RB26 in a S13/14/15 is a honorable mention, probably too standard for these guys though. My favorite conversion ever done was not just engine but also drivetrain, one dude in his garage put a Honda K24 engine into a 5gen civic sedan, faded silver paint, stock wheels total sleeper, then stuck a big turbo on said K24, and then went through honda parts bin and put together a AWD system mostly off a mundane CRV. Then when he wanted RWD he just removed front axles rolled up to a drift track and drifted what visually looked like your aunt's grocery getter civic. It was sick. There was a video on youtube too.
Gonio rtsi sedanas, ten gamykliskai 4wd buvo, daug variaciju buvo d serija, tada b serija ir galiausiai k serija :) ruclips.net/video/K6jBUEz-5eI/видео.html
personally i dont like sylvias aside s15, but my buddy use to have a rb25 in a s13. 26 is just to pricey. but if i got a s15, i'd do a rb25 instead of sr20. i dont care much for those either. maybe because they come in the silvia idk i cant say why. i guess i have a dumb bias for no good reason. busa motor in a old mini or other bike motor is cool or honda n200 i think its called is cool. but i found this channel the other day from watching czeromedia and his friend is doing a 4g63 out of a old talon in a newer mini. hes doing all the fab himself in his garage.
darius2640 I had an RB26 with a big single in an s13 240sx... great car that I seen 145 mph on a quick regular everytime I reached my shift point at the top of 3rd gear. Awesome awesome car would absolutely fly.
My favourite swap has to be the 1UZ in an AE86. Aside from that, being able to direct bolt-in swap engines from different regions that we didn't get here are always nice to see.
The MCM VTEC Mini is hands down my favorite. Ive always been a sucker for classic Mini's, and that one is on my list of cars I have to see before I die.
Pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this video! Nice to see open-minded, knowledgeable car enthusiasts talk about cool builds, regardless of how many cylinder.
This mid west American boy been dreaming of barra for 15yrs i wish I could go down to the local junkyard n grab one for my rustang but i do have 65 falcoon 200 tri carb. Long live the six
Gerald5000 seen an na ba with trans n oem computer for $2500 in the states on ebay year ago. money to be made if you want to help if your from down under LMAO.
Basically everything here is in a V. But nothing cheap with 6 cylinders is as reliable/awesome as a Barra. Maybe the closest comparison is a vvt duratec v6. They're in many Mazdas and Fords. Otherwise you would go for a Mercedes or BMW L6.
Oblithian . gm had 4.2 l straight 6 280ish hp in us spec. I Would do that first over german l6 swap. Duratec was great engine had one in a svt contour. And there 3.5 turbo big bro wow. But why swap those. Nothing to cheap when it comes to cars engine swaps. And going against the grain is always digging way more deeper in the your pocket. But u make it your own that what it is all about.
I could listen to this for hours!Having knowledgable guys like you guys talking about their opinions on their passion is awesome. Lots of interesting points!
Best: 3.5 Rover, Eaton M90, SVX auto into Mighty Boy (Mid engine track only). That was 3rd out of 130-odd cars at a hillclimb. A field that included a Group B RS200. It got beaten by the Skelta and a V8 Supercar, but not by much Worst wasn't an engine swap, it was a carby and th400 onto an EB Falcon burnout car. Technically it had an EL engine so it was a swap, but that's like an FG to BA swap, doesn't count. Still, someone spent time and money reducing the performance measurably. Bonus round: Strata-Garrett non-wastegated kit onto 202 in LJ coupe. 600 Holley suck through, 30psi on avgas, loose drivers seat. She was a wild ride, and I want it back
I swapped in a 1.9TD in my mk2 golf when the 1.6TD blew a headgasket...Easy conversion, looks stock, has some more torque and power. Not really a spectacular swap, but it works really nice.
mr Hannes kp I know that the 1.9TD is actually a reliable engine, but it's still a diesel, so it's automatically shit. Take your butthurt somewhere else.
Shona drive one before you judge it's very tourqe in the low range and very puchy and its super reliable even if you run 450 hp on it. So get your rodnocking thing out of here....
Here in Croatia, we don't have much in terms of engine conversions. We're a poor country and parts are really expensive so doing any conversion is a luxury. What is really popular is Honda engine head swaps. People buy Civics with d14/d15 engines and put d16z6 heads on them. It's not much but with an exhaust, intake and a decent tune they can make 150hp. I know for you guys in Australia 150hp is a joke, but here that's a nice number. The worst swap I saw would be an RX-8 with a VR6 engine. The amount of time it must've taken to do it just to end up with a car that's worse than stock. To be fair, the original engine was blown, so it had to be replaced but there are loads of BMW and Audi engines available here which would actually improve the car, at least power-wise.
Croatians (hope it is spelled right) seem to be pretty good at maintaining old cars, never seen so many Renault 4 and VW Golf A1 in a good shape. Was amazed when driving in split and pula. 150hp in a light car is pretty good, it is all about the feel not the numbers
back in the '80s Street Machine Magazine had a story on a Triumph T-R7 with a 308. I never saw it in the flesh, but loved the idea, as well as the clean panel modifications they made (turning the mid-line crease in front of the rear wheel arch)
I owned the blown small block mini ute that was a panel van with 13b it had massive steam roller rear wheels and a full tube chassis it's probably the car you head of. It's gone now i sold it to a guy who sold it to a bikie who got shot and his house was burnt down with the ute sitting underneath it
The barra engine talk gets me so jealous. I wish Ford brought that engine to the states. Seems like yall can get them from the junkyard for dirt cheap. I got an idea... Hey Haltech, instead of selling me an ECU, can you wrap up a barra engine, strap it to a pallet, and sell/ship to me in Hawaii please? Ill pay whatever it costs. Much appreciate it!
They've been making RWD cars and only selling them in Australia for years too. You can't blame them, it's just the consumer demand. The average American doesn't want a powerful rwd car. They want a crossover SUV, or an auto econobox.
ATX-CVPI Interesting swap, but that v10 has virtually no aftermarket support. It’s even hard to find cams for it; mostly resorting to having stock cams reground. That v10 is also heavier than “comparable” v8s (coyote, LS, etc). Definitely an interesting swap, but there are better options performance wise
i've thought for ages how cool a Suzuki Cappuccino engine in a Suzuki Mighty Boy would be. not too over the top but a tiny lightweight rev-happy turbo mini-ute would be pretty mad
DeanosAAAA It's good that is weights more, in a mid-engine car, it is beneficial to have weight bias towards the rear. A K20/24 would shift the center of mass forward, reducing potetial traction and cornering ability. Why do you think K swap MR2's have trouble with launching?
My favorite swap has to be a Honda k24 block, k20 head, turbo, MID-ENGINE, RWD, Honda del Sol. Waaay over the top as far as cutting, fabricating, cost, etc. BUT I've always had a soft spot for the del Sol and everyone has to admit a 2k lb car with 600+ hp at the rear wheels (the correct ones) complete with turbo noises would make for a very fun and exciting car regardless of whether or not they are a fan of Honda's
Audi or Volvo 5 cylinders with big turbos in anything cool. Great torque, orgasmic sounds!!!! Volvo needs better sleeves, but who want's do a half assed job anyway?!
Love the Audi 20v 5cyl. Such a badass engine. The Urquattro really stole my heart the first time I saw one. When I had the pleasure of working on one for a customer many, many moons ago, I really wanted one for myself. Friend of mine has a few built Audi 200's and they're making north of 800AWHP. So awesome.
K or F-series honda for sure. Boosted they're easily the best sounding 4banger around, almost sounding like a high revving raspy wrx. K24's can make 300whp aspirated with a head package and stock rotating assembly, revving to 9k revs and will take 600whp boosted, k20's have seen over 700whp unopened. Tough aspirated sfwd 2.7L k24's make over 440whp and trap over 145mph in a stock chassis full interior car. F-series wise a heap of 6-750whp builds on unopened engines and last like that for a couple years pulling 9500 revs. Real St ran a 9.4@156 in their s2000, pump e85, unopened engine. Worth nothing also kings performance made 1150whp on a stock port, stock cam, stock crank/factory girdle, sleeve/piston/rod & only build and ran into high 8's with IRS, then later made 1350whp on their off the shelf head packages, stock cams still & same short motor running 8.1s @ 171 with a live axle. Cant beat a good combo, only real downside to them is the open deck & needing to be sleeved above 6-700whp mark...
LSx swap all the cars lol. We don't got the barra in the usa so we just pull out ls motors and small blocks from old rusty pickup trucks suv's and vans at the wrecker yard and toss them into cars. People take iron block 5.3 ls engines and make 700+hp on stock bottom end with a turbo and they last a while some guys even have made over 1000hp on stock bottom end and the engines are only a couple hundred dollars for a used one and extremely common and easy to get.
