Hi.. that's me. I'm driving one of those "drift cars." I built my little rice box specifically for STU with the specific intention of swapping in one of these engines- which was allowed under the 2008 and 2009 rules until they re-worded the rules to include only US-spec engines.
Why am I asking for an alternate engine?
Can you name me ONE sub-3L Nissan engine that fits in a RWD chassis and makes more than 200hp for under $5000.
go ahead. start looking. you won't find one. I've been hopping up Nissans for 12 years now and haven't seen one yet.
Mazda 3 has an engine with more power than that, stock. So does BMW. Hondas rev to 12 million rpms so they get there too.
The engine I asked for is not an uber-engine. There are a hundred thousand or so of them out there. It was the engine that came in this chassis from the factory for EVERY OTHER COUNTRY IT WAS SOLD IN. The US/Canada is the ONLY place they put the KA24DE in this car. Europe, Japan, Africa, and Australia all got the SR20DE (non-turbo) or SR20DET (turbo).
The reason they're so popular here is because they're relatively cheap (you can swap one from $1000 to $5000, depending on condition), they make good power- on pump gas no less, and they're RELIABLE.
I'm not wanting to do the swap because it would crush the competition.. It would merely put Nissan on a level playing field with the power/liter that Subaru, Mazda, Audi, VW, and Mitsubishi are putting out with their small-bore turbo engines.
Excuse me, Old World Thinking... Japan would like through please.
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