Car Maintenance

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Skosh said:

Thanks very much for all the help guys.

I understand the principle behind getting something with a more simple engine to practice on but like was mentioned before, an s13 200sx would give me knowledge of fuel injection and turbocharging. Now, I don't want to run before I can walk so to speak but obviously the cars I will be owning in future will most likely have EFI and some sort of forced induction.

Would it be easy enough to work on an engine such as this with the limited skills I have or it would be easier to start on a basic engine first and work my way up?

To give you a bit of background. I have some engineering experience and I am a very fast learner therefore I pick things up quickly and find complicated problems to be quite challenging and fun (maybe I'm sad).

What do you think?

I just don't want to spend time on say a carb'd engine only to then have to start all over again when I look into working on more modern cars.

If you feel confident then just get stuck in and buy a turbocharged car.

most engines all have the same principles, block, pistons,con rods,etc just the turbo engine will be made to take the pressure of the turbo, forged pistons and crankshaft,lower compression ratio,etc.

A car from the mid to late 80's onwards will most likely have EFI, as the car gets newer the electronics get more complicated so good software and a laptop/computer will probably be needed for any diagnostics.

I'd probably stick with something "basic" electronic wise,anything obd1 or obd2 should be fairly manageable for a beginner with a decent scan tool/software for the electronic end of things.