crazy idea, H22 Options

[Rayme]

I was thinking about that..crazy idea... how hard could it possibly be to drop a Honda H22 in a 6th gen?

With its lightweight body that thing would be crazy . I think most problems would come with the shifter linkages and finding some kinda way to make the axels fit...

[Smlogg]

Anything is possible with money. The celica isnt really a "light" body car. Its lightish, but its nothing special. I can forsee a lot of problems with this idea if you plan to run it over a long period of mileage. Its a lot of custom fabbed parts that won't be optimized or specialized for a purpose: fabbed parts for this kinda thing are usually just made to "make it work" not for durability and longevity.

Of course, more importantly would it even fit in the celica without causing cramping? You might run into heat problems, not to mention having to custom make a downpipe as well.

In fact the more I think of it the more problems keep coming to mind that would just cause excessive wear to other components in the car. You'd also be stranded and on your own completely if something broke down, no mechanic anywhere would touch that without huge sums of money for custom work. The whole thing would be a pain in the ass.

And as has already been said, 3sgte is more power for less and an easier swap. Its superior on all levels. If you want to use the honda engine though, why not use a honda car?

Oh and of course, it would be highly illegal and probably eventually impounded and crushed if you used it for anything other than sanctioned racing courses and auto shows for any period of time. Then byebye tons of money invested in a car that wouldnt retain the value anyways.