FTEvolution wrote:Seriously, don't take Koolio the wrong way. If you have ever done an engine transplant and/or helped someone turbocharge a standard N / A mill, then you would know that the transplant is by far simpler.
Engine transplants (especially with these cars as the mountings between 6A12/6A13 or 4G93/4G63 are almost identical) are far simpler than turbocharging a standard engine as all you essentially do is plug and play (gross generalisation). Then just route the standard loom from the donor etc.
Turbo route requires fabrication of a manifold, mounting, oil lines, fuel issues, ANOTHER ECU AND WIRING. Oh, lets not forget tuning.
Bang for buck, the transplant is the better option. If you wanna be different, do whatever you want. But Koolio's opinon is valid IMO
Don't know why some of you are blasting me, FTevolution understood what I was saying.
The ones I gave a thumbs up to are the ones that are good bang-for-buck in terms of performance and ease.
My reasoning:
The 6a13 because it mounts up fairly well and is relatively easy to put in.
The 4g63t, while not as easy to mate to a fto it offers immense performance potential as well as heaps of aftermarket support making it a worthwhile future investment.
As for the ones I gave a thumbs down, I never said they were impossible to do or that they wont yield great results. I was trying to convey that they dont offer as much as a return of your investment in terms of performance gained for all the effort/money that was poured into them.
Its been generally accepted here that 6a13 and recently the 4g63t are great potential and efficient approaches to get max performance with the least fabrication/time/money/etc
Never discounted NA tuning an fto, just left it out as I don't want to compare NA projects to forced induction. Though I'm sure N/A fto's are great in their own right.
I'm sure if you had unlimited funds, you could successfully put a v8 in an fto with custom fabrication. Or you could turbo a 6a12 (mivec). But, for the average project seeker with 10 - 15 grand to burn, I'm sure a 6a13/4g63t would be a more rewarding approach (300+ kw/atw)
PS. When I said 6a12 i was referring to the mivec 6a12. Also, in regards to my research, I never performed any of these transplants myself or ever claimed to be an expert in this field, but through reading about many peoples experiences and witnessing their different projects, I was able to come to a informed conclusion which I summarised into thumbs up and thumbs down.
(summarising is foolish, I know.
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