(slow rap beat)
- Do you have a car that lacks a certain amount of
♪ Power ♪ (electrical charge)
Does your car look fast but unfortunately,
is incapable, of accepting any modifications,
to make it go even the slightest bit faster?
Do you have a car, that has neither good looks,
or any power?
Well, first off, brother, I'm sorry.
And second, I may have a solution, for you.
And that is, to swap that (beep).
What is goin' on everybody?
Gels from Fitment Industries.
And we are back with another episode,
of "The Build Sheet," where we are going to be
going over, some of the top five engine swaps
you can do to your car.
(intense mechanics running) (dramatic high-energy music)
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Anyway! (hand clap)
When it comes to talking about engine swaps
or looking into what engine you should swap
into your car, you absolutely, like, cannot get away
without at least 45 people comin' at you
suggesting to do an LS swap, so.
With that being said, here we go.
Let's talk about the Honda K-series engines.
(finger snap) Got yer ass.
Don't worry, we'll talk about the American machine
in just a little bit but,
the Honda K-series engine is a very popular
go-to choice when it comes to the Honda C.
The Honda K20A2 first saw it's debut
in the United States in the early 2000's
with the release of the Honda RSX,
and then later re-badged, in the later years of the RSX,
as the K20Z1 from 2005 to 2000 and six.
The K-series of Honda engines has seen
quite a few variation throughout the years,
depending on like the year of the car,
the model of the car, and where
around the world the car was released.
Since you know Japan and all the other countries
of the world get to have like all the cool stuff
with the more horsepower and all of that.
And then we have to wait to import it,
and then it's always like way more expensive,
but that's, you know, a topic for a different video.
You can find yourself sitting with one
of the most sophisticated four cylinder engines
to ever come out of the automotive world,
landing yourself with either a two liter
or a two point four-liter, pushing on
anywhere between 197 and 222 horsepower.
Now, let's just back up for one quick second, shall we.
200 horsepower, that doesn't seem, you know, like
worth the time and money spent to do an engine swap with.
Well, here's the thing.
It's the aftermarket support and the amount of power
these bad boys can pump out that have proven themselves
for nearly two decades.
It rivals the following in performance
of the beloved Honda B-series motors.
The K-series really shines with aftermarket support,
especially when it comes to forced induction.
It's such a sought-after transplant for Civics, Preludes,
for Integras and even some Honda fits.
The only downside to the K-series being
that the overall price of the motor
is extremely high. (cash register ringing)
Due to the high demand for these engines,
and the amount of aftermarket parts needed
to swap one of these over to a different host,
will cost you a good chunka change to get it done.
Moving over to the world of the S-chassis,
we get our second engine of the day, and that is
of course, the Nissan SR20DET.
Fitted in the early 90's Silvia K's
and even some Pulsars, SR20 is a factory
turbo-charged four cylinder that
sports either a T25 or T28 Turbo.
Variable cam timing, it can pump out a whopping
245 horsepower straight from the factory.
With the engine code, SR, there you go.
20 coming from the two liter displacernt,
D for dual-overhead cams,
E for electronic fuel injection and of course,
T for the good ol' spooly boi that we can see
where the SR20DET gets its name.
We see the SR20 available in either front-wheel
or rear wheel drive applications,
making it almost a universal swap,
in the sense of drivetrain platforms.
Most commonly, however, they find themselves
sitting in the bays of either late 80's or easily 90's
S-chassis cars with a few of them ending up
in like some Miatas and some
older JDM cars of that era.
Although not the most powerful,
the SR20 is a proven motor
that many enthusiasts tend to go with,
as they can be picked up
for pretty cheap, (cash register ringing)
in the sense of an engine swap.
And if swapping into S-chassis car,
the whole process can remain relatively inexpensive.
The only downside with these engines
is really when it comes into swapping them
into something outside of the realm of a Nissan,
and trying to find one without (beep) ton
of miles on it, because they've
been around since the 90's,
and haven't been in production over ten years.
so finding parts and stuff like that
can get a little bit tricky.