Worst engine conversion was some guy (muppet) fitted a holden red 6 cylinder into an XW GTHO Falcon, sacroledge. I personally fitted a 429 Cobra Jet motor into an XB GT 2 door hardtop with a big spine toploader, a bit of a worry into a corner though due to the heavier engine. I must admit I did like the Honda engine into the Mini that MCM did.
Once saw a very well maintained Delorean with a 20B slapped in it and that was also very well done. Pretty decent. The guy had used a G50 Porsche Transaxel to make it work properly.
Im a big fan of the toyota 4500cc straight 6 from the 80series landcruiser; destroked and turbocharged. There was a drag supra that used the setup, i think its a beast.
Your thinking of the AWD supra built by total race. Never did see it make a pass. Had the whole landcruiser drivetrain with a electronic torque split in the center diff/transfer case. It was nuts though. The saudi's also use these engines for their sand hill climbers and have seen them punch out 2500hp+.
The Ford 4V Mod Motor is seriously underrated. I think the whole 4 cams thing scares people off and they are wide so they are always a tight fit but they are becoming affordable and make easy power. Mod Motors hold 2nd spot for quickest factory motors just behind 2JZ and the really quick guys are making over 3000hp with sleeved factory ally block, ported factory head and mostly factory valve train. In NA form unported cam swaps and tune have seen around 400rwhp and the top builders have achieved over 600 at the rear wheels. A V8 that can go over 10k rpm or over 7k rpm with the stock crank is a pretty sweet thing.
I like everything JDM and across my time in America and even across the world, I've seen tons of amazing and great swaps & mods that actually sounds cool or works. USA - I drive a NA1 NSX with a bolt-on supercharger making ~375hp during my time in 10 years in America (My relative is an American immigrant) and my friend and I went for a drive during summer break and when we went to the Vegas Dragstrip, there's this amazing 1997 Series 1 Lotus Elise with a B18C bored to 2L and with a bolt on supercharger too making 280hp and with the lightweight, the little Elise flew down the 1/4 @ 11.42 sec. Amazing little pocket rocket. Australia NSW - This was an oddball really. Saw this in 2007 and it was a Holden Premier HX and it had a bunch of dumb things in it. It's a 1JZ conversion but a BNR34 turbo sets (I don't know how that works) and claimed to be cranked up to 332Kw (452hp) and the exhaust system was dumb as heck often sounding like a rifle going off. Australia Warwick - Saw this in 2007 also but it's a AE86 with a F20C in it and it..Sounds.... WONDERFUL! It was at a track day at Morgan Park Raceway and watching the thing doing it's lap while sounding like a screaming banshee is nice. Malaysia - This is across my border and this was just recently where a street built 260Z Fairlady had a RB26 tossed in. It was a imported Tomei N1 spec block and with it makes about 500hp fully done and it could fly down the highway at 262kmh for 10 mins reliably cutting in and out of traffic with no issue. Even a R35 GTR has issue catching it. Too bad the car was stolen and never got found. (I know the owner by the way. He passed away at age 53 from a heart attack last year) Worst engine swaps that I ABSOLUTELY hate the most is LS swapped RX-7s be it FC3S or FD3S. I mean, sure. They work better than the rotary 13B but the reason with the 13B is that they could make more with way less and nothing sounds better than a 13B blowback and the mighty sounds of "BRAPBRAP". Plus, LS swap RX-7s are just so fuckin' generic. Come on man... Stop that
while i can understand putting a piston engine in an RX... but why a bloody LS? Mazda have some great engines themselves, B6, K8 or even the mighty 2.3 MZR could been fitted in an RX. LS in an RX should be as tabu as putting an LS in an Mustang or Hemi Cuda. or in European terms, putting an Nissan L28 in an Alfa Romeo Montreal or an 1.9D from an Peugeot 405 in an Alfa Romeo GTV6 (116) and chopping the back off making a jute of it. people have done it, but the thought off doing it should not have been done in the first place...
@@brrebrresen1367 People like you don't think beyond "I don't like it". You've thought about power to weight ratio which is why the LS is the favorite to swap in the RX. IS THAT SIMPLE ENOUGH FOR YOU???
Ford 6.8l 3v V10 Motor in a 2003 Mustang is probably my favorite engine swap of the year and my favorite car to drive as well. Put a pair of nice Junk Yard Diesel Turbos on it, Rebuild with Forged Internals, Custom Long Tubes Headers, Custom Straight Piped No cat exhaust, and Custom Intake equals over a 1000Tq to the rear wheels. Had it at 174MPH in the Half Mile before I backed out of it and blows thru tires so fast that you need a new pair every other week. Not to mention I average right around 6 Smiles per gallon of E85 and 11 Smiles per gallon on 93 :) Second Favorite is a Ford 2.3l Ecoboost from a 2016 Mustang in a 2004 Mazda RX8. A guy at the local Cars&Coffee did the swap and this car with this motor makes for a very fun time. More Power, better Reliability, Better MPGs, and more torque than the factory rotary engine makes the RX8 a totally different car. One of the best swaps ever for an RX8 besides the LFX and Chevy LS swaps. Next is a Honda K24 in an 02 Toyota MR2 Spider making 300WHP All Motor. This is one of the scariest cars to actually drive when you start adding power to it. Stock and Swaped weighs a little under 2200lbs so any power increase is going to feel like a big improvement. The guy that had it made a C6 Corvette look as slow as a prius and even beat an FBO 2016 Mustang GT in the same manner. Worst swap I've seen is an RX7 with an all motor LS7. Normally I'd be all for swapping a Rotary out however in this case it was too far. I'm not a Rotary guy by any means and only recently started warming up to the idea of one however when you think RX7 and Engine swap the only thing that should ever be done is a built up rotary engine with a High as hell 10k+ Rev limit and a Nice big Turbo. Nothing else should be done to an RX7 and anyone who has stuck anything else in one needs to be shot and the RX7 rescued from that hell.
i like these discussions guys,so much engine knowledge here,started watching mcm about 2 years ago thats how i know scotty and benny(aka tuningfork and mechanicalstig;-))love you aussies always honoust and helping each other and don't get me started on the rich car culture there and the fact that mad max excists😏✌️ Keep up the great content guys i'm loving it. ps: i got a engine swap in my car,nothing fancy it's basicly the same engine.i have a 2005 manual audi a3 quattro 2.0tfsi(200hp AXX-engine),it now has a s3/ED30(BYD-engine code) engine swap in it with I.E. con-rods,better bearings,loba cnc stage 1 head with supertech valvespring kit,loba hpfp,ttrs lpfp with ttrs controler,loba clutch and flywheel kit,TTE420 hybrid turbo,larger intercooler with better piping,fluidampr crank pully to compensate for the extra vibration from the single mass flywheel.okada ignitioncoils,gaped sparkplugs 1degree colder then stock,HPA intake,was the first in belgium to have that intake on a 2.0 tfsi which deletes the stock intake flapper adjustment(economy stuff),and probably some more stuff i'm forgetting,swap was fairly straight forward.resulting at 414ps(420hp) and 545nm(401lb-ft) at the engine here's the dyno run link: m.ruclips.net/video/xbiczniq0g0/видео.html
I'm laughing my ass off, "thong slapping", I'm watching the video and my gf is beside me on her phone but half listening to the guys talking- "thong slapping" , in Europe a thong is underwear like a gstring. And she asked "why are they slapping women's underwear?" lol
Thongs in Australia are flip flops. The term comes from having a Holden 253 V8 with a dual exhaust and no balance pipe. When accelerating they get an exhaust resonance that sounds like thongs been clapped together.
There is diesel swapped 180sx somewhere on RUclips, I can't look at it for more than 10sec without swearing.... In fact I'm loosing my shit just thinking about it.
You could run hard in the ol' K-26's too - Dunlop K-26! A mate dropped an E-37 spec. 265cui hemi, into an Lj Torana, or rather shoe-horned it in - modified fire wall, removed engine fan, reversed the thermo fan for extra clearance, and the Bolt heads of the fan pulley still nudged the radiator fins when the throttle was stabbed! And went like the proverbial 'scalded cat'!
