SR20 Rx-7?
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^ well the reason the swap costs so much isnt because the engine is wayy expensive you can find them for around 4K ish ( yeah its is pricey) but also to run the 20B without its original automatic transmission (whose control unit was wired to work together with the ECU) you have to run a standalone EMS, so now you have to make a Whole new harness to run that plus dyno tuning to get it to run right plus all the little junk.
all of that is $$$
all of that is $$$
that car=waste of money
20B=waste of money (for the average person)
SR20 in FC=money well spent......aslong as you don't go to the same shop that did that car
The piping on that car is horrendous, the car looks cheap, just nasty.
For all the 20B fanboys:
If you put the money you would spend on a straight stock 20B swap into a 13B swap you would have so much more power or extra goodies on a FC than the 20B, for example: stock 20B swap or TII motor, suspension maybe some bigger injectors, turbo, etc. or just knowing that you don't need to save up and spend so much god damn money that you don't need to......I guess weight could be a factor to add to but its not that much heavier than the 2 rotor to really matter
I would LOVE to see a magazine or site do a side by side comparison of what you can do with 2 FC shells with 20B and TII with price differences, power that can be made with the extra money, etc etc
I've seen the motors for $2,500-3,500 so yeah thats really not the big chunk of change, there's also mounts (which if you go from N/A to TII you don't need), front mount set up (TII motor come with top mount and if not the top mount is like $50+- and you can get a TII hood for about $150-200+ which is still cheaper than a new front mount set up), and labor for wiring, swap, dyno tuning, etc....
sorry to rant I just don't see the purpose of a 20B unless you have gobs of money to make it worth it.
20B=waste of money (for the average person)
SR20 in FC=money well spent......aslong as you don't go to the same shop that did that car
The piping on that car is horrendous, the car looks cheap, just nasty.
For all the 20B fanboys:
If you put the money you would spend on a straight stock 20B swap into a 13B swap you would have so much more power or extra goodies on a FC than the 20B, for example: stock 20B swap or TII motor, suspension maybe some bigger injectors, turbo, etc. or just knowing that you don't need to save up and spend so much god damn money that you don't need to......I guess weight could be a factor to add to but its not that much heavier than the 2 rotor to really matter
I would LOVE to see a magazine or site do a side by side comparison of what you can do with 2 FC shells with 20B and TII with price differences, power that can be made with the extra money, etc etc
I've seen the motors for $2,500-3,500 so yeah thats really not the big chunk of change, there's also mounts (which if you go from N/A to TII you don't need), front mount set up (TII motor come with top mount and if not the top mount is like $50+- and you can get a TII hood for about $150-200+ which is still cheaper than a new front mount set up), and labor for wiring, swap, dyno tuning, etc....
sorry to rant I just don't see the purpose of a 20B unless you have gobs of money to make it worth it.
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