2017 MT FA20 engine swap into 13 BRZ

[blsfrs]

Easiest solution might be to use the 2017 short block and with your 2013 heads.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

I am dying to know what the reluctor wheel looks like My guess is reindexed 13'.

Edit: and it may not need reindexed or anything, I am pretty sure crankshafts are the same

Not a word about crankshafts in the propaganda... I mean dealer literature. Since they go into great detail when speaking to the rocker arm pivot changes I would think it would be mentioned.

[NoHaveMSG]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Not a word about crankshafts in the propaganda... I mean dealer literature. Since they go into great detail when speaking to the rocker arm pivot changes I would think it would be mentioned.

I looked earlier. All part numbers supersede to the same one. So 13' reluctor should fit and index correctly.

[Takumi788]

Originally Posted by Sasquachulator

Is it safe to say dropping a 17+ motor into a 13-16 car is basically a poor man's engine swap?

Seems like the amount of trouble to get it to work is almost the same, except you don't have to do any custom fabrication to get it to fit.

I would say this is an upgraded engine replacement. Not a swap.

Not everyone cares to spend the money and time on a higher HP or insta-famous swap. This is interesting to me bc for a few grand I can be back at the track with a slightly upgraded engine in a weekend without the hassle of custom parts, swap kits, standalone, tunes, ect. Most people probably just want to get their car running again and found a 2017+ engine and want to know if it can work. Swapping to a K engine is MUCH more trouble that a 2017+ engine replacement.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Takumi788

I would say this is an upgraded engine replacement. Not a swap.

Not everyone cares to spend the money and time on a higher HP or insta-famous swap. This is interesting to me bc for a few grand I can be back at the track with a slightly upgraded engine in a weekend without the hassle of custom parts, swap kits, standalone, tunes, ect. Most people probably just want to get their car running again and found a 2017+ engine and want to know if it can work. Swapping to a K engine is MUCH more trouble that a 2017+ engine replacement.

There are full swaps on this forum that are 4 or 5 years on the go and still not working right.
Although not a plug and play the Facelift upgrade makes a pile more sense.
Oh and it has not been mentioned but anybody changing a FA20D for a FA20D needs to understand there are things that need to be done if the engine is from an AT or MT regardless of year.