My least favorite engine conversion is an LS in an RX7. For me I think you shouldn’t buy an RX7 if you don’t want to deal with problems that come from a rotary and plus for the price of an LS and all the stuff to make it fit than you should just buy a rebuild kit for the rotary to make it reliable
KevMan 375 What about if someone is to buy a rolling shell and instead of hunting for say a low mileage 13B they could probably just go and get a decent junkyard ls motor which would be much easier to maintain and will probably give way more torque. Don't get me wrong I do like Rotary engines but they are just alot harder to maintain and i'm sure most people who swap out there rotary engines end up selling them which means that someone who is specifically looking for a rotary engine can get one so in reality the people who are ls swapping a decent rotary engine could be helping those who want to maintain there rotary engines.
Best engine swap for me: its a toss up. The good old Toyota UZ series V8. I know there isn't a whole lot of love for the iron block 2UZ and alloy block 3UZ, but they're both very good motors regardless, but the non-VVT 1UZ is the king. You can wind sensible amounts of boost into it and make really good power and still keep it reliable on stock internals. The other one is the "junkyard 5-3", AKA LM7 iron block 5.3L LS. Just add boost and more boost. I've been having a bit of a diesel fetish recently so anything with an oil burner stuffed in the front is good for me. 6BT, TD42, 1HD-TE, Ford Powerstroke V8, all of those beasts. Saw an Altezza wagon with a 1KZ-TE out of a Hilux Surf/4Runner recently after the 1G-GE spun a bearing. Or that RX8 with the 6BT Cummins....pretty damn left field thinking
On USA RUclips someone put a 283 cu in in a 60's Ferrari, had found an original V12, but numbers didn't match. So put a a a a a pushrod cast iron V8 in........WHY?!?!
I've always loved Eric Plebani's 198x Porsche 964 with a Mitsu 4g63t engine in the back. There are a few 1g awd dsm's and at least 1 r52 mini cooper s that have twin engines each driving 1 set of wheels that are marvels of engineering.
Rotaries are a thing of the past,, most IP racers are using piston/ turbo engines. In a Torana? sacrilege though a few put them in Sports Sedans. And probably went slower! I went Chev, cheaper faster and far more reliable. As for conversions I know or have done? Corrolla into an early Diahatsu 4wd. 308 in LJ, 308 in Bedford Truck, 318 LA into a D5N Dodge that started as 245. 350 into HX LS, 318LA into a Rambler Hornet. Ones I have known,, Holden into Morris Minor, MGB into Morris Minor, Holden into Anglia, Holden into Simca, Holden into Kombi Van. 454 into Transit Van, 427 into Austin A90, Cleveland into a Sigma [and Windsor as well] 289 into MGB. SBC into EH by about 6! All of these on the road. Then a bit more wild Holden into Honda S600, 2 litre Ford into Honda S600. Chev into Honda S600! Morris 1100All by the same bloke. Holden and Chev using Jag rears. 454 into LH. Rotaries into Escort, Corrolla Anglia 510 Datto and LC Torana. Chevs in Escorts, Alfas, and more.
You should see what Tuerck is putting in his next project!! All I will say is; “It’s a new Supra” and the rest you’ll have to find out on your own. It’s really just about one of the very few things that could possibly be a step up in the realm of scarcity, cost of upkeep and lust-worthiness from a Ferrari engine(!!)
Lots of great comments on here, to me certainly depends what application and what car. I've recently put a big accord motor in a civic as a cheap track car just for something to do while I study. I've seen some e30 BMWs with some neat 1j and N54 swaps recently. Also really like the idea of newer LS motors in older cars like 56 Chevies etc.
I had a B18C5 top end mated to the B20Z2 bottom end with a Jackson Racing SC in a 2000 CR-V sleeper... best thing I had ever put a spanner to... until it was stolen and stripped down to the metal in 2012. I will never be the same.
The reason you guys hate Subarus in VWs is because your build did things the hard way. The advice you got from your expert was rubbish. Made me cry to watch it when so many guys were doing it right. All the SOHC EJs fit with very little trimming. DOHC motors fit fine with the Subaru trans as it moves the whole drivetrain forward a few inches. I've owned both aircooled and subaru powered VWs. The Subaru was a lot more reliable.
About 25 years ago I got sick of the unreliable 1600 in my '72 Kombi and swapped in a Subaru EA81 pushrod engine on to the VW trans. No cutting of the Kombi at all, you could have unbolted the Sub and put the VW back in. I made a frame that supported the radiator behind the engine (OK, I cut the engine door to let the air out, covered it with a Merc grille!) and the frame hinged to the side for engine access using flexible hoses. The Subaru was totally stock, gave a useful power increase, way more reliable and used less fuel. I owned it for 13 years, even threw a 21st birthday party for it. Happy days.
Best engine conversion: anything weird and uncommon. Not worst but boring: LS into anything. Absolutely worst: people in Sweden who dieselsswap their old volvos and have to put the godawful D24 "Volvo" diesel in it. There's lot of good engines to choose from, but still they choose the head-cracking, crank-snapping, thirsty, low powered heap from 1960's VW...
It's all about the t5 for me . You can get them for free and make 600 bhp with about 3k of parts. Pluss its reliable Volvo are sick. Volvo rwd boxes are getting rare but there's kits to run bmw box's and they are like £50
The VW 12v VR6 is one of my favorite swap engines. They are starting to get swapped into non-VW cars and trucks, usually with big turbo's. Head spacer, main/head studs, upgraded rod bolts and they will handle 600hp easily. K-series in an NSX is my least favorite. Can't sell me on it. It's just a no from me.
Late '90s Corolla with full floorpan and drivetrain swap from a GT Four Celica. Fully built everything, the thing had a whopping 900hp at all four wheels, in a model of Corolla that didn't even have a sporty variant lol. Ultimate sleeper!
Best: Escort mk1/mk2 - Cosworth YB turbo or NA Worst: VW passat - any vw tdi engine Great video! make more like this! people with actual skills and knowledge should talk more!
Well every engine swap is nice cause you see what people are passionate about!!If they build a car properly and they like it its OK from me!!BUT AY NO V8 IN AN RX-7 FFS SICK OF IT ROTARYGANG
Johannes Konow i think the rx8 is the only acceptable v8 swap recipient in the rotary family, the renesis is fucking garbage even if you build it but the chassis is a masterpiece
There are companies that make 20b shafts and hosings and side plates are plentiful in the world. I am sure there are companies that make billet versions of those too so there really is no excuse ;) Also, since the chassis is a masterpiece, why ruin it with a heavy lump of metal that's gonna offset the weight distribution? Especially when a well built 13b or 20b makes the same power or more.
What did you do trans-wise? Those 700cc turbos in Roadsters are actually quite decent for what they are but the gearbox is the worst thing I ever experienced.
TibzzTube Honda stock manual transmission, hydraulic clutch, Porsche 996 stick with cables to the rear. Smart “omega” suspension, original spring cups have to be cut and coilovers in place of the dampers.
Best engine conversion. The JUN-Synergy-BRZ with the custom built V8 made with two Kawasaki engine blocks with custom crank. Worst and biggest sin of engine swapping. LS swapped RX7s >:( Something odd yet cool. The AE86 with a Honda S2000 F20C engine. = Holy cow! o.0 Ford Barra powered Nissan/ Toyota. = Cool Full VR38DETT swapped Nissan Patrol that destroyed a Porsche 918. Holy wtf! And funny. Muscle cars fans will kill me but I love the RB26 swapped Mustang in FnF Tokyo Drift.
the ZX12R based engine is able to produce up to 405BHP at 11,600rpm, with the ZX14R heads the power goes up to 515 bhp at 10,900 The Busa 2.8L produce 455bhp depending on the application, both engines are pretty light and are def high revving which is good for top speed runs. If money is no object, I will def make a GT86 with either Kawasaki or Busa V8 swaps and make a monster drift/track car.
Currently installing a 5.3 LM7 4l60e in a HZ One Ton, in Kalamazoo Michigan. Engine and trans fit nicely, no sump mods, factory exhaust manifolds. Only change is from the truck intake to the LS intake to fit it all under the stock hood.
E Flanagan Thinking of making a video on it if there’s interest out there. Do you see many iron block gen 3 small blocks in Oz or are they all LS1,2,3 alloy blocks out of Commodores?
I've always enjoyed high high revving motor bike engines in a mini...decent power decent fitment crazy sound... Is this new format something we can look forward to in the future? Like the idea of guest opinions such a mechanical stig on different autosport topics... Also love the longer build breakdowns and some behind the scenes dyno tuning videos would be cool. Thanks for the videos and the awesome products haltech, my elite has been in my daily driver with zero problem for over a year.
Best engine swap boosted k20/k24 in a Datsun 240z and also in a Datsun 510. Worst engine swap a electric motor in a Datsun 510.... I would love i mean LOVE to do is a Ls4 swap my db2 integra GS-R. Built to rev to 9000rpm lol that's my dream swap!!
