The Future of Engine Swaps |
The Future of Engine Swaps |
Oct 30, 2008 - 9:09 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 31, '04 From Summerville, SC Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
I was thinking this over today and thought that it would be a cool discussion to post up. I'm getting a little concerned about the future of engine swaps. It seems like Toyota hasn't been building ANYTHING high-performance in the last few years. I love our Celicas, but they're coming up on 10 years old for the newest '99 model now. 2nd gen 3SGTE engines are minimum 15-16 years old...
I've been looking at the newer models trying to think of what the next batch of engine swapping is going to be. The 7th gen Celica is already out of production and hasn't gotten a whole lot of love. Of course the 2ZZ is a common swap but that engine never really took real well. 3SGTE into a 7th gen is something I'd like to do some more of, but still, the 3S is getting older. I guess the tC is the next platform to look at, but what to swap into it??? There's practically nothing out there for decent Toyota engines, the 2AZ only makes 160hp. I've sort of been looking at the 300hp 2GR-FSE but it's scary... lots of modern electronics to work around, immobilizer, etc. 2ZZ in a Yaris might be interesting... Discuss! -Doc -------------------- -Dr Tweak, 6GC's resident engine swap wiring expert extraordinaire Click here to see my swaps drtweak@phoenixtuning.com |
Oct 31, 2008 - 11:28 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 27, '06 From Soda Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (91%) |
couldn't you put a b-series or something in a celica? i mean those motors are small, light, and can be mod to go super fast because they respond well to little mods/turbo. forget the "honda" name, think of possibilities lol
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Oct 31, 2008 - 11:31 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 31, '04 From Summerville, SC Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
couldn't you put a b-series or something in a celica? i mean those motors are small, light, and can be mod to go super fast because they respond well to little mods/turbo. forget the "honda" name, think of possibilities lol Ban him. -------------------- -Dr Tweak, 6GC's resident engine swap wiring expert extraordinaire Click here to see my swaps drtweak@phoenixtuning.com |
Nov 1, 2008 - 3:21 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 24, '08 From Orange County, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 33 (100%) |
couldn't you put a b-series or something in a celica? i mean those motors are small, light, and can be mod to go super fast because they respond well to little mods/turbo. forget the "honda" name, think of possibilities lol Ban him. haha doc i agree ban that guy. I totally hate those little civics, with their vtec engine. They think they are the shiznit cause they have a light fast car, Most civics look like crap on the inside and out of the car. civics dont have half as much looks as the celicas do neither do the integras. But ya dissapointed to hear that toyota celica version will only be sold in japan. Man toyota needs a sports car and fast. Looks like im going through with the beams swap for sure now! and ya come to think of it, our celica's are starting to get old dam!! but they still look really good as always -------------------- Group buy to replicate Narrow E series transaxle parts
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