Engine Transplant

[..:cOrNerIng ArTisT::::..]

With such a big engine bay and being rwd i think the possibilities could be endless..........yOur veiws>?

[spa01s2k]

If you do a little research, you can find a 2JZ (Supra Engine) powered S2000. A little while back there was a person going to put a 5.0 Ford engine in an S2000, but I don't know if it ever happened.

[spa01s2k]

YouTube - 2JZ Turbo S2000 Huge HP!

[s2000isu]

please hack a car that isnt nice. if you must do an engine swap use either a s2000 thats been totalled or a rx-7 and pout a ls-1 in it. We drive s2000's theyre nice clean simple cars with a nice motor and good handling why would you want to hack it?

[gomarlins3]

I have to admit, I would like to see a LS6 be put in one someday, just to see what it would do.

[spa01s2k]

Originally Posted by s2000isu

please hack a car that isnt nice. if you must do an engine swap use either a s2000 thats been totalled or a rx-7 and pout a ls-1 in it. We drive s2000's theyre nice clean simple cars with a nice motor and good handling why would you want to hack it?

I'm with you,there is no reason to get rid of the S2000's stock engine!!

[HELL_ON_WHEELS]

Take a look at this this is what I'm working on. I'm rebuilding a Ford 302 V8 to throw i a little roadster. Les Shockey's 1969 TR6, with a Ford 351 Windsor (408cid) V8

[gomarlins3]

Originally Posted by HELL_ON_WHEELS

Take a look at this this is what I'm working on. I'm rebuilding a Ford 302 V8 to throw i a little roadster. Les Shockey's 1969 TR6, with a Ford 351 Windsor (408cid) V8

That's interesting. I was wondering if the frame could handle the torque, but I see they rebuilt the frame along the way.

[..:cOrNerIng ArTisT::::..]

they sold me!!!!! thats a bad ass ride.......850hp roughly 16k thats money well spent..........what did they mean on putting a silva rear end thow?

[Java Junky]

Whoa ArT. 850HP n' 16 thou well spent????
Some time ago when the 429 Boss Mustangs were makin' more HP than God ever meant to be in one vehicle (so I've heard, those'r nasty, ugly rumors that I was aroun' back then) folks started thinkin' that maybe you could actually put more power under the hood than was really useable.
Bein' able to shift the state south a half-inch with a north-bound launch doesn't usually go hand-in-hand with that same source of power bein' useable for anything else by the chassis that it's in.
Sports cars (n' Stewie qualifies, very few do) go for maximum efficiency that only comes with a true balance of power/weight/suspension.
Huge power in Stewie? Even with all available add-ons in place that's gonna lead to (hopefully only) constant off-road excursions n' creeper sores.
Opinion: The max power that a fully worked Stewie chassis/suspension unit would be able to predictably make use of is more'n likely attainable with a worked Stewie engine.
So why go through the trouble of a swap if disturbin' an excellent balance n' the tin-knockin' involved isn't necessary?
Now, if it's jus' a matter of wantin' to smoke 'em at will, well, even that's dooable without spendin' 16 thou.
Well spent? Sorry ArT, not bloody likely.
Be well.
Java

[spa01s2k]

Originally Posted by ..:cOrNerIng ArTisT::::..

they sold me!!!!! thats a bad ass ride.......850hp roughly 16k thats money well spent..........what did they mean on putting a silva rear end thow?

I'm thinking the Nissan Silvia rear end must be a pretty strong rear end (strong enough to handle 850hp).

[HELL_ON_WHEELS]

Hey gomarlins3 checkout this site there is some really cool stuff
British V8: Engine Swaps, Conversions & High Performance Modifications

[Scott]

2J S2000...what a waste. The 2JZ-GTE + 6sp Getrag is a behemoth in terms of weight. You're taking a car with very precise handling and making it very nose-heavy. I bet it drives like crap.

Why would you need that much power in an S2000? The car won't get traction, and it won't be able to handle. So you basically, you started with a sports car, and ended up with something that's only good for doing burnouts.

[..:cOrNerIng ArTisT::::..]

so JAVA ........you dont belive in adding on power to your car........and i take it you dont like to go for late night run on the express way or anything like that......................and if the car cant handel 850hp make it handel it.......i would be very satisfied with 600whp thow and ill get it some how

[s2000isu]

I dont think at any point in time Java suggested that stock hp is all the s2000 will ever need. I think it was more along the line of he knows a little something about cars and what to much is.

Sure after you put a cage tub it out and do all kinds of suspension work you can get it to hook with slicks with 850 hp. Congrats you have a drag s2000 at only 5 times the cost that you coulda built a fox body or f body that will still run better.

I also seem to remember him saying that all the power the s could really handle could be obtained from the stock block. If you dont believe it go for it do the swap. After youre done ill take the stock rear trans and engine.

