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 IS200 Engine Swap - opinions please! [The New Guy!]
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Thu, 03 June 2004 03:19
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Hey All
*waves*
Another new member here; allow me a brief introduction.
Sydney based.
Car fanatic, strangely enough, love all cars but mostly Jap. Driven lots, owned a few too. Often seen hanging around a few members of this forum, and driving with various members of the local MX5 and RenaultSport Clio clubs (love those cars!)
Prefer windy to straight line driving. Love good handling and good feed back, but never met an extra KW or NM i didn't like. Been hanging around too many turbo SR/RB and 1/2J owners in the past, and the whoosh of turbo's is rather contagious, but of late, have begun to appreciate the wonders of NA performance.
Last car was a Cressida MX83 (7MGE) Grande, and after a few months of driving a bunch of work and loan cars including, notably a 285kw GenIII  , i am now the proud owner of an 01 IS200 Sports 6spd, man 
Having driven the IS200 and 300 quite a bit previously, (including some laps around Eastern Creek), the IS200 was my only choice since it has the handling and the 6 speeder, and the price was somewhat more affordable. Still, finding a manual in good nic was no easy task!
So - I plan, of course, to sort out that problem in the engine bay called a 1G-FE. As i see it, my choices are as follows:
- Forced induction of 1G-FE via supercharger (TTE) or custom turbo kit
- Swap with 3S-GE
- Swap with 1JZ
- Swap with 2JZ
I know Shane and Graham are in the throws of doing just such a swap, however my number one concern is the weight of the JZ engines. Have been unable to find exact figures on all engines, what i HAVE found is that the JZ engines weigh about 185-200kg, depending upon who you are talking too and if they have included the gearbox in their weighing.
Anyway, the main reason i chose this car was for the handling, and since this is of number one concern, i am leaning towards the 3S option (essentially turning the car into an RS200). Having said that, the torque of the JZ engines would make things easier around town... but turbo motors aren't the best for balancing on the throttle on the winding road... i'm kinda conflicted.
So PEOPLE! Opinions please, as to what i should consider that i haven't already. So far, discussions have concluded that the 1J is the best bang for buck option, which offers the most tuning potential for the least weight penalty. But i would like to hear more cases made for the 3S option - don't know much about the BEAMS engine, does it take kindly to mods, and would it be easy to mod if for more power without sacrificing to much low down torque, since it doesn't have much to begin with.
*phew*  - if you've made it this far, why not post a response?!
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Nark | Thu, 03 June 2004 23:29 |
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KOFFEE-BLACK | Thu, 03 June 2004 08:27 |
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ae86drift | Thu, 03 June 2004 09:32 |
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Thunderbird2 | Thu, 03 June 2004 09:50 |
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deesonet | Thu, 03 June 2004 10:38 |
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KOFFEE-BLACK | Fri, 04 June 2004 16:40 |
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KOFFEE-BLACK | Fri, 04 June 2004 22:46 |
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gianttomato | Fri, 04 June 2004 23:03 |
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takai | Sat, 05 June 2004 00:40 |
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gianttomato | Sat, 05 June 2004 01:04 |
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deesonet | Fri, 04 June 2004 23:29 |
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charliechalk | Sat, 05 June 2004 08:08 |
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gianttomato | Fri, 28 October 2005 05:42 |
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