"PS9" (PS9)
08/23/2013 at 05:05 • Filed to: None
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"PS9" (PS9)
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Why do people keep putting 2JZs in these? The usual reasons for a swap - the first engine was unreliable, not worth tuning, parts hard to source if it breaks - certainly doesn't apply to the straight 6s made in bravaria...does it? Could you not get similar HP numbers from a BMW straight 6 that you could from a Toyota? I don't get it...
Goshen, formerly Darkcode
> PS9
08/23/2013 at 05:11 |
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Because single-turbo 2JZs are worth four-digit HP numbers, that's why.
Z_Stig
> PS9
08/23/2013 at 05:41 |
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I don't like Toyota engines in BMW engines either, but the reason people do it is because it's way cheaper for go fast parts for the Japanese engine. But I'd rather have a naturally aspirated Bavarian monster myself.
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> PS9
08/23/2013 at 07:08 |
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Because they hate life.
oyumurtaci
> PS9
08/23/2013 at 07:48 |
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One fundamental reason is that old Japanese engines are massively overengineered while newer German engines are very finely engineered. The difference would be that the bottom end and internals of, say, a Supra or Skyline engine are capable of handling lots of tuning from day 1, while ze Germans tend to build their engines to a tune straight out of the factory with very little headroom. Significant power gains would require significant overhauling which adds up in money and time, while you can just slap a giant turbo and the necessary doodads (like, say, cooling) on an old 2JZ and call it a day.
Brian Tschiegg
> Goshen, formerly Darkcode
08/23/2013 at 10:40 |
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How far do they go before they explode?
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Goshen, formerly Darkcode
> Brian Tschiegg
08/23/2013 at 10:52 |
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They're daily driven.
BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
> PS9
08/23/2013 at 11:12 |
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Because it's easy. That's the main reason, and it's not one that impresses me.