If you want to spend more time fixing than racing than you could stay rotary,it's pretty overrated (coming from an ex rx8 driver with a 20b swap na 360whp)
Touge Warrior just cuz you had a bad builder who clearly don't know what there doing because I have a Tll FC with a 13B rew 350hp and it is reliable iv driven it from Massachusetts to Florida and back with no issues that's 1,500 miles each way so a total of 3k mile road trip non stop other than fuel premix stops ,no cooling issues ,proper maintenance goes a long way lol
Many years ago I had a Sigma 2.0, the engine was very warn out so I opted for a 2.6 but at a pick a part wreckers found a 3.8 commodore with 4 speed auto with low ks and all intact so $200 later it was mine. It was fitted into the Sigma and wow! it was great. The brakes also came from the same donor and the chassis strengthen for an engineers cert. In1993 the car was stolen and wrecked in a car smash, it was apparently doing 160km/hr when this happened.
If you say a Rotary is unreliable your just dumm! If you treat it right give it its oil and service and it will be the most reliable engine you will ever have!
I used to work with a chap who used to install them in light aircraft. They are really reliable if treated well and alot better than most aircraft engines. Plus as they are so balanced it's better for aircraft stability.
Like Moog, superfastminis subframe in an old round nose mini. Except I like the idea of their crv 4wd drivetrain swap... but (if it fits) use the k24 over the 2Ltr. Put K20 type r head on it & smile every time you stomp on the go fast pedal!
For me... I'd have to say these are badass: VR38 / built & boosted K24 in an MR2 VR38 or pretty much any half-decent V6 in a Mazda MX5 turbo LS/LT4 in a BMW 325i (And also Barra, VR, RB, 2J 6-bangers... those are great swaps for anything pretty much) And nopes would be: LT4/LS in an RX7/RX8 H22 in a Skyline Anything with less than 5 cylinders in a Holden / Vauxhall / Opel Insignia VXR
Alex Thompson a stock a ls4 isn't holding 700hp lol. Especially on the 4t80e there's reason why you don't see Gxp's drag racing let a alone setting records like a fwd Honda. Honda is the best and a k20 can hold 500 hp on stock internals.
If there is one thing I like with engine swaps it would be how engines that are usually meant to be fitted in a certain angle would now sit ninety degrees in a different car etc a fwd honda inline-4 drivetrain into something where the back wheels are powered instead of the front wheels as originally intended with that drivetrain but with a few mods to work.
1979 notch mustang. It had a turbo charged carburated 2.3 L 4 speed stick shift i swapped a 1988 2.3 L efi turbo charged 5 speed stick shift. Make 450 hp and weighs 2640 with full 16 gallon fuel cell and me in it. FUN FUN LIL CAR.
E Flanagan if parts are too expensive then why own a 911?? Sounds like their more worried about looking cool then appreciating a 911. Lol dumb fucken logic.
Hayabusa 1300 into a gutted late 90’s Swift GTi. Quad rotor in that savanna (or in anything). Best that I’ve seen though is that 2-stroke v8 in an old Volvo! Favourite swap engine: Audi 5cyl turbo - one of those would keep me smiling in my grave.
I once converted a small block V8 into an air-cooled V7 with just a couple Taps of the rev limiter
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Rofl.. Well done. I did a similar thing with an RB25DET.. But turned into an I5... Did it very rapidly and with james bond smoke screen. :P
Legendary comment ahahah
My lotus elise has a K24 setup, 245whp and 760kgs. Fun :)
Beautech gimme! Love those things! Underated af
dont you have any traction problem with that weight?
The Ariel Atom base uses a K24 if I'm not mistaken
your gonna need a lot more power to have traction issues in a lotus haha
The Ariel Atom is using a K20Z in it's base model. The Americans one however is using the K24 so it depends on what country you're buying it in.
RB26 in a S13/14/15 is a honorable mention, probably too standard for these guys though. My favorite conversion ever done was not just engine but also drivetrain, one dude in his garage put a Honda K24 engine into a 5gen civic sedan, faded silver paint, stock wheels total sleeper, then stuck a big turbo on said K24, and then went through honda parts bin and put together a AWD system mostly off a mundane CRV. Then when he wanted RWD he just removed front axles rolled up to a drift track and drifted what visually looked like your aunt's grocery getter civic. It was sick. There was a video on youtube too.
Gonio rtsi sedanas, ten gamykliskai 4wd buvo, daug variaciju buvo d serija, tada b serija ir galiausiai k serija :)
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personally i dont like sylvias aside s15, but my buddy use to have a rb25 in a s13. 26 is just to pricey. but if i got a s15, i'd do a rb25 instead of sr20. i dont care much for those either. maybe because they come in the silvia idk i cant say why. i guess i have a dumb bias for no good reason. busa motor in a old mini or other bike motor is cool or honda n200 i think its called is cool. but i found this channel the other day from watching czeromedia and his friend is doing a 4g63 out of a old talon in a newer mini. hes doing all the fab himself in his garage.
darius2640 I had an RB26 with a big single in an s13 240sx... great car that I seen 145 mph on a quick regular everytime I reached my shift point at the top of 3rd gear. Awesome awesome car would absolutely fly.
Interesting to know that you can put a honda 4wd system together, I've always wanted to make a group B style 3rd gen civic
Not a conversion but on the topic of Hondas, Bisimoto 1000hp Odyssey
My favourite swap has to be the 1UZ in an AE86. Aside from that, being able to direct bolt-in swap engines from different regions that we didn't get here are always nice to see.
The MCM VTEC Mini is hands down my favorite. Ive always been a sucker for classic Mini's, and that one is on my list of cars I have to see before I die.
Pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this video! Nice to see open-minded, knowledgeable car enthusiasts talk about cool builds, regardless of how many cylinder.
This mid west American boy been dreaming of barra for 15yrs i wish I could go down to the local junkyard n grab one for my rustang but i do have 65 falcoon 200 tri carb. Long live the six
dreaming of a barra up here in Iceland, too.. I feel your pain
They are so cheap, with the American dollar always better than aussie dollar, shipping it over on a pallet would still be a bargain.
Gerald5000 seen an na ba with trans n oem computer for $2500 in the states on ebay year ago. money to be made if you want to help if your from down under LMAO.
Basically everything here is in a V. But nothing cheap with 6 cylinders is as reliable/awesome as a Barra. Maybe the closest comparison is a vvt duratec v6. They're in many Mazdas and Fords. Otherwise you would go for a Mercedes or BMW L6.
Oblithian . gm had 4.2 l straight 6 280ish hp in us spec. I Would do that first over german l6 swap. Duratec was great engine had one in a svt contour. And there 3.5 turbo big bro wow. But why swap those. Nothing to cheap when it comes to cars engine swaps. And going against the grain is always digging way more deeper in the your pocket. But u make it your own that what it is all about.
I could listen to this for hours!Having knowledgable guys like you guys talking about their opinions on their passion is awesome. Lots of interesting points!
Thanks for the kind words - We'll do another one again soon!
Best: 3.5 Rover, Eaton M90, SVX auto into Mighty Boy (Mid engine track only). That was 3rd out of 130-odd cars at a hillclimb. A field that included a Group B RS200. It got beaten by the Skelta and a V8 Supercar, but not by much
Worst wasn't an engine swap, it was a carby and th400 onto an EB Falcon burnout car. Technically it had an EL engine so it was a swap, but that's like an FG to BA swap, doesn't count. Still, someone spent time and money reducing the performance measurably.
Bonus round: Strata-Garrett non-wastegated kit onto 202 in LJ coupe. 600 Holley suck through, 30psi on avgas, loose drivers seat. She was a wild ride, and I want it back
I swapped in a 1.9TD in my mk2 golf when the 1.6TD blew a headgasket...Easy conversion, looks stock, has some more torque and power. Not really a spectacular swap, but it works really nice.
Ken Engrie Should have put an AGU 1.8t in it rather than a piece of shit diesel engine.
swap are not legal were I live, so being stealth keeps it useable.
Shona you have no clue about the engine. Just talk if you know things otherwise: SHUT UP!
mr Hannes kp I know that the 1.9TD is actually a reliable engine, but it's still a diesel, so it's automatically shit. Take your butthurt somewhere else.
Shona drive one before you judge it's very tourqe in the low range and very puchy and its super reliable even if you run 450 hp on it. So get your rodnocking thing out of here....
Here in Croatia, we don't have much in terms of engine conversions. We're a poor country and parts are really expensive so doing any conversion is a luxury.
What is really popular is Honda engine head swaps. People buy Civics with d14/d15 engines and put d16z6 heads on them. It's not much but with an exhaust, intake and a decent tune they can make 150hp. I know for you guys in Australia 150hp is a joke, but here that's a nice number.