Oh and your question for him about wanting to take it out on the highway. Seriously I am calling rice on this entire post. 850 whp on the street lol you go get your 850 motor slap it into the 2800 pound s get up to about 60 miles per hour and stomp it. When youre done that I will take your shift knob cause its gonna be all thats left after we get done pulling your car outa a tree with tweezers. Ive been in 500 whp cars with drag riadials and they dont move lets add 350 whp and a lighter car ha

[..:cOrNerIng ArTisT::::..]

Originally Posted by spa01s2k

I'm thinking the Nissan Silvia rear end must be a pretty strong rear end (strong enough to handle 850hp).

oK im still not getting it......what part of the rear end?

[..:cOrNerIng ArTisT::::..]

hell s2000isu ive been in street legal cars with over 500whp....calling RICE on the whole post LoOlL indeed but diffrent stroks for diffrent folks.......DoNt you get mad when those M3 and SLK's smoke ya down thow>?

[s2000isu]

not at all actually. Not all m3's smoke me just the new one. If that bothered me id slap a supercharger on my stock block and then I would beat them. 850 horse is far to much for the s. I would say 500 horse is right about the max I would want in the s. Anymore power then that belongs in a car that wasnt designed with handling in mind ha

[HELL_ON_WHEELS]

hey cornering artist I think they're talking about the differential

[..:cOrNerIng ArTisT::::..]

well for those against the idea of 850hp in a street car.......sorry.... im a speed freak inTo street racing ...night runs on the express way......and amuture crash dummy drifting

[Java Junky]

ArT, unless you're ready to dedicate your entire paycheck n' life to turnin' Stewie from an epee into a claymore (the edged claymore guys, not the current military model) get used ta gettin' smoked once in a while.
Water's wet, wimmen got secrets, sports car don't out muscle the muscle cars n' muscle cars don't out sport the sport's cars. Unless you're somebody as willin' to get as deep into it as Shelby, Callaway r' Yamaha (you guys ever hear of the OX-11?) odds are that the end result of your efforts won't be near as capable as what you started out with.
Get'cher self a Mustang to burn off those extra hormones.
Of course, the preceedin' was strictly personal opinion. ('Seemed like an appropriate time for a disclaimer)
Be well.
Java

[Scott]

Originally Posted by ..:cOrNerIng ArTisT::::..

well for those against the idea of 850hp in a street car.......sorry.... im a speed freak inTo street racing ...night runs on the express way......and amuture crash dummy drifting

Well, for starters, you would never be able to drift an 850hp S2000.

Second, just doing top end runs on the freeway...that isn't racing. Seriously, how much skill does it take to stomp on the gas pedal while you're already moving? I thought you were interested in SCCA racing. Well, sorry to break it to you, but you're not going to do well in any form of sanctioned racing if your racing expertise only goes as far as highway racing from a roll.

[spa01s2k]

Relax guys, everyone has their own idea of what the S2000 could be. If you like strait line/top speed running, cool- thats your thing. If you want to go out and drift, road course, or dodge cones thats fine too. Theres nothing wrong with wanting 850hp out of a car, but there comes a point of useable power on the street. Who says a 400hp S2000 can't accomplish what most people want anyways.

[Scott]

Originally Posted by spa01s2k

Relax guys, everyone has their own idea of what the S2000 could be. If you like strait line/top speed running, cool- thats your thing. If you want to go out and drift, road course, or dodge cones thats fine too. Theres nothing wrong with wanting 850hp out of a car, but there comes a point of useable power on the street. Who says a 400hp S2000 can't accomplish what most people want anyways.

That's exactly what I was trying (and obviously failing) to get at. In a car like an S2000, 400-500hp should be more than enough for anyone's needs. And you can get that with the F-series motor pretty easily and reasonably affordably.

And without any genuine research to back me up, if you took an average young person who considers themself a car enthusiast a 500hp F20C S2000, and an 850hp 2JZ-GTE S2000 and tell them to take each of them down the 1320...I'd bet that the 500hp car pulls faster times more often.

Reminds me of an old joke Toyota people tell at car meets. "What do a 600hp, 800hp, and 1000hp Supra have in common? They all run low 12's". Obviously not concrete truth, but by and large, fairly accurate in many cases.

[..:cOrNerIng ArTisT::::..]

Reminds me of an old joke Toyota people tell at car meets. "What do a 600hp, 800hp, and 1000hp Supra have in common? They all run low 12's". Obviously not concrete truth, but by and large, fairly accurate in many cases.[/quote]

LoOlL thats a funny joke.........your kinda right

and an other thing ppl you could always turn the boost down

[Scott]

Only thing though, if you turn down the boost for around 500hp, you've wasted a lot of money. You can get 500hp from the F20 with a turbo kit and some supportive mods. Plus you've saved several hundred pounds in weight from the nose-end of the car.

[allmotor13]

no american engines should ever touch an import, it breaks my heart when i see this. if there was ever a swap to be done it should be an RB26, 2JZ, 20B, or even an SR20. but why would you get rid of a awesome motor like the
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