On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
....

> �My planned project is to pull the 1.8 liter and swap on the bottom end of
> the 2 liter motor. �The 2.0 liter ABA is supposed to put out about 25 more
> ponies and I am told they are better designed for lower RPM running with a
> forged crank and some under the piston oil squirters.

....

> when I saw the $100 complete motor...Hadda buy it. �I can re-sell the head,
> the water pump, the alternator, the distzy, etc and actually make money on
> my swap while getting some extra HP..

There's no guarantee that your new ABA will have oil squirters. Seems
it's a hit or miss thing.

Re: water pumps. Not sure how one would tell, but if the coolant pump
looks original, consider swapping in a new one. The original one would
likely have a plastic impeller and will deteriorate over time possible
fragging or at least allowing bits of the impeller into the cooling
system.

Pic of mine showing wear:

http://tinyurl.com/2alo9p9

I installed a new one that has the stamped steel impeller.

Pic of similar or same

http://www.germanautoparts.com/images/7607a6e284530303132313632303/f

Works fine, but at time of swap, had read that there is a pump with a
better designed impeller. Still. It seems mine moves coolant just
fine.

Neil.

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