Moving on to a fan favorite, the engine
to decimate all, (massive explosion)
the one that makes
the sweet-singing sound that
an inline 6-cylinder should,
followed by a symphony of explosions from the exhaust,
of course, we're talking about
the Toyota 2JZ. (two Jay-Zs coughing)
Now of course this engines needs really no introduction
as it is arguably the most talked about,
and most respected engine to come out of the JDM car.
In fact, the entire JZ line-up of engines
have really proven name for themselves,
whether it be the naturally aspirated 2J
or even the 1JZ.
But let's talk about the one that you care about the most,
which is, the 2JZGTE, which, of course,
is the factory turbo-charged three liter inline six,
made without one, but two turbos,
paired sequentially to get that power
throughout that whole power band.
2JZ knows (beep) ♪ Brother. ♪
- And even though it was only rated
at 180 horsepower originally,
which turned out to be completely false,
and when the engine was finally
brought to America and in the form
of the 880 Supra, which was sporting
bigger injectors, stronger turbos,
and a new cam set-up, this thing...
(snapping)
This glorious thing, which is the 2JZ,
ended up putting out 320 horsepower right out the gate.
Now, it's no surprise that 320 horsepower
even now very powerful, at the time,
was not going to make the 2JZ such a legendary engine.
The strength of the Toyota engine
has stood the test of time and is able
to push out astonishing horsepower numbers
with a stockbottom end, which is why we see
this such a common swap in an absolute
metric (beep) ton of JDM cars.
From old to new, now, of course, it's not cheap,
(cash register ringing) going to be expensive,
to not only find a full 2JZ drivetrain,
but to do the conversion, but my God,
I just want a 2JZFRS so bad!
Moving on to engine number four on the list,
which just so happens to be yet another JDM legend,
weird how that works, isn't it?
Like legendary cars, legendary engines.
But that is the Galatr, I mean, the Nissan RB26DETT.
Japanese manufacturers love
to use acronyms in their engine names, I swear.
Yet another turbo charged inline six
coming from Japan, but this time
with a two point six liter displacement.
With its host being the infamous Nissan Skyline GTR.
Throughout the 90's, the RB26
is just another one of those engines
that has proven itself time and time again.
With the capability of being pushed
into the 600 horsepower range
with really not too many modifications at all.
However, the cost of the modifications
and maintenance on these engines
is where it was its downfall.
It's an expensive platform, (cash register ringing)
Not only to maintain, but most importantly,
to modify it.
However, if you can fork out the dough,
you can find yourself dumping one of these
into any old Datsun, an S-chassis here or there,
or maybe, y'know, maybe just a classic Mustang.
How many "Fast and Furious" references
can I make in one video, I don't know.
But we're moving on to the fifth and final engine,
which is now the one that you've all been waiting for.
The engine that was built to make
our founding fathers proud,
the one that packs the punch
of at least a thousand (eagles screeching)
bald eagles, the total of fashion,
American LS.
That's right, ladies and gentlemen,
we had an American engine
(short whoosh) make the list.
First seeing its introduction in 1997,
and still being produced to this day,
the LS has stood the test of time
and has become one of the most
commonly swapped engine in existence
But why, because why not?
Well, actually it comes down to
not only the availability of these engines,
but the simplicity of these engines as well.
And the fact that they can be turned into something
of pure terror and horsepower and freedom.
There are many generations and variations
of the LS ranging from the LS1 to the LS6,
to the LS2 to the LS4, but most important,
there are two that you really, really care about
and you know exactly which two I'm talking about.
And that is, the LS7 and the LSX.
The eight cylinder, seven liter engine,
pushing out just over 500 horsepower
and 470 foot pounds of torque straight from the factory.
The perfect amount to make anyone's mullet twitch.
The LS is such a popular go-to engine swap,
simply because of its cost and the amount
of horsepower and torque that it can bring
to a vehicle without having to even touch modification.
(short whoosh) So, there you have it,
now that I got all worked up,
there's our top five list of some
of the best engine swaps that are currently out there.
And that people do still, to this day.
Let us know down in the comments below,
which engine you would swap into which vehicle,
if you had the choice and unlimited resources,
of course because, y'know, only one can dream, I guess.
But that's gonna wrap it up for today,
I'm Gels from Fitment Industries,
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