- Yo, Greg, if you could stop (beeping) complaining
about the heat, it was like the (beeping) Arctic
12 seconds ago.
(men laughing)
- (laugh) (bleep) the (bleep) was that?
- (There gerrs Derkerterrrr)
- Ermagerd nooooooo.
- (rap music playing)
- (engine revving)
- So you want to do an engine swap (clears throat).
If you're watching this video I want you to know
that my heart goes out to you.
Because you're gonna hate it. Like your life.
It's one of the most challenging things in the world,
your patience is going to be tested,
you're going to experience a roller coaster of emotions,
you might even feel like giving up,
starting the whole thing on fire,
and filing an insurance claim.
As if that's going to work which you probably,
I mean, it could work but the odds of
you actually getting the insurance money will never pan out.
Engine swapping a car
is probably one of the most painful things to do.
And even though people will say that it's not, it is.
I mean whether you're LS swapping, 2JZ swapping,
or anything else under the sun
there's some things that you'll probably
have to keep in mind if you plan on motor swapping your car.
So lets just get this out of the way;
it's going to be a pain in the (bleep).
There's just no way around it.
If you're swapped an engine before
and you tell me that you didn't have issues you're a liar.
Because I know that there's going to be one of you down
in the comments saying that you one time swapped an LS7
into your 99 Civic and you had no issues.
You can just (bleep) right off
cause there's no (bleep) way that actually happened.
First things first, you're gonna wanna choose
your right engine that you want to jump into.
Not every car is gonna be able to handle a lot of the power.
Some car's suspension, they're rigidity,
or breaks just can't handle a high powered engine.
So when you're looking for a car to engine swap people tend
to gravitate towards those that have a lighter weight
because of the power to weight ratio.
That's why dachsunds are such a great platform
in case you guys wanted to know.
Also keep in mind that not every engine swap makes sense
because you can't just take any car
and toss any engine into it.
Shocking, I know.
So if you think you can just find yourself an LS3
and start dropping it into a 370Z just like that,
you probably are gonna wanna reconsider.
Same reason that when Dakota ran outside
of the building to go grab his phone and now come back in,
he can't because we're filming a video.
If you wanna be internet famous then go for it
but just remember that a lot of engine swaps
don't make a ton of sense.
So just be mindful and do your research when you're looking
at a car to start your project.
The engine is a little bit ,like, trickier.
Obviously you're going to have to opt for
a high out horse power application
because if your engine's floppy you're not going
to go to a smaller horse power because
you're not a nerd.
You can find a pretty good chunk
of information on the internet.
The first step is actually researching
whether an engine will fit in a certain car and
sometimes it end up going down the rabbit hole
and the next thing you know you're thinking of
spending $50,000 on a set up and it
just doesn't make sense,
but you wanna be internet famous
so, I mean, it could be a possible chance.
Anyway if you can't find it on the internet
you're gonna have to do some measuring.
You're gonna have to make sure that if it clears the hood
that it's not gonna sit too low on the ground
or scrape the oil pad across the road
whenever you drive the car.
There's firewalls, shock towers that can get in the way.
You're new engine fitting, actually getting into place,
your cooling, all that stuff is actually gonna matter.
Which if you don't care about that
right? If you're just here to say send it, you can send it
you're just not gonna send it well
because once you actually do all that and you realize
that it doesn't fit you're gonna have a terrible time.
You're gonna cut everything, you're gonna hammer everything,
I remember doing it.
You're gonna hammer absolutely everything
to make something fit
and then you're gonna wonder why
your actual gas pedal leg doesn't fit appropriately
with the gas pedal because there's this
hammered out section in the tunnel
because your dumb(bleep) thought it was a great idea
to hammer out your tunnel well and it just didn't pan out.
Besides firewalls and shock towers getting in the way
there's a couple other things
that you have to take into consideration like the seating of
the actual motor. The things that can't be moved out
of the way at all unless you relocate them like batteries
and radiators.
So once you figured out all of that
you're pretty much good to go, right?
I mean, no.
Because you're going to have to think about
accompanying wiring harness, manifolds, ECU,
stuff like alternators, starters, distributors.
You will have to think about the transmission.
Shocking, I know.
Usually it's just to stick with any of the same manufacturer
of the engine which makes sense
but then you actually have to place that stuff
into the car which does not always line up
if you imagine that you have an engine
that's about kaput length
and then you have a transmission
that adds about kaput length
and your car is only kaput length.
You're gonna have some issues.
Your old exhaust is also gonna have to be a pain
in the (bleep)
because it's more than likely gonna have to come apart
and get reassembled and you just can't go buy
and buy an exhaust kit
you have to go get one fabricated because it's different.
Just like you're different because it just has to be unique
because you decided to engine swap your car.
