swap an xb?

[I wanna drift]

Has anyone tried swaping motors in a xb/xa? such as a 4age.

[bB626]

why? i mean, the xB's engine is a high-revving engine, like 4A-GE, but slower...

[jethro b]

I'm kinda surprised no one has tried to put a whole nother drivetrain in the rear of an xB and make it all wheel drive with 216 stock hp.

[I wanna drift]

Originally Posted by bB626

why? i mean, the xB's engine is a high-revving engine, like 4A-GE, but slower...

alot slower even supercharged youre still stuck in the 17's. so I guess theres just not alot of interest in motor swaps.

[bbbox]

if people were actually looking to swap they'd more than likely go for a 240sx. sr20 is more popular. why swap an engine into a ff car that looks like a box which is more for daily drive?

[AYANG0003]

Originally Posted by I wanna drift

Has anyone tried swaping motors in a xb/xa? such as a 4age.

people have done it on xa and xb i have seen a 2zz motor on an xb and a xrs motor on an xb

[hPower]

You know what they say, where there is a will, there is a way. Ofcourse that requires some cash as well. I think a 4AGZE would be pretty pimp in the xB

[Undrstm8ed]

Originally Posted by I wanna drift

alot slower even supercharged youre still stuck in the 17's. so I guess theres just not alot of interest in motor swaps.

If your in the 17's and NOT living in Calif. you've got other issues to ammend even being N/A. You should start by getting rid of the huge box in the back and the 18" wheels and you might be surprised at what your xB is capable.


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- Thermal research full catback exhaust
- Denso iridium plugs
- GT spec front/rear strut braces
- GT spec frt. Lower 4 point brace
- TEIN S-tech springs
- Tokico HTS-105 Struts
- 15" Stock steelies painted Bronze w/beauty rings
- 205/50/15 Falken Azenis RT-615's

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- Spare tire
- Jack/tools


My best unrecorded time at this point has been 16.5/16.6 Now NO its not super fast and i'm not saying it is supposed to be. I know quite a few Civic owners with all the same bolt ons or better that are still in the 17.1/17.3 area. driver error? most likely. Poor setup? even more likely. Supercharged? should be at least 15.8 maybe even better. if not than for the Tag on it TRD should be doing more for the dollar. Personally you could jump it from 10.5:1 to 11.1:1 and get a few more out of it but that'll proll net you a about 3-5 more hp. The Celica GTS motor 00/+ is said to bolt in with minor modification. now your starting off with 180 @ the fly rather than the Stock 108@ hp and 105 ft lbs of torque. Like i said its not ment to be a fast car with its current platform motor but if your an Underdog kinda guy and your easily amused or impressed with small things doing decent to good things. the stokie 1.5 is not bad to play with. Problem is, it'll never fill the shoes of many of the quicker Civic brethern of the import world.

I think theres a boosted RS 1.0 Lava orange running a 14.6 on air ride and full of tvs around my area... so its claimed anyhow. And the reason why theres not a huge demand for swaps is two reasons. One difficulty in dealing with OBD IIb engine management. Two, Scions got everyone believing that all a scion is good for is gas milage and enough pretty little neon lighting to make a chinese strip club look bad... (NO insult intended)