S2000 Engines
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SebringMG

Original Poster:

10 posts

243 months

Friday 3rd June 2005
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Any one now how easy it would be to transplant an S2000 engine into another rwd car ? Thinking of putting one in my MGB however as it is a VTEC would re-mapping the ECU be a problem? my MG is getting on for 250 kg lighter so figure the standard map would not be entirely satisfactory.

havoc

31,967 posts

252 months

Friday 3rd June 2005
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ECU is the least of the fitting problems.

Getting a piggy-back or an a-market ECU is probably the way to go.

Mark Benson

8,165 posts

286 months

Friday 3rd June 2005
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Kit car guys have been discussing this here:-

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=179919&f=30&h=0

stevieturbo

17,834 posts

264 months

Friday 3rd June 2005
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I'd be thinking along the lines of.....Is it a typical Honda engine that rotates anti-clockwise ?

You want your MGB to go forwards, not backwards. Mapping wouldnt be a major concern with the many aftermarket ecu's available.

nighthawk

1,757 posts

261 months

Friday 3rd June 2005
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The K20 engine rotates in a conventional fashion, so problems there.

As for remapping a PCM, the variable valve timing on both cams and cam lift take some working out, the Hondata K-pro is the way to go with regards to a remap of the control module.

dinkel

27,520 posts

275 months

Saturday 4th June 2005
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http://britishv8.org/swaps/joesspit.htm

'63 Spitfire is not an MG but hey - take a look anyways . . .