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Engine swaps are extraordinarily rare outside of custom cars. Swaps are far from simple affairs unless the car was designed to accommodate such custom work. B
by sandworm101 5y ago
Engine swaps are extraordinarily rare outside of custom cars. Swaps are far from simple affairs unless the car was designed to accommodate such custom work. But in reality ICEs are such a mature technology that engines now regularly outlast the rest of the car. Sure, external aspects sometimes need bits and pieces (fuel/coolant pumps, sensors etc) but the days of replacing cylinder heads or thrown rods are long gone. Even blown gaskets are almost not a thing anymore.
- pas 5y ago"Interestingly" most problems with ICE are almost completely electronic. (Sensors, circuits, and the occasional electric motors.) Because the mechanical components are so well optimized "away".
- pengaru 5y agoThey meant engine swap using the same engine make/model. Swapping in a used or new one as a unit to replace the old one, without getting bogged down in details of engine internals. That's not unusual at all, and is actually a rather easy task even DIY hobbyists take on at home. I personally swapped out the motor on my turbo miata in a weekend after cracking a piston, using nothing but plain hand tools and some rachet straps thrown over a rafter as a hoist. The used low-mileage replacement was found locally for $250 and ran strong, bolted right in. The only fiddly bit was I had to drill and tap the oil return hole in the oil pan for the aftermarket turbo. On another occasion I swapped an 05 motor into an 04 R1 for a friend, another small weekend project, didn't even get the floor wet. Modern ICEs are quite well contained, loosely coupled (though less so on exotics/superbikes with stressed member engines), consistently affixed (within generations) modules. Mass production kind of forces this outcome. You can swap them out easily.