The worst swap I saw would be an RX-8 with a VR6 engine. The amount of time it must've taken to do it just to end up with a car that's worse than stock. To be fair, the original engine was blown, so it had to be replaced but there are loads of BMW and Audi engines available here which would actually improve the car, at least power-wise.
Mate, a d16 in a low weight car is still a blast on a good day, so don't sweat it!
head swaps are cool too. run what you brung! cheers from Iceland
If you want more power than that, stick the turbo out of a diesel on it... Easy 180-200 BHP before you're into rod bending territory.
Croatians (hope it is spelled right) seem to be pretty good at maintaining old cars, never seen so many Renault 4 and VW Golf A1 in a good shape. Was amazed when driving in split and pula. 150hp in a light car is pretty good, it is all about the feel not the numbers
TibzzTube. I can give u 150 donkeys if you'd like them.👍
Here in the US, an Inline 6 swap is either a 2JZ or a Cummins. Would like to see a Barra powered car someday!
I like abusing old classics - currently fitting a 250bhp Ford ST170 engine in an MG Midget
Zetecs are bloody good motors, and they sound the ducks nuts too
It's duratec not zetec. I'm curious what mods got it to 250bhp though...
read somewhere the st170 duratec is not a proper duratec, purely a zetec with different badging or something
I'm guessing you'll change the diff and the 13" wheels, also?
That's not abuse, that's a sensible conversion. Those old MG engines are pretty agricultural.
back in the '80s Street Machine Magazine had a story on a Triumph T-R7 with a 308. I never saw it in the flesh, but loved the idea, as well as the clean panel modifications they made (turning the mid-line crease in front of the rear wheel arch)
A rotary will fit in just about anything.
Rotary Bugs are pretty awesome. Rotary Miatas, Rotary Datsuns, Rotary Toyotas. Even heard or a Rotary Mini.
I owned the blown small block mini ute that was a panel van with 13b it had massive steam roller rear wheels and a full tube chassis it's probably the car you head of. It's gone now i sold it to a guy who sold it to a bikie who got shot and his house was burnt down with the ute sitting underneath it
Absolutely love these "Mass debate" videos. This is RUclips gold. Stick with it I think it's gonna catch on when people realize how good it is.
The barra engine talk gets me so jealous. I wish Ford brought that engine to the states. Seems like yall can get them from the junkyard for dirt cheap. I got an idea...
Hey Haltech, instead of selling me an ECU, can you wrap up a barra engine, strap it to a pallet, and sell/ship to me in Hawaii please? Ill pay whatever it costs. Much appreciate it!
Been saying this for years....!
I have a naturally aspirated one that hauls without a hairdryer in no btw
There so simple and primal like tractor engines lol just keep going while supplying engough power for the whole family
They are in the states, only inside a forklift. I can't remember the model but they are there!
They've been making RWD cars and only selling them in Australia for years too. You can't blame them, it's just the consumer demand. The average American doesn't want a powerful rwd car. They want a crossover SUV, or an auto econobox.
Harley V2 in a Prius.
You actually made it slower
Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor engine swap with a 6.8L V10 is one of the best engine swaps ever.
ATX-CVPI
Interesting swap, but that v10 has virtually no aftermarket support. It’s even hard to find cams for it; mostly resorting to having stock cams reground. That v10 is also heavier than “comparable” v8s (coyote, LS, etc).
Definitely an interesting swap, but there are better options performance wise
i've thought for ages how cool a Suzuki Cappuccino engine in a Suzuki Mighty Boy would be. not too over the top but a tiny lightweight rev-happy turbo mini-ute would be pretty mad
1J and 2J into (older) BMW's are also a nice swop in my opinion.
good swop ay
SWOP
WRX Subaru in the back of a Hillman Imp with a 2 wheel drive box and flipped diff. It fits very neatly with out any body mods.
boosted k24 in a sw20 mr2. perfection!
iain mcfarlane boostedboiz?
K20/K24 swaps destroy the SW20's weight balance. Sure, you can go fast in a straight line, but through bends and corners, the car is a mess.
Ethyn I would recommend something out the sub 2 liter cap. Hopefully with 11k revs +. Like a Ford 1.0 with 30psi to make you happy
stockl 3sgte weighs more than a k24. and its 400cc less. but whatever.
DeanosAAAA It's good that is weights more, in a mid-engine car, it is beneficial to have weight bias towards the rear. A K20/24 would shift the center of mass forward, reducing potetial traction and cornering ability. Why do you think K swap MR2's have trouble with launching?
My favorite swap has to be a Honda k24 block, k20 head, turbo, MID-ENGINE, RWD, Honda del Sol. Waaay over the top as far as cutting, fabricating, cost, etc. BUT I've always had a soft spot for the del Sol and everyone has to admit a 2k lb car with 600+ hp at the rear wheels (the correct ones) complete with turbo noises would make for a very fun and exciting car regardless of whether or not they are a fan of Honda's
Audi or Volvo 5 cylinders with big turbos in anything cool. Great torque, orgasmic sounds!!!! Volvo needs better sleeves, but who want's do a half assed job anyway?!
The Audi diesel block bolts to the petrol head and = a pre built fully forged power ready beast!
@@benjaminsword9907 the 2.7t is an insane engine also. So much potential in it.
Love the Audi 20v 5cyl. Such a badass engine. The Urquattro really stole my heart the first time I saw one. When I had the pleasure of working on one for a customer many, many moons ago, I really wanted one for myself. Friend of mine has a few built Audi 200's and they're making north of 800AWHP. So awesome.
cant tell u how much i enjoyed this one Scott...highly highly entertaining.
K or F-series honda for sure. Boosted they're easily the best sounding 4banger around, almost sounding like a high revving raspy wrx. K24's can make 300whp aspirated with a head package and stock rotating assembly, revving to 9k revs and will take 600whp boosted, k20's have seen over 700whp unopened. Tough aspirated sfwd 2.7L k24's make over 440whp and trap over 145mph in a stock chassis full interior car.
F-series wise a heap of 6-750whp builds on unopened engines and last like that for a couple years pulling 9500 revs. Real St ran a 9.4@156 in their s2000, pump e85, unopened engine. Worth nothing also kings performance made 1150whp on a stock port, stock cam, stock crank/factory girdle, sleeve/piston/rod & only build and ran into high 8's with IRS, then later made 1350whp on their off the shelf head packages, stock cams still & same short motor running 8.1s @ 171 with a live axle. Cant beat a good combo, only real downside to them is the open deck & needing to be sleeved above 6-700whp mark...
I'm quite surprised of the lack of mention of an RB/1JZ/2JZ
In my opinion some of the creme in terms of engines available... Love the noise of an RB26
The Aussies think their Barra is superior, so they rarely give those engines praise.
4g the world
or barra everything
4g...63?
Barra the world
LSx swap all the cars lol. We don't got the barra in the usa so we just pull out ls motors and small blocks from old rusty pickup trucks suv's and vans at the wrecker yard and toss them into cars. People take iron block 5.3 ls engines and make 700+hp on stock bottom end with a turbo and they last a while some guys even have made over 1000hp on stock bottom end and the engines are only a couple hundred dollars for a used one and extremely common and easy to get.
@@GnarshredProductions yeah we know man. Been done for years. Still lame.
Worst engine conversion was some guy (muppet) fitted a holden red 6 cylinder into an XW GTHO Falcon, sacroledge. I personally fitted a 429 Cobra Jet motor into an XB GT 2 door hardtop with a big spine toploader, a bit of a worry into a corner though due to the heavier engine. I must admit I did like the Honda engine into the Mini that MCM did.
I'm still longing to see a 4G63 powered GT86
Once saw a very well maintained Delorean with a 20B slapped in it and that was also very well done. Pretty decent. The guy had used a G50 Porsche Transaxel to make it work properly.
Delorean with a 20B - that's wrong on sooo many levels!
or is it...
sounds interesting
JZD took PRV V6 as only mfg willing to sell ,wanted Rover(OLDS)3.5 iirc
Im a big fan of the toyota 4500cc straight 6 from the 80series landcruiser; destroked and turbocharged. There was a drag supra that used the setup, i think its a beast.
Your thinking of the AWD supra built by total race. Never did see it make a pass. Had the whole landcruiser drivetrain with a electronic torque split in the center diff/transfer case. It was nuts though. The saudi's also use these engines for their sand hill climbers and have seen them punch out 2500hp+.
John Gargya Day day was
Is that the 2f. 3f?
