jaymz Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 my girlfriend has a 1980 gemini wagon 2 door. just wondering if anyone knows any good engine swaps that arn't to much of a mission. Her engine is stuffed and were just trying to work out the best way to get it running mint again. ps. were not interested in rotoring it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 bedford Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 bedford LOFL. Post of the month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kornstar Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 crackup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikuni Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 That post is shit. The 2L rodeo or piazza motor is a straight bolt in. If using the piazza engine it will be injected so you will need to wire it up and run a high pressure fuel system but shouldn't be too much trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draizuh Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 The bedford slant 4's go mean. Can bolt in a G160 G180 or G200 pretty easy. and the 2.6 v6 from teh rodeo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zep Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 2.6 is a four bro. Also pretty much bolt in and the 2.3. If you can find a twin cam Piazza you could use the 2.0 twin cam engine from that (+ the gear box).. There are about 6 or so easy engine swaps for geminis, depending on the amount of work you want to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted January 7, 2007 Share Posted January 7, 2007 Still go bedford. Mean cheap and easy to find FTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikuni Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 There seems to be a little bit more to fitting the 4Z range of engines over the G series. I thought they were similar aswell, but the fellas on ozgem soon corrected me on that view point. I'm not exactly sure how much more difficult it is, I didn't look into it because I don't like those engines 4Z range is the 4ZC1-t 2.0L Turbo Piazza, 4ZD1 2.3L Rodeo and 4ZE1 2.6L Rodeo, and as zep mentioned they are all 4 cyl. The 2.3L slant four bedford motor is a gigantic cast lump of steel that was used in HS and HSR chevettes for rally purposes in the early 80's. It was competitive at the time but honestly. Lets not talk about that. So best option is to find a 2L G200 from a wreckers a bolt that in. Or a G161 and give it a clean up and run mean cams and some sidies or something. Would probably go pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burntrubber Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 As said allready there are a few that bolt straight in I think the best would be the carbied G200z 2.0L Rodeo engine nothing to change at all to bolt one in. I have an injected Piazza 2.0L in one of my Geminis which took less than a day to fit and wire up the ECU so its not that much harder than a carbied engine I dont think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sexychevette Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 lol. The hs/hsr 2.3 twincam was far removed from the sohc bedford engine on which it was based. The hs twincam 2.3(in standard form) made 200bhp at the flywheel! thats impressive even by todays standards. Showed those dirty escorts who was boss The bedford engine will still go hard but they are shity leaky old pieces of crap. Theres a reason you see so many bedfords with holden 202s and the like. Find yourself a piazza twincam or turbo and swap all the good shit over will even get a brake upgrade and an lsd if you find the right one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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