob 4-7000 dollars to get it safe and done right. The gtx you can get 200 for about 3000 dollars

[mazdaprot]

How much of a eggine mount change is it for the bp

[atila]

It drop straight in but you'd be better with fill in tranny support, i've kill two mounts before filling them and i have not yet had anymore trouble with them. Correctly tune the gtx will produce over 230hp without becoming an heatpump. There's a post where one ran a 11. something with the gtx an the stock vj-20. My next set-up is built to see what's the max output power of the vj-20 at 13psi, last summer i was running 13.6 at the 1/4 and comparing it with car of the same weight that i know for shure the hp at the wheel i estimate around 220hp for last summer

[JesseSays]

-weights are the same, basically
-no balance change
-mounts are all in the same place, just need to get the K series ones to use the KL motor
-neither is "better", it depends on your goals.

[redfox]

i would go with the KL-ZE V6 motor. b/c you can build a motor that has more hp stock to have more hp in the end.....

[mazdaprot]

How muck hp can be added to the KL-ZE's 197

[JesseSays]

depends on how much money you have. 0-600 is my answer.