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07-01-2012, 07:06 PM | #1 |
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Has any FRS/BRZ fallen to LS V8 engine swap?
The similarly classed cars that came before the FRS/BRZ such as Miata, 180sx, 240sx, and RX-7 (non-turbo) were fitted with LSx engine by those who don't want to go JDM route of boosting with complicated parts and convoluted set-up associated with it. The results of cars swapped with LS were extremely favorable... with obvious increase in hp/tq and almost negligible change in weight and weight distribution.
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07-01-2012, 07:25 PM | #2 |
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Yes. I don't imagine there are many cars out there that haven't had an LSx thrown into them.
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Heard someone is already working on it..... sadly.
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07-01-2012, 07:42 PM | #4 |
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When I was in college there was a kid with a Porsche 944 with a LS1 in it. Blasphemy if you ask me.
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I wouldn't mind it. The LS is a pretty compact V8.
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Still in the honeymoon phase. It will happen. Just too early now. :happy0180: Also keen to seeing swaps using a toyota/Lexus V8.
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Saturn put a Honda V6 in their Vue crossover. Lotus shoves Toyota engines into their sports cars. Nissan is set to share engines with Mercedes. Even manufacturers do it too. |
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GM used Honda V6's and Toyota I-4 cause GM sucks in those areas. Lotus doesn't make motors so they outsource. Nothing wrong with collaboration, because it's a win-win just like Mitsubishi, Dodge, Hyundai. You get the 4B11 |
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That LS engine architecture has Le-Mans Proven reliability & durability... and victories behind it. It's a 'general motor' that can be fit in almost any FR cars even as small as Miata from 20 yrs ago without disturbing weight distribution. GM's LS engine is almost inescapable & unavoidable option to any longitudinal engine-mounted rear drive cars our there... any brand and any model year since 1960. |
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