We all love the I6, it's a great engine for what its worth. Reliable and some what powerful, but it has little support for modifications producing sizable gains in performance besides stroker kits. Several people on this forum have gone around this problem by swapping a completely different engine in such as a V8 or more recently, a 2jz. (both very cool by the way) V8s are powerful, but barely fit in the engine bay, and other more exotic engines like the 2jz are also powerful, but many parts need to be custom fabricated.
So my question is, has anyone considered swapping a turbo 4 cylinder engine?
Specifically the 4g63 engine. (Eclipse, talon, jdm etc.)
It's small, has tonnes of aftermarket support, and can easily make hp/tq levels comparable to a v8.
Yeah i know it's only a 2.0, but these things are everywhere and cheap to build. Plus you aren't having to shoe horn the thing into the engine bay.
Put a GM auto trans behind with a gm tcase, then change your diff gears to adjust to the higher power band and viola! One sick ride!
So my question is, has anyone considered swapping a turbo 4 cylinder engine?
Specifically the 4g63 engine. (Eclipse, talon, jdm etc.)
It's small, has tonnes of aftermarket support, and can easily make hp/tq levels comparable to a v8.
Yeah i know it's only a 2.0, but these things are everywhere and cheap to build. Plus you aren't having to shoe horn the thing into the engine bay.
Put a GM auto trans behind with a gm tcase, then change your diff gears to adjust to the higher power band and viola! One sick ride!