Today there are all parts and accessories for a wide variety of cars, but anyone can simply bolt on the performance parts of a stock motor. What do you really set yourself apart in the tuner scene…? Change the gun; not just any exchange machine, but one exchange machine that can do the most. What you want to do is take the biggest car out of the car and put it in the lightest possible chassis. This is true for domestics as it also involves driving a motor with a switch. Now to make it easy on yourself, you need to stick with the motor swap that was done before and offer aftermarket parts to fit the new motor and transmission combo. This article will describe a few cars and engines that are popular engine swaps in the performance tuner scene and why.
1st, 2nd and 3rd generation Mazda RX-7 engine swaps are becoming more and more popular. There are many mobile exchanges available; bolts are available in Chevy small block kits, Ford 302 and 351 V8, Ford 2.3 turbo engine, Chevy 4.3 V6, Nissan VG30DE V6, Mopar 340/ 360 V8’s. In addition to these high horsepower domestic engines you can also swap in a 3 rotor twin turbo Mazda Cosmos engine with little effort. All of the above gear shift kits can be found at grannysspeedshop.com. The Mazda RX-7, easily the king of the street with a high-right RES engine given its fairly light chassis; especially the former.
Honda Civics and CRX are perhaps one of the most developed tuner cars out there. Motor from heavy vehicles in or anyone but vehicles was. The popular RES the motor of one of these light vehicles can range from B16, B18, B20, even the most powerful K- series Of course, if you’re setting yourself apart from the crowd, you’re probably going to want to swap in a K20A or maybe an Acura RSX Type-S. The only marketing support for the Honda engine swap is that those engines can easily be built with forged internals and turbocharged, fuel-injected, or more powerful nitrous-injected engines.
The Datsun 240, 260, and 280Z are a little harder to find, but are starting to get more popular these days. The tried and tested engine swap for this little sports car is the Chevy V8. A typical Chevy carb’d V8 is proven to be a Verto engine using either a 350 or 400 Turbo to power it. In some car the tuner will have one of those race Muncie four-speeds and send them there. However, as we move forward in time and time electronic fuel injection can’t help but suggest the use of the writer’s Chevy LS1 with its powerful T56 six-speed manual box. It’s that motoring thing that will set you apart from the crowd. The Nissan Sentra, Nissan 200sx, and the Infiniti G20 have great engine swap potential and plenty of aftermarket support. Starting off with an SR20 2.0 four-cylinder, there are plenty of engine swap options for the B13, B14, B15, P10, and P11 chassis. You have Sr20dets from BlueBirds and Aveniers. The Pulsar GTI-R mobile in which it comes with the most power, you can SWAP THINGS; a t28 turbo, quad throttle bodies, and big injectors can really make your day with the help of a boost controller. Also, the engine swap of the Japanese Nissan X-Trail is called the sr20vet. The SR20VE are from Japan, they are common in the Nissan and Infiniti world because of their simplicity, out of the box all power motors. Aftermarket turbo, manifold, fuel systems and computers make this lightweight chassis the ideal one for this type of engine swap.
