What id like to see is a Evo IX Mivec engine in a small britsh car, IE. 72 Triumph Spitfire with a working AWD system. Do you know how fast that thing be? the little spitifires weights in @ 1500-1700 pounds!!! Even after you alter the frame and add the AWD system youd still be able to mange under 2000 pounds if you had a minor 500 HP Evo engine in it that be 500HP to 1700 pounds, better Power to weight Ratio then a Veyron, now If your really crazy put in a built up Evo engine with 700-900 HP and have a 1-2 ratio!!

 

That new Pikes Peak Electric car reminds me of something similar. Lightweight purpose built and AWD. May be some prototyping work for the XI going on there as well. Who knows?

 

Sad to see people feel that way instead of wanting to learn more about it or Embracing another's love of the EVO body styling and wanting to push it into another venue of motorsports.

 

I've been saying for years, 4G63T in a Super 7.

 

My uncle has a pair of old MGB GT's that he has been going to restore for ~20 years now. They both run and the sheetmetal is in pretty good shape but they both need work. Depending on how things work out when my contract overseas ends I might try to get him to sell me one and put a 4G in it.

Though, I don't really think he will sell me one if he finds out what I plan on doing.

 

Now that's a real post! Noobs take note.

 

People will do something different for the sake of being different. No matter how much it defies logic and common sense.

 

I would rather have a rwd 4g63 evo than an LS swap rwd evo, not that I would ever go that route. On the motor swap topic though, I do have a soft spot for 2jz s2000's

 

to each his own. i was never a fan of when people do this to the RX7s most definitely not a fan of evos taking this route

 

Drifting isn't a motorsport.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...31&postcount=9
It's judged, not timed.


I'd love to know what the weight distribution ends up being. That seems like the biggest downside of going RWD, other than the obvious. A 61/39 car does not seem like a great candidate for a RWD conversion.

 

The 2J has to be the most bastardized motor on another planet.

 

I find that description of drifting to be very accurate. However I don't believe that saying it is not a motorsport is fair.

I define motorsport as the use of a vehicle's performance in a competitive atmosphere. It doesn't matter whether it is measured by exact figures or by judges who have been given a set of criteria and use their own opinions.

Yes it is comparable to figure skating, but figure skating is still a sport.

 

id honestly be surprised if the ls1 weighed more then the 4g63. i did an ls1 swap into a s13 240sx, and gained 20lbs overall. thats an iron block/head ka24de with timing chain and 5 speed compared to a 346 5.7 liter aluminum ls1 and t-56 transmission. that 20lbs was definitely the transmission as its easily 40lbs over the 5 speed it replaced.

i wouldnt waste my time swapping an ls1 in an evo, the 4g63 makes plenty of torque and the all wheel drive is amazing as far as traction is concerned.



"to each his own. i was never a fan of when people do this to the RX7s most definitely not a fan of evos taking this route."

i dont know why you wouldnt be a fan of an engine that is 10x more reliable, creates about 100 ft lbs more torque throughout the ENTIRE rpm range, and gets better gas mileage.

i'll also say this, EVERY single time i am out at the track a rotary engined car blows up. i am not joking every time one goes bra bra bra bra vrooommm BOOOM! and oil is everywhere on the track. i dont agree with an evo swap but god damn the rx-7 chassis deserved better!

 

I like the ls motor in rx7's (built,tracked a lsx fd) and other rwd imports that have crappy oem powerplants, but makes less sense when you have a capable engine with awd

 

I've decided that IF I had an:

-Extra Evo Shell
-Extra LS1/Megasquirt System
-Extra T56
-Extra Ford 9"

Then I'd totally do this just to anger everyone.

Oh, and I'd stance it.

#hellaflush