Bored of stock engine any suggestions??

berdener · 08-21-2007, 07:57 AM

Hi guys, I've been riding my s2k with its stock engine for a while and decided to tune it up.. I'm planning a turbo but also I want the internals done good. Are there any built up engines sold on the market that I can import and mount on my car without any problems. Thanx.

s2000isu · 08-21-2007, 08:00 AM

Um so ya the weather is kinda crappy out lately.

MotorDemon · 09-02-2007, 08:20 PM

What do you mean by drop in? You mean built for turbo? Built to race? or someone else's project so you won't spend money to make it yourself? If you're going to build it up, send it out. If you don't have money, don't build it. (duh). decide what you want to do with it first. Daily driver, Drag, Autocross, Freeway, Monster tuck, Whatever it is, build it to do one specific thing. We can't have it all so choose wisely. If you do have the money, Have at it! Get 500hp and a locked diff with drag slicks. If you got the dough. Either way, it's better to build it for your needs than have a prebuilt.

gomarlins3 · 09-02-2007, 11:06 PM

It depends on how much WHP you want. Stock internals are fine for less than 400WHP, but you may need to put in a lower compression head gasket. A turbo is expensive and without a proper tune, can REALLY shorten the life span of your engine.

The SC kits that are available run as bolt on kits and do very well, but will only get you around 300 WHP. Again, it depends on what you want.

Java Junky · 09-03-2007, 05:43 PM

"Only get you around 300 WHP"? . . . . (Sigh)
That's a pretty substantial "only" Go. Maybe for straight-line contests it might be lacking, but with the rest'a Stewie's credentials, 300 WHP sounds like what should'a been under the hood from the get-go.
That sounds like a way'da go (IMHO).
Be well.
Java

s2000isu · 09-03-2007, 06:12 PM

So java it seem like lately youve been hot for power so whens the blower getting bolted on?

s2kman000 · 09-03-2007, 08:25 PM

if you have about 15 grand i can get you a fully built 2jz supra motor in there with 900 hp, installed, it comes with a silvia rear and produces supercar power, pritty much untouchable. period. thats the ultamate cant touch this motor swap for the s2k, or i saw a guys s2 the other day with an LS2 vette motor in it, it was sick man, 460 to the wheels and only weighed 189 lbs heavieer than the stock motor so the weight didnt change much for what he did, but he had to havily mod the frame, still it was amazingly put together.

s2000isu · 09-03-2007, 08:40 PM

why not use a ls7? I am not a fan of the supra swap. Just seems like bragging rights on the dyno to me but to each his own I guess.

Java Junky · 09-03-2007, 09:33 PM

Stewie's lackin' in only one area (N' no. It's not the power tonneau cover). Stewie's credentials r' impressive, but we've all seen it as a topic of too many posts to be jus' idle talk: Stewie jus' doesn't have power relative to the rest of it's runnin' gear.
Stock, Stewie's a sweet package, but there's never a time when you come away from a serious session'a pushin' it without feelin' that it could really benefit from a substantial chunk'a additional power.
That said, when "improvin' it", it can come a point when, if you fail to step back n' look'it where it is you wanna be goin', you can turn a graceful epee into a clumsy claymore.
I've always admired the attributes of Stewie, n' I'm all for enhancin' 'em, but what good does somethin' like a 2Jz, a Hemi, r' any weighty big block engine if it's providin' power that can't be hooked up n' the extra weight takes away from the car's most basic intention: layin' waste to chicanes.
To me, anyway, it ain't about braggin' rights, bench racin', the challange of fittin' a square peg in a round hole, parkin' lot hood'zupp show-me-yours-n'-I'll-show-ya-mine, r' tire smokin' contests: It's dealin' with those durned twisty roads that keep poppin' up all'a time.
But this is my personal poison. As isu so correctly puts it: "To each his own".
(Soon isu. 'Big case'a godda)
Be well.
Java

gomarlins3 · 09-03-2007, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by s2kman000

i saw a guys s2 the other day with an LS2 vette motor in it....

I need to see pics.

berdener · 09-04-2007, 05:47 AM

guys I have just found out that due to the custom regulations, easiest place to import an engine is Germany. Do any of you guys know a place, shop, company,whatever that I can get an engine shipped from in Germany? I got around 7 or 8 grand for this and I really dont need 900hps

