I am particular with swapping body components MORE than I am with peoiple who swap motors. Motor swaps dont bother me much, because when the hood is closed you dont SHOW anything. The reasoning behind MOTOR swaps is simple, POWER.. its not about SHOW, its about FUNCTION. From there-on, its up to the OWNER to deal with any problem that should arise from a good (or bad) installation. If you chose the wrong motor and it does not bolt-in well, then YOU are the one who's going to have to deal with it. I am sure people who put RB motors in their 240's bitch about clearances, I am quite sure you have to remove the motor to work on a LOT of the inner components that arent reachable. But hey, thats THEIR problem.. not mine.
That is why I dont care too much about motor-swaps. I've seen plenty of V8 swaps for old 240Z and 280Z's, I dont hate on them. They are quite powerful and still balanced.. the motors are not as heavy as we TEND to think.
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Originally posted by S14Kyle
I don't care what you guys all think, but with me, personally, I believe that someone should keep the engines and components within the manufacturer of the car that you own. An example of good being a skyline gt-r engine in a 240sx, an example of bad being putting a toyota engine in a 240sx...
I also believe that it smears the names of the beloved manufacterers to mix and interbreed their engines and bodies. I hate the ricers that put rear ends and front ends of different makers on their car (ie. prelude with skyline front end).
This disheartens me to see such attrocities smearing the good Nissan name.
NOT THAT I DO NOT LIKE TOYOTA, I LIKE THEM A LOT.
It's just that my principles are not to mix cars with cars that arent bretheren... lol
Alright, just wondering what u guys all think about that.
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05-14-2003, 12:35 PM
