Roots Racing BRZ 9k RPM w/ITBs
 

A German race team Roots Racing built a 9k RPM FA20 with ITBs for racing on the Nurburgring. Seems to be somewhat reliable. I’ve searched the internet but very little information about the car and engine development is in English. Anyone have any information about this race car? Or can translate German.
https://youtu.be/a4ZQFdwmbWg

Google will translate most pages for you. It can have interesting results but you can get the gist.


Judging the reliability of a race team engine is not something you can read across to a street car. Imagine how reliable your engine would be if after every hour or so of driving you had a team with top of the line equipment that stripped it down, inspected all the components, analyzed all of the fluids, monitored even the most trivial functions and tweaked every single component. Even then race teams manage to blow up engines all the time!

Ok got cha.
Still no information on what parts they used to built the engine. I guess they are trying to keep everything a secret.

Its a EJ22 swap built by Subi-performance in Germany. 250hp/177lbft is impressive its at the wheels, but there is a video of it doing a hwy pull it appears that power is at the crank.. Anywho they are building a NA EG33 for that car now!

Wow that thing sounds incredible!

I've always wanted to see more flat-6 swaps. :thumbsup:

However, I think people would rather swap something like a V8 if they're going to put in that much effort which is why flat-6 swaps are rare, but I feel a flat-6 swap would retain more of the car's balance. :iono:

Also: why isn't this in the BRZ forum?

Once you get it in there, how do you change the spark plugs without removing the engine? I'm sure it'd be a tight fit.


OP is relatively new to the forum. We could give 'em some slack, or sentence 'em to 15-years hard labor to set an example. Either way :popcorn:

Idk. I don't know much about engine swaps (or 95% of car stuff for that matter), but from what I've heard it's already a pain to change spark plugs on boxers, and a bigger engine will make it an even bigger pain. Oh well.


Whenever I join a new forum, I usually get sentenced to slave labor. I see no reason why we shouldn't incorporate it here. :D

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Documented swaps such has Vorshlag's where pretty close to stock, actually ending up closer to 50/50 over stock.

https://www.vorshlag.com/forums/foru...-alpha-project

That’s my fault. I have an FR-S and didn’t pay it no mind that it was a BRZ.
I’m not really new to this forum, just new to posting. I’m just on here to seek information as I have no valuable knowledge to pass along.

Ok I see now. EJ engines having the timing belt and FA engines has the timing chain. See if I would have understood German I probably would have got it right away.

Same :party0030:

I only know a little bit of German. Ich habe meine Nase verloren, and Ich brauche noch ein Bier.