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Old 06-14-2017, 03:10 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by VAcuban View Post
Say what you want, but the money spent on a swap that puts an FRS smack dab between a Challenger SRT8 and 370z nismo with a STOCK 2JZ, is impressive enough. But keeping in mind that the 2JZ is a stock motor and can easily be upgraded and tuned to 450 whp with very little work/$ coupled with the fact that, that amount of hp is not even pushing the limits of the 2JZ (like an FA20 would be) makes it a very reliable range for a potential daily.
My comment was mostly made in the context of this chassis + traction/drivability.

You can drag race all you want but anything beyond 300RWHP in this car without massive aero enhancements is just asking for trouble in corners.

As for "power to weight ratio", yes on paper your setup will be great. Plenty of 240SX have been swapped with 300/400/500RWHP "daily" setups before, I've dealt with probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 300-500 different types of cars set up this way. To actually drive it around is an entirely different thing.

Good luck with your budget Supra. For the amount of money you're spending, I'd rather just buy a JZA80, I see it for around $30k (nonturbo) to around $58-60k (turbo) on Autotrader.

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