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Originally Posted by Sypher
I've spent a ton of time on the S30 Z forums and this kind of swap is regular place in a similarly weighted Z car. (just sold my Z for money for the FR-S lol). For the Z's, swapping to a V8 always puts weight more towards the center making the weight distribution better.
I imagine that swapping an aluminum V8 would net better weight distribution than any inline 6 in the FR-S/BR-Z. weight distribution would probably come in real close to stock with the aluminium V8 while adding a straight 6 of any kind will throw weight way out towards the front. My guess is the split would come to 54.5F/45.5R ish.
Oh and also for a jack of all trades like you said you want a V8 would probably be better anyway. they typically have better torque curves for multipurpose setups. 500-600hp 2jz might have a bit more turbo lag than you would want for something like autox unless you go with a sequential setup which i dont know if you could fit that in the twins engine bay. would be sweet though haha
Dont get me wrong though. I dig the idea of a 2jz swap  . they make a ton of power  and i dig straight 6's thanks to my love for S30 Z's. Good luck with the swap. |
The 86 doesn't have the transmission in the engine bay, per se, but in a the transmission tunnel. So, a sequential would need to fit in there.
I'm quite ignorant of the power train on the Nissan GTRs, but did any of them come with a V8? If so, I wonder if that'd be something to consider, considering what you said about an AL V8 block's weight distribution.