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Originally Posted by nickw14
See this is part of what I was looking to get out of this thread. The engine comes with an ECU and a wiring harness, but you're right I would need to get the existing harness to mesh with the one the engine comes with. As I mentioned in the thread, I have little experience with mechanics, especially engine swaps. I do know several people who do have the experience and even the tools necessary to do so. It would definitely be a learning experience, and I've got to learn some time!
The main reason I want to do a swap is to be able to hold more power. A friend of mine told a story of a guy he knew who turbo'd his BRZ, had Dynosty tune it to around 400whp and very shortly after cracked his casing. He said that the moral of the story to him was that the FA20 simply cannot hold that kind of power (there's still room for other explanations, the biggest being a bad tune).
As for the comparison of a 240 swap v.s. my FRS swap, most of those considerations are legitimate, if you're swapping it into a 240. But I'm not. While I will still have to take most of that into account, those are questions that can be answered rather quickly for my car.
Thanks for all the suggestions and considerations so far!
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That bit that I highlighted there... That's the issue - A friend of a buddy of a cousin told me x,y, and z - So it's obviously true!
Not always the case. Improper tune can grenade a motor, and I doubt it was just the engine itself not holding the power.