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 |
Jun 3, 2009 - 1:16 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 11, '09 From south chi burbs Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The v6 swaps are def the way to go... we'd see many more if the info was specific/centralized and the cost was actually considered.
Here, at least, I can get the 1mzfe for $500-750 and they are plentiful. A "front clip" is as easy as locating a camry v6 at a junkyard, which isn't dificult The Q's are, what specifically has to be done in the 6gc, the MR2 writeups are out there, but whats different? |
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