hi everyone, im new one here, got my self a peach of a 340, 1.7gl catalyst, iv bought her to learn to drift in, one thing imediatly apparent is the fact it drifts to the right a lot easyer than the left, oh well. iv done a few bits already, k&n and i made the exhaust come out the side just in front of the rear wheel as the back box was wrotten, iv had a few light knocks already but its to be expected with the harsh whip back when coming out of a slide to begin with.
my first question to you all is, does the 480 turbo engine fit in the 340? obviously there might be some jiggery pokery but as long as engine mounts and gear box line up it shouldnt be to much hassle??
id very much appreciate any thoughts you guys have.
Chris C on here is in the process of doing a 1.7 Turbo conversion, so he's probably the best person to answer this. IIRC there are some clutch issues, and it needs re-wiring due to oddness of the loom on the 480.
Lol, make that most points of view Dai I'm tempted to drop straight onto squirt... and you'd hope I could wire it up! Still, I'm gonna try and keep it stock 400 loom and ECU as much as I can, just so I can make use of the orig plugs etc to make it neat.
cheers guys, i'll have a look about for a wrotten 480 T then, surly the issue with the loom is the same with all the 1.8 & 2.0, 8v & 16v renult engines?
Nah, the it's not so much a problem of hte FI setup, just the way the loom is U shaped around the engine bay. Just a lot of the wires are gonna have to be cut, lengthened etc. The actual hooking up is easy enough other than that.
Not that I know of, my dealer was talking about it the other day, said they have the same engine mounts as the late 400 TD's, so straight swap for a 400. I'm guessing it's not a nice sump swap job though, blocks different to us isn't it?
I'm tempted to drop straight onto squirt... and you'd hope I could wire it up! Still, I'm gonna try and keep it stock 400 loom and ECU as much as I can, just so I can make use of the orig plugs etc to make it neat.