450 atmost would do

but it has to be strong I dont wanna blow it. Thanx

Java Junky · 09-04-2007, 07:00 AM

I suspect that the Corvette LS2 isn't a 283 r' a 327 FI. Probably the Cheetah engine, right?
LS2? Now what's an LS2?
(Dunno whut it is, but I jus' love when Chevy talks like that)
Be well.
Java

s2000isu · 09-04-2007, 04:33 PM

LS2 is the motor from the 06 corvette. The new corvette motor is a ls3

Java Junky · 09-04-2007, 06:37 PM

I can appreciate that isu, but what's the current C.I. that the 'Vettes r' runnin'? I know this is gonna be a major guffaw, but, last I heard'a 'Vettes was 350s with slant plug heads. 'Guess it's been awhile.
So what's the LS2 spec?
N' what's so special about the LS3 that it's replacin' the LS2? (Yeah, I know: Bigger! Better! Improved!)
Thanks n' be well.
Java

s2000isu · 09-04-2007, 07:22 PM

Honestly I dont like chevy hahaha. But I dont know how many c.i never read up on how much gm said the zo6 was 427 cubic inches but I dont recall seeing the ls2. From what I heard the ls3 has a little more power but I dont think it was a huge jump. I personally think theyre gonna use the ls2 in the camaro and they couldnt have the same motor in the vette and camaro. Mind you I am talking totally out of my rear and for all I know they have already published what motor is going in the camaro and I am way off.

s2kman000 · 09-04-2007, 07:55 PM

wohhh....java, im a hardcore honda boi too, i also belive like you to not change alot.you wont catch me pulling my boosted F20 outta the bay any day.

i was just awnsering the guy when he asked what kinda swaps were out there so i told him what i have seen and where he can contact them, so cool your pistons. GOMARLIN ill have to wait till next time i see him and ill snap a photo for you, its put together very well. also guys look for some sick footage that i got of me and the guys in the 'O' town (orlando). im ganna try to post it as soon as i can.

Java Junky · 09-04-2007, 09:25 PM

Aaaaay Kman!
I kind'a figured that that's what was goin' on, but, by now, you guys know that if I can write a book when only a few words're necessary . . .
'Godda admit that what I saw of the 2Jz swap that was on the site for a bit looked like real quality work. 'Made me wanna go out n' get heavily inta rubber investments, y'know?
N' for the record: except for my appreciation of Stewie, I'm not really fond'a Honda (fond'a Honda . . . gedditt?) I'm ol' school Ford blue oval by heritage (My dad was n' that's jus' how it goes, don'cha know?) but until such time as Ford sees it's way clear to build a light, cornerly appointed 2 seat roadster . . . yeah, not bloody likely.
(Does anybody remember the original Mustang that previewed at the shows before the street-goin' version showed up in showrooms back in '63/'64? It was a rear-engined 2 seat roadster with proportions remarkably similar to a certain German rear-engined sportscar. Okay, okay . . . so it was a 2 seater n' it had it's engine in the rear. Should'a/would'a/could'a.)
Be well.
Java

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08-21-2007, 08:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
s2000isu Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: pa Posts: 1,171	Um so ya the weather is kinda crappy out lately.

09-02-2007, 08:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
MotorDemon The Guy Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Texas for Now Posts: 11	What do you mean by drop in? You mean built for turbo? Built to race? or someone else's project so you won't spend money to make it yourself? If you're going to build it up, send it out. If you don't have money, don't build it. (duh). decide what you want to do with it first. Daily driver, Drag, Autocross, Freeway, Monster tuck, Whatever it is, build it to do one specific thing. We can't have it all so choose wisely. If you do have the money, Have at it! Get 500hp and a locked diff with drag slicks. If you got the dough. Either way, it's better to build it for your needs than have a prebuilt.

09-02-2007, 11:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
gomarlins3 "Enjoy the drive" Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kuna Idaho Posts: 2,811	It depends on how much WHP you want. Stock internals are fine for less than 400WHP, but you may need to put in a lower compression head gasket. A turbo is expensive and without a proper tune, can REALLY shorten the life span of your engine. The SC kits that are available run as bolt on kits and do very well, but will only get you around 300 WHP. Again, it depends on what you want.

09-03-2007, 05:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,432	"Only get you around 300 WHP"? . . . . (Sigh) That's a pretty substantial "only" Go. Maybe for straight-line contests it might be lacking, but with the rest'a Stewie's credentials, 300 WHP sounds like what should'a been under the hood from the get-go. That sounds like a way'da go (IMHO). Be well. Java

09-03-2007, 06:12 PM	#6 (permalink)
s2000isu Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: pa Posts: 1,171	So java it seem like lately youve been hot for power so whens the blower getting bolted on?

09-03-2007, 08:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
s2kman000 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 18	if you have about 15 grand i can get you a fully built 2jz supra motor in there with 900 hp, installed, it comes with a silvia rear and produces supercar power, pritty much untouchable. period. thats the ultamate cant touch this motor swap for the s2k, or i saw a guys s2 the other day with an LS2 vette motor in it, it was sick man, 460 to the wheels and only weighed 189 lbs heavieer than the stock motor so the weight didnt change much for what he did, but he had to havily mod the frame, still it was amazingly put together.

09-03-2007, 08:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
s2000isu Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: pa Posts: 1,171	why not use a ls7? I am not a fan of the supra swap. Just seems like bragging rights on the dyno to me but to each his own I guess.

