SPIKE said:
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Yeah the swap cost would not be worth it, would rather Turbo a beta and smoke the hell out of that thing sorry
I think you'd have a little bit less realiability issues.
Why is it that everyone seems to think turboing our cars are going to be so damned easy. If in fact it is just THAT EASY and THAT cheap, why hasn't anyone done it? The ones who thought about it, and seemed to have the chutzpa to do it, AND finally got the money, seemed to have bought things, oh... Like, other cars?
Don't get me wrong, wonderful plan and yay, an idea. I'd probably do it if I had the gobs of money it'll take for all the dyno time and parts and labor. Oh, and not to mention another car as a daily driver. But jesus folks.. Everytime someone mentions "Oh wow, let's do an engine swap," someone has to come out and say it'd be cheaper to turbo it. If this were the case most of the time, why do you see Honda kids swapping instead of turboing their smaller engines? There is bound to be a huge surplus of turbo crap for their cars, but they swap. Hmmm... On another note, before that gets flamed. How much could a used 2.7 V6 possibly cost from some creep who wrapped himself around a tree? How much do you REALLY think fabricating engines mounts will cost? labor is probably going to be the same regardless.. Unless you happen to know a nice mechanic who works for beer.