krustindumm

http://www.americanlemans.com/News/Article.aspx?ID=2724

When you stick with it for 60 years your bound to get it right eventually.

Yeah the engine is a horribly outdated design, but it works. I like to think of it as a weight conscious engine. Push rods suck, but they weigh less than another camshaft, and that saves the weight of a larger cam drive setup. Same deal with the 2-valve head. It's not ideal, but it weighs less than 4, and it works. They can pump them up to 800hp and hold 8000rpm for hours, so you can't really argue with it.

If I build another 240sx it will get an LSx series engine. You just can't argue with the performance. You can have 350tq/350hp damn near stock, naturally aspirated, and reliable, or dump $$$ into an SR to get a peaky 250tq/350hp.

Jorsher

Not to mention, a LSx crx would scare some people when you pull up to them. Would an LS1 fit in the bay decently? Space is pretty cramped and the engine bays for domestics usually seem as large as the crx itself... I'm pretty sure I saw a crx before with a v8, can't remember what engine though.

jinxy

but would an ls1 even fit with the trans tunnel and everything? ----, you could probably link the tranny directly to the rear end.

Jorsher

Yeah that was my question. It fit a little better in the 96 hatch than I thought. Is it safe to cut out the firewall and have an engine sticking through it? If it was in a CRX it'd seem like the block would be roasting your nuts... Would hate to get into an accident, in a crx, when a block sitting less than a foot away. My accident wasn't at a horribly high speed and the block was broke off the mounts and pushed to the firewall.

Tom-Guy

Haha.

4th gen Camaros have one of the shittiest engine bays ever... only thing worse is a C4.

jinxy

how far it put them back in an EK would have you sitting on top of the rear wheels in a rex

krustindumm

Will definitly require a cage to keep it from twisting up, that solves the safety issue. As for the heat, just gotta cover the firewall & tunnel with some of that reflective ----. As for space, you might have to pull the engine to change the plugs, but they run platinums

seerex

Look at this first gen http://www.japaneseauto.com/87civicproject.html V6 turbo in the back.

stillnoturbo

^^ that's where I'm getting my 4G RWD bellhousing for my Z from.