Rotary in a Torana would be the best part of the car... LOL.. Especially a 20B. Epic. I love how he took the "Mazda Bait" :P
BMW S62 engine in a 1970's BMW 2002
The Ford 4V Mod Motor is seriously underrated. I think the whole 4 cams thing scares people off and they are wide so they are always a tight fit but they are becoming affordable and make easy power. Mod Motors hold 2nd spot for quickest factory motors just behind 2JZ and the really quick guys are making over 3000hp with sleeved factory ally block, ported factory head and mostly factory valve train. In NA form unported cam swaps and tune have seen around 400rwhp and the top builders have achieved over 600 at the rear wheels. A V8 that can go over 10k rpm or over 7k rpm with the stock crank is a pretty sweet thing.
I like everything JDM and across my time in America and even across the world, I've seen tons of amazing and great swaps & mods that actually sounds cool or works.
USA - I drive a NA1 NSX with a bolt-on supercharger making ~375hp during my time in 10 years in America (My relative is an American immigrant) and my friend and I went for a drive during summer break and when we went to the Vegas Dragstrip, there's this amazing 1997 Series 1 Lotus Elise with a B18C bored to 2L and with a bolt on supercharger too making 280hp and with the lightweight, the little Elise flew down the 1/4 @ 11.42 sec. Amazing little pocket rocket.
Australia NSW - This was an oddball really. Saw this in 2007 and it was a Holden Premier HX and it had a bunch of dumb things in it. It's a 1JZ conversion but a BNR34 turbo sets (I don't know how that works) and claimed to be cranked up to 332Kw (452hp) and the exhaust system was dumb as heck often sounding like a rifle going off.
Australia Warwick - Saw this in 2007 also but it's a AE86 with a F20C in it and it..Sounds.... WONDERFUL! It was at a track day at Morgan Park Raceway and watching the thing doing it's lap while sounding like a screaming banshee is nice.
Malaysia - This is across my border and this was just recently where a street built 260Z Fairlady had a RB26 tossed in. It was a imported Tomei N1 spec block and with it makes about 500hp fully done and it could fly down the highway at 262kmh for 10 mins reliably cutting in and out of traffic with no issue. Even a R35 GTR has issue catching it. Too bad the car was stolen and never got found. (I know the owner by the way. He passed away at age 53 from a heart attack last year)
Worst engine swaps that I ABSOLUTELY hate the most is LS swapped RX-7s be it FC3S or FD3S. I mean, sure. They work better than the rotary 13B but the reason with the 13B is that they could make more with way less and nothing sounds better than a 13B blowback and the mighty sounds of "BRAPBRAP". Plus, LS swap RX-7s are just so fuckin' generic. Come on man... Stop that
while i can understand putting a piston engine in an RX... but why a bloody LS? Mazda have some great engines themselves, B6, K8 or even the mighty 2.3 MZR could been fitted in an RX.
LS in an RX should be as tabu as putting an LS in an Mustang or Hemi Cuda. or in European terms, putting an Nissan L28 in an Alfa Romeo Montreal or an 1.9D from an Peugeot 405 in an Alfa Romeo GTV6 (116) and chopping the back off making a jute of it.
people have done it, but the thought off doing it should not have been done in the first place...
@@brrebrresen1367 People like you don't think beyond "I don't like it". You've thought about power to weight ratio which is why the LS is the favorite to swap in the RX. IS THAT SIMPLE ENOUGH FOR YOU???
Ford 6.8l 3v V10 Motor in a 2003 Mustang is probably my favorite engine swap of the year and my favorite car to drive as well. Put a pair of nice Junk Yard Diesel Turbos on it, Rebuild with Forged Internals, Custom Long Tubes Headers, Custom Straight Piped No cat exhaust, and Custom Intake equals over a 1000Tq to the rear wheels. Had it at 174MPH in the Half Mile before I backed out of it and blows thru tires so fast that you need a new pair every other week. Not to mention I average right around 6 Smiles per gallon of E85 and 11 Smiles per gallon on 93 :)
Second Favorite is a Ford 2.3l Ecoboost from a 2016 Mustang in a 2004 Mazda RX8. A guy at the local Cars&Coffee did the swap and this car with this motor makes for a very fun time. More Power, better Reliability, Better MPGs, and more torque than the factory rotary engine makes the RX8 a totally different car. One of the best swaps ever for an RX8 besides the LFX and Chevy LS swaps.
Next is a Honda K24 in an 02 Toyota MR2 Spider making 300WHP All Motor. This is one of the scariest cars to actually drive when you start adding power to it. Stock and Swaped weighs a little under 2200lbs so any power increase is going to feel like a big improvement. The guy that had it made a C6 Corvette look as slow as a prius and even beat an FBO 2016 Mustang GT in the same manner.
Worst swap I've seen is an RX7 with an all motor LS7. Normally I'd be all for swapping a Rotary out however in this case it was too far. I'm not a Rotary guy by any means and only recently started warming up to the idea of one however when you think RX7 and Engine swap the only thing that should ever be done is a built up rotary engine with a High as hell 10k+ Rev limit and a Nice big Turbo. Nothing else should be done to an RX7 and anyone who has stuck anything else in one needs to be shot and the RX7 rescued from that hell.
0:15 The opening animation are all Canadians!!! XD Guess you guys are Terrance and Phillip fans :D
Velocity Labs I'm not your buddy, friend!
You got any chocolate pudding, buddy?
i like these discussions guys,so much engine knowledge here,started watching mcm about 2 years ago thats how i know scotty and benny(aka tuningfork and mechanicalstig;-))love you aussies always honoust and helping each other and don't get me started on the rich car culture there and the fact that mad max excists😏✌️
Keep up the great content guys i'm loving it.
ps: i got a engine swap in my car,nothing fancy it's basicly the same engine.i have a 2005 manual audi a3 quattro 2.0tfsi(200hp AXX-engine),it now has a s3/ED30(BYD-engine code) engine swap in it with I.E. con-rods,better bearings,loba cnc stage 1 head with supertech valvespring kit,loba hpfp,ttrs lpfp with ttrs controler,loba clutch and flywheel kit,TTE420 hybrid turbo,larger intercooler with better piping,fluidampr crank pully to compensate for the extra vibration from the single mass flywheel.okada ignitioncoils,gaped sparkplugs 1degree colder then stock,HPA intake,was the first in belgium to have that intake on a 2.0 tfsi which deletes the stock intake flapper adjustment(economy stuff),and probably some more stuff i'm forgetting,swap was fairly straight forward.resulting at 414ps(420hp) and 545nm(401lb-ft) at the engine
here's the dyno run link: m.ruclips.net/video/xbiczniq0g0/видео.html
I'm laughing my ass off, "thong slapping", I'm watching the video and my gf is beside me on her phone but half listening to the guys talking- "thong slapping" , in Europe a thong is underwear like a gstring. And she asked "why are they slapping women's underwear?" lol
Steven Harper. Lol they are talking about the underwear the noise it makes is if you stretched out the thong and played it like a guitar
Thongs in Australia are flip flops. The term comes from having a Holden 253 V8 with a dual exhaust and no balance pipe. When accelerating they get an exhaust resonance that sounds like thongs been clapped together.
I feel like I'm the only one in the states that calls single strap saddles thongs... also the thong buttfloss
Jandal my friend, Jandals.
I also had that picture in my head! Female passenger getting an intimate vibro-massage.
There is diesel swapped 180sx somewhere on RUclips, I can't look at it for more than 10sec without swearing.... In fact I'm loosing my shit just thinking about it.
ahahahah
You could run hard in the ol' K-26's too - Dunlop K-26!
A mate dropped an E-37 spec. 265cui hemi, into an Lj Torana, or rather shoe-horned it in - modified fire wall, removed engine fan, reversed the thermo fan for extra clearance, and the Bolt heads of the fan pulley still nudged the radiator fins when the throttle was stabbed! And went like the proverbial 'scalded cat'!
My least favorite engine conversion is an LS in an RX7. For me I think you shouldn’t buy an RX7 if you don’t want to deal with problems that come from a rotary and plus for the price of an LS and all the stuff to make it fit than you should just buy a rebuild kit for the rotary to make it reliable
KevMan 375 What about if someone is to buy a rolling shell and instead of hunting for say a low mileage 13B they could probably just go and get a decent junkyard ls motor which would be much easier to maintain and will probably give way more torque. Don't get me wrong I do like Rotary engines but they are just alot harder to maintain and i'm sure most people who swap out there rotary engines end up selling them which means that someone who is specifically looking for a rotary engine can get one so in reality the people who are ls swapping a decent rotary engine could be helping those who want to maintain there rotary engines.
