i am debating on either swaping to a doch or keeping the soch and just getting a nother cam reground for torq but need to find whats going to give me better results/ cheaper? any advise?

 

IMO, I wouldnt really touch a SOHC, since in the end youll just match a DOHC Stock power specs. It probably would be easier to do a DOHC swap and will give you some better results.

How cheap it is depends on what your local salvage yard wants for a lower mileage DOHC and labor and fun stuff like that.

 

if you want real torque -- buy another car

if you want more hp dohc swap

 

The cheapest? Buy a cam and install it your self.
The most effective, buy another car.
1.9L = 116 cu inches.
How much torque do you think you can get out of something that small. I've got a twin cam I like a lot. I'd like about 15 more hp out of the thing. Frankly it is not worth the cost and the work it would take to get it out of it to me. So I am building a small block chevy instead and shooting at about 425hp. Out of it. Street H.P.

 

am i the only one that sees an issue with the placement of the starter? i am just looking for something for temp i am going to try something different after i get my auto tech cert

 

The placement of the starter? 'Splain please? I am confused, what has that got to do with getting more torque out of the engine? As far as the physical Location of the starter it is some where on the engine which sits East West rather than North South like a lot of FWD cars do that starter is placed in some obscure remote location that can't be seen or touched by a normal human. Personally I have seen a whole lot worse and then again a whole lot better and at least is better than a VW Beatle that has to have the engine removed to even put oil in it.
I pure hated those things.

 

weren't those lawn mower engines?

 

Dunno, never saw a self respecting lawn mower that used them. They were at one time used as the base engine for Midget Race cars. I did hate them. But bought a super Beatle for my Step Son. And a book called Volkswagon Repair for idiots or something like that. And figured out how to get them tuned so they ran. Like many cars blinged out, too much cam and too many carbs would kill the things and blew the doors off of some kid with exactly that.
They were a car that advanced anemia was selling point and evil handling was an atribute.
As to the step son? He would tear the brakes up with in 10,000 miles. He had less automotive common sense than a bag of rocks.

 

If any of you have ever owned a Nissan pickup with the four cylinder engine, then you know what a pain in the rear those starters are to change too. I don't think automotive engineers work on their own vehicles.