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Originally Posted by venturaII
I'm not 'in love' with Honda. It simply meets my criteria, and nothing more. I don't need a V8, nor do I want one.
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And none of us are attempting to discourage a Honda v6 swap, myself included. I am actually encouraging you, and I have quite a bit of information.
Every tuning decision amounts to a
set of objectives and a
list of personal preferences. The fact that there are better engines is just that. A fact. It doesn't have it's own opinion, and it shouldn't discourage you. Facts are innocent things. It doesn't have to be the "best" engine swap, it can just be a "reasonable" one. It doesn't matter.
Let me clarify what I have been saying in a few simple statements:
1) Most of your assumptions about the various advantages are mistaken.
2) Most of your assumptions about fitment are likely to be mistaken.
3) If you want a Honda V6 in this car, regardless of other concerns, height is going to be your primary inhibiting factor, as it has been with all other narrow V-engines with the intake manifold on top.
4) All the other 60-degree V6 engines fit, until you put on the intake manifold.
Most transverse engines, honda V6's included, will have the throttle body at the back of the engine when you mount it longitudinally. This means very strange intake piping or a custom intake manifold. Or, some tomfoolery with flipping the manifold around. Fortunately, the way forward has already been paved for you. There are plenty of V6 S2000's with solutions to that little problem.
The accessory drive will need tweaking if you do the above.
The J-series barely fits the height limit in an S2000. That car has more vertical room than ours, but (counterintuitively), has a lower hoodline. Packaging concerns are important, and the front crossmember in our car is a significant height impediment.
I have never said flatly that a J engine won't fit. I have said that I seriously doubt that it will fit, and I stand by that statement. I would bet money on it, based on the fact that no other 60-degree V6 has been
anywhere close to low enough, after the intake goes on. I have seen several unlikely 90-degree engines fit, however, including the comparatively massive Ford Coyote engine. My money is on a C-swap being more successful, but more power to you if you succeed in either endeavor.
There are 2 Toyota V6 swaps running that I know of. Point of that statement, is it's possible, with enough money, to make anything fit. Both have clearancing on the crossmember, custom intake manifolds, and custom oil pans.
Also, that quote is comedy gold.