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Originally Posted by Vides990
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Love the idea of swapped cars. Currently have my own on the go (NOT the FRS). They are a ton of work and often the results are not as good as the dream that drives us to to do the project in the first place. I tink that the BRZ is a great platform for doing a swap since the chassis can obviously handle the extra power.
Keep in mind that at the end of the swap comes the soul and wallet crushing heartache of sorting the car when all we want to do is be done spending time and money and just drive. This separates the men from the boys. See a lot of these on e-bay.
The Weapons Grade project was completed some time ago, and while there are videos of the finished car, I have not seen it move under its own power nor heard reviews of the result. Anyone heard or seen it in action? Not much BRZ swap chat on the Weapons GRade Facebook page either.
The Vorschalg (sp?) swap is a great effort. I love the elegance of their design and highly recommend to anyone doing this to look into the water-jet and laser cutting options for fabrication. You do need some drawing software to interact with these guys so be aware of that.
I would like to know what the rear end will handle when it comes to power? Certainly a bit short in the gear ratio department unless you have a .5O OD ratio.
Final consideration is how the smog Nazis will treat the finished car. Or the insurance companies?
Be nice if the Mods open a Swapped car section like the Miata board did.
To the OP, help would be a lot more focused if you told us a bit about your capabilities? What kind of tool, talent and budget arsenal do you have to toss at this project? Do you have a place to work? What is your past resume that led to this project? As a rule, my response to a person doing this with a 70k budget and a full machine shop would be quite different than if you told me you were 19 years old, doing this in your parent's garage and had a budget of 4k. I can get behind either effort, but knowing who I am working with will help everybody.