Scoobdogg

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Does anyone know if Type R's have closed or open deck blocks in particular the V4 Type R's with engine EJ20K DW7PR.

Cheers for any knowledge

tathan

open I think

RAs 95 and 96 had closed usually. Apparently some RAs 97 and 98 had them? 22b. Legacy 2.2 (not sure which)

You can tell from the square hatching on the casting.

Scoobdogg

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Ah right it's not out yet but want to try an find out prior to make some plans. Is the RA an Type R engine not the same spec then?

tathan

Not as far as I've seen.

the square-ness you can see with the engine in situ. There is square hatching around the oil filter.

Scoobdogg

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Aye seems your right enough tathan I was just looking at a thing with engine codes on it there but had been told they might have been closed deck by someone before.

Cheers for the info though.

tathan

What were you planning?

Scoobdogg

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Not entirely sure yet was thinking along the lines of a 2.1 stroker or maybe a 2.5 conv bought a car with knackered bottom end but waiting to see what the extent of the damage is.

TonyBurns

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They are open, dont be worried if its open, semi open (new age only) or closed, unless your running 500+bhp it will handle the power happily (though the standard internals would have ejected themselves out the side of the block along time before that )

Tony

Scoobdogg

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Yeah cheers Tony was just enquiring to see what it might have in it it's damaged at the moment anyway and I'm not at home to arrange things and also have a lack of internet access time to search things out which is a pain. Can anyone confirm if a complete V5 engine will go straight into the V4 or would it be a case of just swapping the bottom end? Was basically thinking of getting the 2.1 Stroker advertised for sale in teh hope it would be a pretty easy swap?

scooby1982

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wiring harness is diff mate, v3 and 4 are the same and 5-6 are the same, you would probs just have to swap the main wiring harness, ( which could be a bitch of a job!!) good luck

joz8968

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It's a bugger, as the v.3/4 IM don't fit the v,5/6 heads, so can't retain all the original v.3/4 wiring harnesses.

The no ballache route is just the bottom end swap...

Scoobdogg

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Aye so breaking it would be the best way an the 2.1 bottom eend would go straight across yeah?

joz8968

iTrader: (13)

All bottom end block halves bolt up to all OEM heads, across all MYs. Universal fitment.