Quick Intake Question

[sinisterfuzzy]

Alright is the intake manifold off a Prelude all I need to get my dual carb setup? I found a whole a mostly complete prelude that's carb'd what all do I need?

[TJX]

I'm not sure what you need, but i have a carb'd prelude that I'm parting out. Once you find out make me some offers and I'll send you what's needed.

[A20A1]

No, to have dual carbs from the prelude on an A20 you have a few ways you can go:

1) Swap on a Prelude Cylinder head and use the dual carb manifold that came with it.

2) Make a custom dual carb manifold For the A20

3) Forget the prelude carbs, they are too small... get a custom manifold for the A20 and performance carbs.

[sinisterfuzzy]

alright can someone get that link to the PGM-FI convertion? Or if someone could just whip out a quick list of what you need there's several LX-i's at the junkyard so whatever if that link is around can someone get it? thanks.

i want to turbo it and i know that i can get more out of the turbo with PGM-Fi than what i could get out of a carb. if anyone can get that article that'd be sweet i'm going to the junkyard tommarow so I need that list!

[gfrg88]

dude just put a damn weber on there, and it will a lot easier than converting to efi, and prolly cheaper?

just get a comlete a20a3 engine and swap that in. youll have more power too, cause of the block.

[A20A1]

yes you could get more power... but unless you make 300+ hp don't bother. stick with the carb and turbo.


well A20A3 block aside... the power is from higher compression pistons 9.3:1 CR... one thing is that they tend to lower the compression to run turbo. So the 9.1:1 CR A20A1 pistons will do fine... till something breaks.

Oh and to run draw-tru you don't need the prelude intake manifold.
use the stock manifold and run the pipes from the turbo to the manifold.

The carb only needs a 90 degree elbow if its a downdraft carb... or a straight piece of pipe if its a sidedraft to hook it to the trubo.