when you say they must be standard...
honestly i would use a smallport motor.. they don't seem to have the bottom end the bigports do (odley enough!) BUT.. the proven reliablilty of the internals (bigger bigends and small ends of the rods), the inlet manifold is much better, higher compression pistons..
i personally havn't done a direct back to back comparison.. but in theory the bigport cams give a few more kw's than the smallport cams.. the bigport cams have 7.56mm lift & 240 duration (advertised), and the smallport cams have 7.1mm & 232 duration.. they have slightly different opening/closing times also..
for gearbox - you COULD use a C52 from a GT starlet.. they have a slightly taller diff ratio... the Starlet turbo boys love using 4AGE C52/56/160's as they just shift through what seems like a 'close ratio' box.. so using that principal.. doing it the other way around.. you can give yourself a few extra legs in each gear, but it might not seem to accelerate AS quick..
i think they said that it's about 700rpm difference at 110km/h..
all you need to do is swap the bellhousings over.. with the rolla > starlet conversion there are a few holes to tap threads into.. obviously you won't need to do this..
hope that helps you![]()
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