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05-13-2021, 08:30 AM | #15 | |
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05-13-2021, 09:46 AM | #16 | |
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I had not seen anyone mention it so I figure let’s throw it out there and let the greatest minds on the internet figure it out. |
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I'm in on a FA24 swap when it becomes viable. I'm too old for exhausts, rumble, and edgy motors.
When a drop-in FA24 is available I'll have funding ready. I'm hoping that I can take a bare FA24 long block, swap over all the sensors/injection/etc., and RUN IT (with a tune and maybe bigger injectors). In a year or two... |
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The FA24 will never be a straight drop in swap. This is the same as people that figured they could just drop in the EJ engine and found it just wasn't going to happen. The one Niki mentioned earlier and one other were the only swaps I ever recall hearing about. Besides if you are too old now you will be positively ancient by the time the 24 will come down in price to even make it a reasonably cost effective swap. Gotta wait for the kids to wreck a bunch first.
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I don't think you can have a lower COG with engines other than a boxer. It not only about how much low or high the engine sits in the bay. It is about the overall height of the engine and of not being top heavy. The main advantage of a K24 swap would be its higher power output and lower weight, so you would have also a bit better front to rear weight distribution with the expense of a bit worse COG. I believe K24 weights around 413 lbs. (including transmission), while FA20 is in the range of 480 lbs.
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I would bet a low-mounted K-swap FT86 would have overall c.g. height close to stock (maybe 1/4" higher), while being ~100 lb. lighter (KPower's is 140 lb. lighter, supposedly "like vs. like") and with ~2-3% better F/R distribution. I'd rather have ~2700 lb. Kswap with 52.5/47.5 weight distribution and (pessimistically) 18.5" c.g. height vs. 2800 lb. FA with 55/45 distribution and 18" c.g. height. What would be interesting would be a low- and aft-mounted compact V4... Last edited by ZDan; 05-14-2021 at 08:30 AM. |
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And the GM LS is an even better option.
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i'm sure someone in japan will have a swapped one within the year ^^
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Someone will wrap the new one around a pole, put it into a curb or otherwise cause it to be totaled.
Then someone will buy the car and pull the engine. I give it less than a year. |
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However, you know what I'd actually like to see, no joke? The GR Yaris G16E-GTS three-cylinder. It's small as hell but already makes more power than the upcoming FA24 let alone the current FA20 in our cars. |
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