possible cheap swap?

[luminal67]

While at the junk yards one day, I noticed a very strange bird. it was an older gp with a quad-4...weird, never saw one before.

 

So it got me thinking, the H/O quad-4's had like 190HP. the 3.1 have like 140 and they have to weigh a bit more than a quad-4

And the quad-4 is only about10-15 HP shy of a 3.4.

now i know they have some sort of head gasket problem or timing belt problem, im not sure, but this could very well be a totally unique and cheap swap.

 

I don't know, just thinking a little bit, tought i would throw the idea out there. Let me know what you all think.

-Brian-

[jeremy]

that GP probably was the LO quad, the HO quads could be found in Cutlass Supremes...HO Quads are a lot of fun, I would love to have a turbo'd one.

[cutlassdude96]

the HO made 180, the LO made 160

[chadz34]

the HO made 180, the LO made 160

That's alot of fucking horse for the year. That had to be one of the top N/A 4 cyl. engines of it's time.

[digitaloutsider]

It's still not bad considering my buddy's brand new SE-R Spec V only puts out 175.

[cutlassdude96]

they did make a 190hp Quad4

[cutlsp]

they did make a 190hp Quad4

the w-31 quad 4

[dbtk2]

they did make a 190hp Quad4

the w-31 quad 4

 

*cough* W41 *cough* The only difference is the cams and the chip though. Just putting the w41 chip in a HO quad gives you like 5hp. The other 5 comes from the cams but also drops your torque so thats a trade off. I'd rather have the HO quad with the w41 chip.

 

It would be an interesting swap but you'd definately want a 5 speed attached to it due to the low torque output. An HO quad 4 (180hp) has 160ft.lbs. IIRC, and a W41 has like 155ft.lbs. Whereas a 3.1 might only have 140hp but it does have 180ft.lbs.

 

If you can find a junked w-body with a ho quad and a 5 speed then the swap would probably be pretty cheap.

[cutlassdude96]

the W41 still has 160ft. lbs torque