engine swap

[Mando]

Has neone herd of doin an engine swap to the tC im thinkin about doin it.
neone kno wut engine would work for the tC

[JDub86]

I have not heard of any engine swaps for it yet. It would be cheaper to probably just turbo your current engine.

[satyr1ne]

there was a chick i heard of that blow her engine cuz she blew it while it was turbo charged. she just swapped for the same engine tho and re-turbo charged the new engine

[Kosterfield]

Would you be able to fit the V6 out of a Camry in there?
Not that it would be a very logical thing to do, but just a thought.

[Mando]

I herd a celica engine might work what u all think?

[nrgwar]

just stay with the stock motor it is a big ass 2.4 maybe swap out the 3.0 motor ?

oh maybe you could drop the 22re 4cly motor that toyota uses in there small trucks maybe do a 4x4 or all wheel drive mod w00t

[Mr. Frost]

i think an IS motor works...will cost a shitload tho

[panda]

this topic pops up everywhere about once every two weeks...i heard of a million ppl talkin about it...but no one has done it :no:

[xX EL HeFFe Xx]

The V6 idea is only a good idea!!! It would cost entirely way to much money unless it was given to u, and take half the money or all of it that you would want to invest in a new motor and just do up your curent motor!!!

[Krazylowgsx]

if you are seriouse aboutswapping a motor nto your tc, you need to research a bit! you can't say.. "i want to do a motor swap in my tc", and then follow it up by... "what would fit".

man, if you want to make the car faster, throw a turbo kit on it. if you want to make it haul ass, throw a turbo kit on it, and build the motor. if you want to go out and whoop down a new shelby mustang or a modded Z06, build the motor, install a huge turbo, upgrade the trannsmission, run new fuels lines, run like 28psi of boost, and hope you get traction (which you wont on the street).

a motor swap would be cool, but if your main purpose is to make your car go faster, there are alot more cost effective ways to do so.

[Nebster]

there is a guy on SL taht put a v6 out of an accord in it. horrible power improvement for what he got but whatever. it has been done.

i'd put my money towards a rwd first

[black box]

Build the engine for twin turbos, horsepower walks while bullshits talks

[nrgwar]

i am stickign with do a 1990 toyota pick up 4x4 22re swap & make it all wheel drive w00t mad props if you do this ;)

[Krdshrk]

Put in a tundra motor. That's what Chris Rado and Kenny Tran have done in their pro FWD tC's.

But be prepared to spend like $10k on it.

[Space Cadet]

I though I heard they used a Solara engine in the Rado time attack car... or in one of the drag cars, I can't remember exactly...

[THansenite]

Like Ben said, a guy put a V6 in his tC. The guy is from Chicago and if I remember correctly, works at a shop that does crazy engine swaps. He had a lot of problems to overcome, but he did it. He is the only one that I know of.

As far as a RWD setup in a tC, it would be really tough because of how the underbody of the car is. It would take A LOT of work to get a driveshaft to work under the car. However, with enough money, anything is possible.

[J3ST3R]

I herd a celica engine might work what u all think?

2000-2005 the only motor available was a 1.8L and the highest hp was 180, seems like an awful lot of work and money to squeeze out a whopping 20hp. The only SMALL benefit I could possibly see is that the GT-S offered a 6speed manual tranny, but for the money, would not even be worth it. Now maybe doing the 3.0L TT motor out of the Supra, and going rwd.....now that would be a swap!

[Krdshrk]

That would be.... Brad Personett's Scion tC RWD Drag racer :p

[_Keith_]

IT has been done........

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/mhlatowu/DSCF2145.jpg

This guy started but never finshed from what we know...
http://www.v6performance.net/forums/showthread.php?t=84424

[rhythmnsmoke]

Dumb IDEA! 2.4L 2az if potent enough on boost. Only thing worth swapping would be to make it RWD or AWD. Celica motor like Jester mentioned is a freakin 1.8L (high compression so it does not favor boost), and has little tQ compared to the stock 2.4L already in the car. Might have 20 more HP, but not enough tQ to push around a heavy car like the tC.

[Joe xtC]

2JZ and a Shot of Nos? Or should I say 2 Jay-Z and a Shot of Nas?
http://xexyz.com/temp/1172605311421.jpg

[Space Cadet]

IT has been done........

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v688/mhlatowu/DSCF2145.jpg

This guy started but never finshed from what we know...
http://www.v6performance.net/forums/showthread.php?t=84424

I am very curious about how this car will operate when its 'finished'.