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Posted by: McMark Dec 5 2016, 08:08 PM

I'm loving this build and thought y'all might too.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRHfdoZrb4Y

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Dec 5 2016, 08:10 PM

A Japanese engine in a German car?? Who ever heard of such a thing?

Posted by: Steve Dec 5 2016, 08:43 PM

Curious why? The S2000 is an awesome handling car. Must of been a wrecked car. What are the plans for the BMW? It looks like a trasher race car. If its a race car what will it compete against?

Posted by: BigFour1973 Dec 5 2016, 09:00 PM

the f20c motor from the s2000 was pretty bad ass. Over 100 hp per liter, 9000 redline, Honda reliability and without doing any work to the bottom end it will take upwards of 600hp.

I think one guy on the world had done this swap. I tossed around the idea of that motor for my car, but I'm going to keep a flat four in there

Posted by: ConeDodger Dec 5 2016, 10:10 PM

That's cool! You're barely hitting 3K rpm in that video. That thing is going to scream!!

Posted by: Mike Bellis Dec 6 2016, 08:14 AM

Cool build!

I noticed your new shop looks a lot like your old one.

Posted by: McMark Dec 6 2016, 08:21 AM

Yeah, I noticed that too.

Spent yesterday cleaning, and I'm fixing to do some more today.

Posted by: JmuRiz Dec 6 2016, 08:24 AM

Very cool!
To finish it off you should put a quiet muffler and resonator on it to make it kind of a sleeper

Someone at the local Cars and Coffee (Katies in Great Falls) did something similar with a Nissan drivetrain:

Posted by: jd74914 Dec 6 2016, 09:17 AM

Super cool!

Any chance you could post up some pictures of the engine install, etc.?

Posted by: McMark Dec 6 2016, 12:05 PM

The engine itself fits in pretty easily. The transmission forced some major reworking of the center tunnel. We had a hybrid driveline fabricated with a S2000 front half and a 2002 back half. It's actually a pretty easy swap overall, as long as you're not the type who's crazy about making things look like they're supposed to be there.


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Posted by: blackmoon Dec 6 2016, 12:10 PM

QUOTE(McMark @ Dec 6 2016, 10:05 AM)

The engine itself fits in pretty easily. The transmission forced some major reworking of the center tunnel. We had a hybrid driveline fabricated with a S2000 front half and a 2002 back half. It's actually a pretty easy swap overall, as long as you're not the type who's crazy about making things look like they're supposed to be there.

Posted by: jmill Dec 6 2016, 01:09 PM

Awesome work! I'd drive the hell out of it.

Posted by: Chris H. Dec 6 2016, 02:18 PM

Looks fun. Love the concept.

Here's another nice one to start with:

http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/cto/5893622650.html

No affiliation, just my daily CL search.

Posted by: McMark Dec 6 2016, 02:46 PM

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Posted by: Mueller Dec 6 2016, 04:40 PM

QUOTE(Steve @ Dec 5 2016, 06:43 PM)

Posted by: Mueller Dec 6 2016, 04:41 PM

Great job Mark, that car should be fun!

Posted by: ssuperflyoldguy Dec 6 2016, 05:50 PM

QUOTE(Mueller @ Dec 6 2016, 03:41 PM)

Posted by: cali914 Dec 6 2016, 10:29 PM

Nice swap and don't worry about the bashers usually jealous if they have something negative to say about your quest for auto hapiness

Posted by: jpnovak Dec 7 2016, 02:23 PM

I think this is very cool. Been looking for a clean 2002 to have some "liberty" with. This looks right in line with a project I would do. Carry-on...

Posted by: ConeDodger Dec 7 2016, 03:19 PM

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