Then you're gonna have to think about actually
tucking your wires and making sure that they don't,
you know, light on fire
because every time you motor swap a car
there's wires all over the place
and then you end up wiring it to the point of
where you wouldn't be able to access it again
if you needed to,
so you better pray that you do it right the first time.
Now you might scream and throw tools across, you know,
your neighbors yard and get really mad
because you're having a panic attack
because of everything that's happening
but you'll be fine because once you figure out how
to get the old engine out and you figured out how
to get the new engine in
and fit everything into the place
you're gonna have to get new brackets
that match your engine, you're gonna have to
get new mounting points to match all the stuff to it,
you're gonna have to figure out good, like, other things
that you never thought you'd have to think about before
like fuses, and different stuff, and gas lines,
and your gages, and making sure all that stuff works
because you decided to engine swap a car.
You're gonna have to figure out how to communicate
with the new engine with an ECU which could be as simple
as, like, a cable swap or could end up being
an entirely electronic control throttle body which is about
as fun as it (clears throat) sounds.
Some vehicles have adaptor kits out there as well
which is good depending on what sort of engine
you're swapping into the car
but it doesn't always pan out that way.
And a lot of times you have to remember that all of this
comes together into this Behemoth, this Frankenstein,
this thing that you think works or pray it works.
Once you've actually figured out how to get everything
running and then the power to the wheels
and then you figure out how to link everything to the car
without zip ties, zip ties is cheating,
you have to also think about the cooling them
which is gonna be terrible
cause there's likely no room for it.
The radiator hoses in heat and all that sorta stuff
are usually gonna need to be done custom to the vehicle.
You're gonna end up finding yourself that the AC
and the power steering are probably not gonna match up
with it either. Which means that it's probably going
to have to go.
I'm sorry.
Mechanical steering pumps might not fit
with the hood and AC compressors just won't fit
with it either. It's another thing to be totally dependent
on what car and what platform you end up using
but more than likely you're going to end up finding yourself
with less hair than you did when you started
and you're going to have non of the amenities
that you once had
because it's going to be a pain in the (bleep).
You wanna know why?
Would you like to know why?
It's because you decided to engine swap your car.
Now there might be some purists out there saying "no. No.
You can do it without a problem,
this guy doesn't know what he's talking about,
he's probably swapped terrible in the past,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah".
I'm just, you know, I'm just being real with you guys okay?
If you don't use a hammer and you don't have, like, 6 rolls
of electrical tape while you're engine swapping a car
you just haven't gotten to the hard part yet.
You can pretty much expect nothing to go right
and you'll be fine.
And let's not forget about that fact of that
one guy, that one thing,
it's like an umbrella kind of encompasses our roads
it's called, I think, the government
and (clears throat) they love us.
And our totally legal, not obnoxious,
under the radar cars and modifications.
You know, like when you finally get your air suspension
and drive around as low as possible
and next thing you know you're stopping on the side
of the road looking at your rear view because there's
a raring red and blue light.
Like, cops don't like engine swapped cars
because usually it's pretty easy to tell
that they're highly illegal.
So if you live in a state that actually cares,
(clears throat) California, you're probably not going to
have the best of times. So when swapping an engine
has to meet both the admissions for itself and the car.
- (man in background) You should (inaudible) swap it!
- (laughs)
- (man offscreen) (inaudible)
- So now that you've thought about all of that
and your brain is hurting just as much as mine
and you're sitting there contemplating your life choices
because you've probably already bought the thing
that you end up swapping because you're 20 years old
and thought that it'd be a great idea
to do while you're in college. Let me just reassure you
that everything is going to be okay. We promise.
Because don't panic.
All you need is a little bit of patience, a lot of beer,
some friends, and you'll be fine.
Engine swapping your car is actually one
of the most hilariously fun and exciting things you can do
to a car if you're willing to take the risk.
And if you don't mind your garage
looking like a bomb just went off in it
because there's parts everywhere and your 10 mil
is somehow gone every 6 minutes, you're going to
enjoy engine swapping a car.
Now, it probably won't be the most enjoyable thing
in the world and your friends will probably make fun of you
because it's broken all the time.
But when it finally gets running,
when it's finally behaving the way it's supposed to,
and it's finally finished and it looks like it's supposed to
and it's driving and it's cooling and the speedometer works
and the turn signals are working
and the transmission isn't grinding
and you're thinking to yourself
"Oh my god this is so exciting" you're gonna realize
that you forgot to change your fuel pump.
And you're gonna run out of fuel because your gas,
you have no gas in your gas tank.
(clears throat) I've done that before.
We hope you guys enjoyed don't forget to check out
fitmentindustries.com if you're looking for
wheels, tires, suspension.
Drop a comment if you've ever engine swapped a car
or if you haven't and you're thinking about it.
Let us know what you think otherwise if you wanna
give us some video ideas, I mean we're about it
I don't care, it'd be a pretty exciting thing to do
I'm Alex from Fitment industries (hands rubbing together)
we will see you later. Peace.