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Originally Posted by bFreed
There's an S14 with a single turbo RB26 at my shop that is strictly a time attack car....
2JZ really can't be beat. All around. Weight? Eh. It wont feel like a miata. But it wont feel like what you think either. We do a lot of 2JZ swaps into 240s and they are definitely not all drag/show cars....... 240s can weigh in under 2800 lbs with the swap.
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Yeah, the 2JZ is a legendary motor for sure. The ability for it to make such nice power is well known, and it's reliable at the same time. Sure, it's not going to feel 100% the same, but the suspension can easily be adjusted to compensate for it, and with proper upgrades it will in the end pull even better numbers in handling than stock anyways. So there's no trade off here. You can have a better handling car with substantially MORE power all around which will greatly benefit the "fun" of the car off and especially ON the track.
But some people bought the "light as possible > anything else" hook, line, and sinker. 3,000-4,000lb cars can, and will, out perform this car on closed tracks as long as their suspension has equal effort put into them. Power isn't a "fun killer", it can in fact, and I know it's hard for some to understand this, make the car MORE fun.