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Originally Posted by DarkPira7e
Don't forget that balance isn't just a measurement of weight. You're significantly raising the COG of the engine when you do this. Nice first post though!
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Thanks a lot DarkPira7e! It was research of countless of hours through the forums. Through that research, i found something interesting though. The center of mass/gravity, doesn't change significantly. Because of these reasons:
1) 2JZ has iron block and aluminium head. So comparing it with a full iron longblock, it has a lower COG
2) Due to the fact that the 2jz barely fits to the gt86 for the hood to actually close, the custom mounts are made in that way that when the engine is installed, it sits lower compared to the stock fa20.
If you ask me, i wouldn't make that swap to my gt86/brz. Lot's of money for a very unsure result. Lots of torque and reliability though, but i'm a b-road racer, so i wouldn't mess with these. If i had the cash to do a swap to my gt86, it would probably be a honda swap. K24 block, 90.7mm f22c crankshaft, k20a2 head, 10:1 compression all from 4piston racing. EFR 7163 turbo, and that's a killing machine.
Or..... I would be installing the latest k20c1 crate engine from fk8 type-r and with some bolt-ons and an EFR 7163, i would be looking at 400 safe hp. But it would take some time until someone actually takes the risk to do the swap.
K20C1 EFR7163 + GT86 + Ohlins + Corner Balanced would be a new league on it's own by my guess...