Seven in SA Posted May 31, 2001 Share Posted May 31, 2001 I have a Birkin Seven (don't have a go) in South Africa and am wanting to upgrade my engine/gearbox from a 1600 xflow/4 speed. I have been given the following two options. A Zetec, which are not very common over here and so expensive or a Toyota 4age with aditions. The Toyota sounds good i.e. approx 180bhp and high revving and light, but I am not sure about putting one in the car. I will be returning with it to the UK at some point in the future. Any thoughts/views would be appreciated. Nic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted May 31, 2001 Share Posted May 31, 2001 The Toyotas are good. Given my time again, I might me tempted myself. There is a company over here called RAW Engineering in Hereford who specialise in these engines and there conversions including all parts. They are on 01981 251875. Ask for Mel. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilyhands Posted May 31, 2001 Share Posted May 31, 2001 The 4AGE is a sweet engine and ideal for a seven, its the modern equivalent of the BDA. It's used in the Formula Atlantic race series and used heavily in Oz in motorsport and as an engine in the various seven clones they have (PRB, Birkin etc.) With minimal mods they can be persuaded to good power outputs. Oily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigs Posted June 1, 2001 Share Posted June 1, 2001 Hi Seven in SA. I have also a Birkin and have been told that you can fit a Ford Serria five speed gearbox to a 1600 X-flow. Firstly you must determin if you have old or a new type chassis, if it is the old one there should be two holes at the engine mounting and gearbox mounting postions to acomodate a four or a five speed box, if have the new type chassis then the Z-TEC and Toyota options are the only way to go. If you require more help phone at 031-4684604 or 083 7755689 Cheers from sunny Durbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darryl S. Posted June 1, 2001 Share Posted June 1, 2001 Birkins are sold here in Oz by PRB. www.prbaustralia.com.au they come standard with a 20v 4AGE with Motec ECU good for around 160hp+ with mods many are now getting 230hp+ out of them, superb engine even out of the box. I'd take this path if I were you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Mclaughlin Posted June 3, 2001 Share Posted June 3, 2001 Toyota engine is very popular in OZ for this purpose, however FWD versions are about all that you can get now as the supply of RWD versions which are MUCH tidier to install has all but dried up. Ditto gearboxesRWD, which by the way have lousy ratios standard and are not overly robust when the aforementioned outputs are dumped through them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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