Sometimes people just buy RX7’s because of the chassis
Seems like you're taking a shot at HOONIGAN HERT.
Best engine swap for me: its a toss up. The good old Toyota UZ series V8. I know there isn't a whole lot of love for the iron block 2UZ and alloy block 3UZ, but they're both very good motors regardless, but the non-VVT 1UZ is the king. You can wind sensible amounts of boost into it and make really good power and still keep it reliable on stock internals. The other one is the "junkyard 5-3", AKA LM7 iron block 5.3L LS. Just add boost and more boost.
I've been having a bit of a diesel fetish recently so anything with an oil burner stuffed in the front is good for me. 6BT, TD42, 1HD-TE, Ford Powerstroke V8, all of those beasts. Saw an Altezza wagon with a 1KZ-TE out of a Hilux Surf/4Runner recently after the 1G-GE spun a bearing. Or that RX8 with the 6BT Cummins....pretty damn left field thinking
On USA RUclips someone put a 283 cu in in a 60's Ferrari, had found an original V12, but numbers didn't match. So put a a a a a pushrod cast iron V8 in........WHY?!?!
I've always loved Eric Plebani's 198x Porsche 964 with a Mitsu 4g63t engine in the back. There are a few 1g awd dsm's and at least 1 r52 mini cooper s that have twin engines each driving 1 set of wheels that are marvels of engineering.
Rotaries are a thing of the past,, most IP racers are using piston/ turbo engines.
In a Torana? sacrilege though a few put them in Sports Sedans. And probably went slower! I went Chev, cheaper faster and far more reliable.
As for conversions I know or have done? Corrolla into an early Diahatsu 4wd. 308 in LJ, 308 in Bedford Truck, 318 LA into a D5N Dodge that started as 245. 350 into HX LS, 318LA into a Rambler Hornet. Ones I have known,, Holden into Morris Minor, MGB into Morris Minor, Holden into Anglia, Holden into Simca, Holden into Kombi Van. 454 into Transit Van, 427 into Austin A90, Cleveland into a Sigma [and Windsor as well] 289 into MGB. SBC into EH by about 6! All of these on the road.
Then a bit more wild Holden into Honda S600, 2 litre Ford into Honda S600. Chev into Honda S600! Morris 1100All by the same bloke. Holden and Chev using Jag rears. 454 into LH. Rotaries into Escort, Corrolla Anglia 510 Datto and LC Torana. Chevs in Escorts, Alfas, and more.
not a VW guy... But gotta love the twin VR6 engine setup in a VW Lupo. Sounds amazing as well!
The Ferrari swap in the 86 the engine cost more than the car cost new.
You should see what Tuerck is putting in his next project!! All I will say is; “It’s a new Supra” and the rest you’ll have to find out on your own. It’s really just about one of the very few things that could possibly be a step up in the realm of scarcity, cost of upkeep and lust-worthiness from a Ferrari engine(!!)
Lots of great comments on here, to me certainly depends what application and what car. I've recently put a big accord motor in a civic as a cheap track car just for something to do while I study. I've seen some e30 BMWs with some neat 1j and N54 swaps recently. Also really like the idea of newer LS motors in older cars like 56 Chevies etc.
Worst conversion I’ve seen was a Cummins Diesel engine in a Nissan skyline. I believe it was an r32
ouch.... that's just... wrong!
I saw an S13 with a cummins, filthy
Any diesel is a bad swap for a car.
@@99Lezard99 your high, diesel is fantastic
Skyline or 240sx ? Because i have seen the green 240 with a cummins diesel 🤔😳 soo many wtfs when i saw that.
I had a B18C5 top end mated to the B20Z2 bottom end with a Jackson Racing SC in a 2000 CR-V sleeper... best thing I had ever put a spanner to... until it was stolen and stripped down to the metal in 2012. I will never be the same.
The reason you guys hate Subarus in VWs is because your build did things the hard way. The advice you got from your expert was rubbish. Made me cry to watch it when so many guys were doing it right. All the SOHC EJs fit with very little trimming. DOHC motors fit fine with the Subaru trans as it moves the whole drivetrain forward a few inches. I've owned both aircooled and subaru powered VWs. The Subaru was a lot more reliable.
Slow Learner and it still got the Boxer rumble !
Nismozilla77 not more reliable the a vr6 though
About 25 years ago I got sick of the unreliable 1600 in my '72 Kombi and swapped in a Subaru EA81 pushrod engine on to the VW trans. No cutting of the Kombi at all, you could have unbolted the Sub and put the VW back in. I made a frame that supported the radiator behind the engine (OK, I cut the engine door to let the air out, covered it with a Merc grille!) and the frame hinged to the side for engine access using flexible hoses. The Subaru was totally stock, gave a useful power increase, way more reliable and used less fuel. I owned it for 13 years, even threw a 21st birthday party for it. Happy days.
Your name says it all.
waterloo123100 vr6 are not reliable LOL
Toyed with the idea of putting a VR38DETT in a 1984 Nissan Bluebird TR-X. Perhaps even run it N/A or a single turbo setup.
Best engine conversion: anything weird and uncommon.
Not worst but boring: LS into anything.
Absolutely worst: people in Sweden who dieselsswap their old volvos and have to put the godawful D24 "Volvo" diesel in it. There's lot of good engines to choose from, but still they choose the head-cracking, crank-snapping, thirsty, low powered heap from 1960's VW...
Ya. Dumb Swedes...
No hybusa smart car
Also sr20det powered Ford escort, great fun
I remember Street Machine Magazine fitting a Red Motor to an XY GT. And I've seen a 253 in a Corvette.
It's all about the t5 for me . You can get them for free and make 600 bhp with about 3k of parts. Pluss its reliable Volvo are sick.
Volvo rwd boxes are getting rare but there's kits to run bmw box's and they are like £50
My favorite swap atm is a good friends drift built E36 with a supercharged M60 V8 putting down somewhere in the 650hp range.
The VW 12v VR6 is one of my favorite swap engines. They are starting to get swapped into non-VW cars and trucks, usually with big turbo's. Head spacer, main/head studs, upgraded rod bolts and they will handle 600hp easily.
K-series in an NSX is my least favorite. Can't sell me on it. It's just a no from me.
agreed. OBD1 VR6 is easy to swap and those motors are pretty well built....
would be a good swap in a hilux or something
The Honda h22 with a big turbo making 700 hp at the wheels in a Honda Odyssey Minivan is definitely my favorite conversion.
I should put a Barra engine in my Valiant! It'll almost become a Barracuda!
Congrats on still having a Valiant. There are hardly any left here in NZ. Rust maybe
Late '90s Corolla with full floorpan and drivetrain swap from a GT Four Celica. Fully built everything, the thing had a whopping 900hp at all four wheels, in a model of Corolla that didn't even have a sporty variant lol. Ultimate sleeper!
favorite swap: RB26 into 350Z. Least favorite: Chevy LS into any Ford.
Cast iron straight six in 350z, that's doesn't make any sense.
Does it have to?
Yes, cause, that's downgrade, it's better to build stock VQ or swap for VK
RB's sound way better than VQ's tho
Pietrek L LOL an RB26 is a downgrade from a VQ?..... Tell another funny joke!
I dig Roadkill’s blown SBC Jaguar and turbo Ford SB Datsun (Rotsun).
Mate, you are so right about Honda engines..they rock.
Best: Escort mk1/mk2 - Cosworth YB turbo or NA
Worst: VW passat - any vw tdi engine
Great video! make more like this! people with actual skills and knowledge should talk more!
Well every engine swap is nice cause you see what people are passionate about!!If they build a car properly and they like it its OK from me!!BUT AY NO V8 IN AN RX-7 FFS SICK OF IT ROTARYGANG
V8 in any rotary car should be punishable by death. In fact, most non-rotary engines in a rotary car should be punishable by death.
Johannes Konow i think the rx8 is the only acceptable v8 swap recipient in the rotary family, the renesis is fucking garbage even if you build it but the chassis is a masterpiece
There are companies that make 20b shafts and hosings and side plates are plentiful in the world. I am sure there are companies that make billet versions of those too so there really is no excuse ;)
Also, since the chassis is a masterpiece, why ruin it with a heavy lump of metal that's gonna offset the weight distribution? Especially when a well built 13b or 20b makes the same power or more.
Stephen Veri or just throw in a 13B REW and call it a day in a RX8 keep it rotary there's 2 rotors 3 rotors or 4 rotors pick your poison
King Whispa agreed no more v8 in rotary cars the rotary is gonna become extinct
Hope y'all do another episode like this it's cool knowing people's thoughts ✌️ keep up the cool vids big fan Haltech 🔥🔥🔥
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I helped put a Honda 1.6 in a Smart Roadster Coupe!
