Very cool. Great job and choice. Most people hear quad four and want to tell you about them being fast but that they overheat and are too costly to fix. I'm like yea I got that memo. They warp the head due to water pump failures and idiots that can't figure out their car is overheating and keep on driving. Aside from being a little more frequent and costly water pump change they are a great motor. Good HP & TQ for a naturally aspirated four. I run mine hard and fast and still get 28 mpg with a mix of city & hwy. Have you been to quad four forums? Until about a year ago they had a great vendor but now have little aftermarket support. The w-41 HO at 190HP is still the strongest naturally aspirated four GM has made. Ecotech fans hate to hear that. i read that by mixing and matching the best factory parts from different years and performance tweaking that you can get 220HP naturally aspirated. I know even the generic version I have is still pulling hard when it shifts at 6,250.
Years ago I bought a clean basic 98 Grand Am (last year before getting bigger & heavier) for $400 because the motor was bad and the shops wanted big bucks to replace the head or the motor due to the fact that the motor has to come out the bottom. As it was the motor I bought was out of a 2000 Alero. Car had 104,000 when I bought it and it now has 213,000. The motor I bought had 107,000. I put a new water pump in it and new timing chain tentioner sliders or whatever they are called as preventive and kept my spare ignition as they were known to go and could be expensive. A year later I ended up putting in my spare ignition knock on wood no problems since. 60,000 miles from putting the motor in the water pump went out. Changed it 45,000 miles that one went out. Only 4,000 miles on this WP so far hope it holds up as I may junk the car the next time. Lifters are tapping pretty good also. I even run 20/50 to quiet em down lol. No other problems though If it dies it doesn't owe me anything.
Lol I put a Cadillac 500 in a Cutlass and have done the same thing at car shows. I have even asked car guys at different shows and nobody has guessed it yet. Have a buddy down in Florida has one in an air boat. He modified some tractor valve covers with Massey Ferguson cast into them for his 500. Gets a lot of comments questions on it. He always grins and says yea.. it pulls hard.
Years ago I bought a clean basic 98 Grand Am (last year before getting bigger & heavier) for $400 because the motor was bad and the shops wanted big bucks to replace the head or the motor due to the fact that the motor has to come out the bottom. As it was the motor I bought was out of a 2000 Alero. Car had 104,000 when I bought it and it now has 213,000. The motor I bought had 107,000. I put a new water pump in it and new timing chain tentioner sliders or whatever they are called as preventive and kept my spare ignition as they were known to go and could be expensive. A year later I ended up putting in my spare ignition knock on wood no problems since. 60,000 miles from putting the motor in the water pump went out. Changed it 45,000 miles that one went out. Only 4,000 miles on this WP so far hope it holds up as I may junk the car the next time. Lifters are tapping pretty good also. I even run 20/50 to quiet em down lol. No other problems though If it dies it doesn't owe me anything.
Lol I put a Cadillac 500 in a Cutlass and have done the same thing at car shows. I have even asked car guys at different shows and nobody has guessed it yet. Have a buddy down in Florida has one in an air boat. He modified some tractor valve covers with Massey Ferguson cast into them for his 500. Gets a lot of comments questions on it. He always grins and says yea.. it pulls hard.