09-03-2007, 09:33 PM	#9 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,432	Stewie's lackin' in only one area (N' no. It's not the power tonneau cover). Stewie's credentials r' impressive, but we've all seen it as a topic of too many posts to be jus' idle talk: Stewie jus' doesn't have power relative to the rest of it's runnin' gear. Stock, Stewie's a sweet package, but there's never a time when you come away from a serious session'a pushin' it without feelin' that it could really benefit from a substantial chunk'a additional power. That said, when "improvin' it", it can come a point when, if you fail to step back n' look'it where it is you wanna be goin', you can turn a graceful epee into a clumsy claymore. I've always admired the attributes of Stewie, n' I'm all for enhancin' 'em, but what good does somethin' like a 2Jz, a Hemi, r' any weighty big block engine if it's providin' power that can't be hooked up n' the extra weight takes away from the car's most basic intention: layin' waste to chicanes. To me, anyway, it ain't about braggin' rights, bench racin', the challange of fittin' a square peg in a round hole, parkin' lot hood'zupp show-me-yours-n'-I'll-show-ya-mine, r' tire smokin' contests: It's dealin' with those durned twisty roads that keep poppin' up all'a time. But this is my personal poison. As isu so correctly puts it: "To each his own". (Soon isu. 'Big case'a godda) Be well. Java

09-04-2007, 05:47 AM	#11 (permalink)
berdener Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 19	guys I have just found out that due to the custom regulations, easiest place to import an engine is Germany. Do any of you guys know a place, shop, company,whatever that I can get an engine shipped from in Germany? I got around 7 or 8 grand for this and I really dont need 900hps 450 atmost would do but it has to be strong I dont wanna blow it. Thanx

09-04-2007, 07:00 AM	#12 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,432	I suspect that the Corvette LS2 isn't a 283 r' a 327 FI. Probably the Cheetah engine, right? LS2? Now what's an LS2? (Dunno whut it is, but I jus' love when Chevy talks like that) Be well. Java

09-04-2007, 04:33 PM	#13 (permalink)
s2000isu Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: pa Posts: 1,171	LS2 is the motor from the 06 corvette. The new corvette motor is a ls3

09-04-2007, 06:37 PM	#14 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,432	I can appreciate that isu, but what's the current C.I. that the 'Vettes r' runnin'? I know this is gonna be a major guffaw, but, last I heard'a 'Vettes was 350s with slant plug heads. 'Guess it's been awhile. So what's the LS2 spec? N' what's so special about the LS3 that it's replacin' the LS2? (Yeah, I know: Bigger! Better! Improved!) Thanks n' be well. Java

09-04-2007, 07:22 PM	#15 (permalink)
s2000isu Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: pa Posts: 1,171	Honestly I dont like chevy hahaha. But I dont know how many c.i never read up on how much gm said the zo6 was 427 cubic inches but I dont recall seeing the ls2. From what I heard the ls3 has a little more power but I dont think it was a huge jump. I personally think theyre gonna use the ls2 in the camaro and they couldnt have the same motor in the vette and camaro. Mind you I am talking totally out of my rear and for all I know they have already published what motor is going in the camaro and I am way off.

09-04-2007, 07:55 PM	#16 (permalink)
s2kman000 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 18	wohhh....java, im a hardcore honda boi too, i also belive like you to not change alot.you wont catch me pulling my boosted F20 outta the bay any day. i was just awnsering the guy when he asked what kinda swaps were out there so i told him what i have seen and where he can contact them, so cool your pistons. GOMARLIN ill have to wait till next time i see him and ill snap a photo for you, its put together very well. also guys look for some sick footage that i got of me and the guys in the 'O' town (orlando). im ganna try to post it as soon as i can.

09-04-2007, 09:25 PM	#17 (permalink)
Java Junky Resident Curmudgeon Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Joisey Posts: 5,432	Aaaaay Kman! I kind'a figured that that's what was goin' on, but, by now, you guys know that if I can write a book when only a few words're necessary . . . 'Godda admit that what I saw of the 2Jz swap that was on the site for a bit looked like real quality work. 'Made me wanna go out n' get heavily inta rubber investments, y'know? N' for the record: except for my appreciation of Stewie, I'm not really fond'a Honda (fond'a Honda . . . gedditt?) I'm ol' school Ford blue oval by heritage (My dad was n' that's jus' how it goes, don'cha know?) but until such time as Ford sees it's way clear to build a light, cornerly appointed 2 seat roadster . . . yeah, not bloody likely. (Does anybody remember the *original* Mustang that previewed at the shows before the street-goin' version showed up in showrooms back in '63/'64? It was a rear-engined 2 seat roadster with proportions remarkably similar to a certain German rear-engined sportscar. Okay, okay . . . so it was a 2 seater n' it had it's engine in the rear. Should'a/would'a/could'a.) Be well. Java