What did you do trans-wise? Those 700cc turbos in Roadsters are actually quite decent for what they are but the gearbox is the worst thing I ever experienced.
TibzzTube Honda stock manual transmission, hydraulic clutch, Porsche 996 stick with cables to the rear. Smart “omega” suspension, original spring cups have to be cut and coilovers in place of the dampers.
So glad my FG Mk2 XR6 ute has the Barra. Will probably end up getting a turbo on it, but 450-500kw atw would be extreme after about 150kw atw stock!
Best engine conversion. The JUN-Synergy-BRZ with the custom built V8 made with two Kawasaki engine blocks with custom crank.
Worst and biggest sin of engine swapping.
LS swapped RX7s >:(
Something odd yet cool.
The AE86 with a Honda S2000 F20C engine. = Holy cow! o.0
Ford Barra powered Nissan/ Toyota. = Cool
Full VR38DETT swapped Nissan Patrol that destroyed a Porsche 918. Holy wtf! And funny.
Muscle cars fans will kill me but I love the RB26 swapped Mustang in FnF Tokyo Drift.
Lin Chester amd one I saw a cummins powered r32
G_ReaPeR gaming its def on the weird side and cool.
Is the Kawasaki better than the Busa v8?
the ZX12R based engine is able to produce up to 405BHP at 11,600rpm, with the ZX14R heads the power goes up to 515 bhp at 10,900
The Busa 2.8L produce 455bhp
depending on the application, both engines are pretty light and are def high revving which is good for top speed runs.
If money is no object, I will def make a GT86 with either Kawasaki or Busa V8 swaps and make a monster drift/track car.
Lin Chester specifically price no object. The Busa v8 was like 20k last I looked
Currently installing a 5.3 LM7 4l60e in a HZ One Ton, in Kalamazoo Michigan. Engine and trans fit nicely, no sump mods, factory exhaust manifolds. Only change is from the truck intake to the LS intake to fit it all under the stock hood.
Hi,Is there a build thread or pics anywhere ?
E Flanagan Thinking of making a video on it if there’s interest out there. Do you see many iron block gen 3 small blocks in Oz or are they all LS1,2,3 alloy blocks out of Commodores?
do more of these talks :D
Bennys stagea with the turbo nissan v8 definitely deserves an honorable mention
om606 swap into a JZA80
basshead sounds disgusting
I've always enjoyed high high revving motor bike engines in a mini...decent power decent fitment crazy sound... Is this new format something we can look forward to in the future? Like the idea of guest opinions such a mechanical stig on different autosport topics... Also love the longer build breakdowns and some behind the scenes dyno tuning videos would be cool. Thanks for the videos and the awesome products haltech, my elite has been in my daily driver with zero problem for over a year.
Worst 20B E Type Jaguar
Best k20 AWD classic Mini
Speed Obsession dam a k20 mini if my sisters f56 ever goes I’m gonna make her let me barrow the car for a month
Best engine swap boosted k20/k24 in a Datsun 240z and also in a Datsun 510. Worst engine swap a electric motor in a Datsun 510.... I would love i mean LOVE to do is a Ls4 swap my db2 integra GS-R. Built to rev to 9000rpm lol that's my dream swap!!
LS swapped RX7 worst swap .rotary power 13b20b26b💪more braps on this channel please 😍
Milton Gimenez when ya 13b ported all to fuck gaps ya lsx rx7. You right my guy.
agreed. to much bogan engines mentioned, rotors munch these piston cavemen!!
If you want to spend more time fixing than racing than you could stay rotary,it's pretty overrated (coming from an ex rx8 driver with a 20b swap na 360whp)
Touge Warrior never said it was hella reliable. Just fun.
Touge Warrior just cuz you had a bad builder who clearly don't know what there doing because I have a Tll FC with a 13B rew 350hp and it is reliable iv driven it from Massachusetts to Florida and back with no issues that's 1,500 miles each way so a total of 3k mile road trip non stop other than fuel premix stops ,no cooling issues ,proper maintenance goes a long way lol
K24 in a Miata/mx5
Many years ago I had a Sigma 2.0, the engine was very warn out so I opted for a 2.6 but at a pick a part wreckers found a 3.8 commodore with 4 speed auto with low ks and all intact so $200 later it was mine. It was fitted into the Sigma and wow! it was great. The brakes also came from the same donor and the chassis strengthen for an engineers cert.
In1993 the car was stolen and wrecked in a car smash, it was apparently doing 160km/hr when this happened.
If you say a Rotary is unreliable your just dumm! If you treat it right give it its oil and service and it will be the most reliable engine you will ever have!
A Man who understands! have my 13B For 4 years now regular Service and premix! Still going like a champ
I used to work with a chap who used to install them in light aircraft. They are really reliable if treated well and alot better than most aircraft engines. Plus as they are so balanced it's better for aircraft stability.
That's it, premix it. Know of a guy who has been using the same build for years and year and always premixes in a container first.
Like Moog, superfastminis subframe in an old round nose mini. Except I like the idea of their crv 4wd drivetrain swap... but (if it fits) use the k24 over the 2Ltr. Put K20 type r head on it & smile every time you stomp on the go fast pedal!
b is for build m5 engine in 240z
For me... I'd have to say these are badass:
VR38 / built & boosted K24 in an MR2
VR38 or pretty much any half-decent V6 in a Mazda MX5
turbo LS/LT4 in a BMW 325i (And also Barra, VR, RB, 2J 6-bangers... those are great swaps for anything pretty much)
And nopes would be:
LT4/LS in an RX7/RX8
H22 in a Skyline
Anything with less than 5 cylinders in a Holden / Vauxhall / Opel Insignia VXR
Suzuki GSXR 1000 or R1 engine in a mini. Also GSX 1300R Hayabusa engine in a Suzuki Cappuccino. Both would be a bunch of fun.
K20 in everything
I can't wait to install a Haltech Elite Premium ECU into my 7AGE-HR 1.8L AE86 Coupe!
Wish you guys could've been at Formula Drift Atlanta!
best swap: ls4 single turbo 5.3 v8 into an acura rsx, big v8 in a small car
worst swap: 2jz in a gallardo, like wtf
Alex Thompson the stock RSX motor hold more boost stock then a ls4. Lol LS swaps are garbage
waterloo123100 appart from the fact a k20a2 can hold just 350whp and an ls4 can gold over 700 on e85 lol
Alex Thompson a stock a ls4 isn't holding 700hp lol. Especially on the 4t80e there's reason why you don't see Gxp's drag racing let a alone setting records like a fwd Honda. Honda is the best and a k20 can hold 500 hp on stock internals.
You can always swap GM f40 manual transmission or fit dq500 out of VAG.
LS swaps are for poor people and people with no style
If there is one thing I like with engine swaps it would be how engines that are usually meant to be fitted in a certain angle would now sit ninety degrees in a different car etc a fwd honda inline-4 drivetrain into something where the back wheels are powered instead of the front wheels as originally intended with that drivetrain but with a few mods to work.
Pasta Sarmonella E-Specialé like a k20 into an mx5 or s2000. 😁
Were thinking more about corvettes and other cars with a slightly different drivetrain.
Beams swapped corolla
1979 notch mustang. It had a turbo charged carburated 2.3 L 4 speed stick shift i swapped a 1988 2.3 L efi turbo charged 5 speed stick shift. Make 450 hp and weighs 2640 with full 16 gallon fuel cell and me in it. FUN FUN LIL CAR.
I need a barra for my crown victoria.
2jz in a toyota lite ace van ...done that one. Doing a 1uz supercharged into a hyundai terracan .. also have a ls1 in an rx8
Barra the world!
My favourite would be a 400 Chevy in a 260z. Beautiful fit plenty of room to work on it.
what about a K20 into an old 911?
I'd rather throw a subaru EZ36D into a 911 than a K20. Obviously turbo the crap out of it.
rustyroo82 that's a sin. I have k24 in my ride, but you don't put an i4 in a 911
Localish sponsored reality type ,went 4g63 into 911 ,because "Too expensive" 911 parts
E Flanagan if parts are too expensive then why own a 911?? Sounds like their more worried about looking cool then appreciating a 911. Lol dumb fucken logic.
rustyroo82 put a 6 cylinder subaru engine still a boxer 6 banger turbo
Hayabusa 1300 into a gutted late 90’s Swift GTi. Quad rotor in that savanna (or in anything). Best that I’ve seen though is that 2-stroke v8 in an old Volvo! Favourite swap engine: Audi 5cyl turbo - one of those would keep me smiling in my grave.