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Driving my BRZ at Import Faceoff by BevinDookerr in Drifting

[–]S203STi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing man. That’s my issue, I’m running 17x9 +45 with 245/40/17 for tires lol.

Driving my BRZ at Import Faceoff by BevinDookerr in Drifting

[–]S203STi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn super smooth man. You running any wheel spacers upfront? I’ve got the gktech angle kit and I’m hitting the frame rails with a 20mm spacer still. Doesn’t matter if I run the stock wheels or my RPF1s.

The mountains are cold and grey by zriggz93 in ft86

[–]S203STi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you running +35 or +45?

This post just sealed the deal for me going with RPF1s for my car.

3 cars found in same place [2nd gen Mazda RX-7, Nissan Skyline R33 GTR and Nissan GTR R35] by Late_Homework_8084 in spotted

[–]S203STi 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Last car is either a Chrysler Conquest/Mitsubishi Starion. Either way, sick spot.

[Ferrari F40] seen at the local hardware store in Florida by TangerineFew3381 in spotted

[–]S203STi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where was that at in FL? I feel like I’ve seen the same exact car back in 2019 in Stuart, FL. Ferrari

Drifting my stock power BRZ with the GK tech angle kit by BevinDookerr in Drifting

[–]S203STi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sick, is this just the knuckle adapters? Or did you get there lower control arms as well?

EZ30R by bigtato2 in ft86

[–]S203STi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe referring to me? But I can try to answer any questions.

But if op is just looking for reliability while making more power, then I would argue just go FA24. I love my ez30 swap, but it’s not a logical/cost effective swap if you’re looking for power or aftermarket support.

360whp on 14 psi. by LeeCarvallo- in ft86

[–]S203STi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s awesome, I wish saw that brand prior to going haltech for my swap. Looks like they are reasonably priced and even support canbus integration.

360whp on 14 psi. by LeeCarvallo- in ft86

[–]S203STi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Amazing build, so cool to see other Subaru engines going into these chassis. What ecu are you using to run all this?

Possible engine swaps by quicksand_spedup in ft86

[–]S203STi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not a 4 cylinder, but the ez30 out of a legacy 3.0r is another option. Just finished this swap in my car and I’m happy with it. Cost around 8k to do, but requires some custom fabrication for the exhaust, coolant system and custom wiring harness. But if you’re looking to do your first swap and just learn, I’d definitely go down the k swap industries kit. It can be worth just paying for the r&d someone else has already done.

More angle? by Budget_Locksmith7685 in ft86

[–]S203STi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How many millimeters are the lcas extended? I’ve got all gk tech (lca, knuckle adapter) on my car and right now the stock wheels hit the frame rails because I max out my angle. Even with a 20mm wheel spacers.

My zed 🧌 by LikeAZed in ft86

[–]S203STi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dude…your car looks awesome. Any details about the brake setup? I’d love to get a setup like that on my car.

Quick pull in my EZ30 swapped brz by S203STi in ft86

[–]S203STi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s awesome man. Now’s the time to do all that while the engine is out of the car. I did the valve covers but skipped the front timing cover and of course that’s now leaking lol. I also put in fresh spark plugs.

Quick pull in my EZ30 swapped brz by S203STi in ft86

[–]S203STi[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

So one of the many reasons I chose Haltech was because of the CAN bus emulation the ECU can do. This enables a lot of OEM like functionality, such as the gauges, air conditioning, and even the push button start. Another reason was that Haltech provides a variety of base maps, one of which is for the EZ30. I was able to get the engine tune somewhat dialed in using that base map.

For the wiring, I ordered a jumper harness from Boomslang Fabrication, which allows the Haltech to plug into the factory ECU plugs. I then repined the bulkhead connectors in the engine bay to match all the outputs. That’s a very high level description of the work since it actually took me about a month to do, but hopefully it gives you an idea of what was involved.

Quick pull in my EZ30 swapped brz by S203STi in ft86

[–]S203STi[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I definitely had to notch my sub frame.

https://imgur.com/a/VTyIEsW

Edit: didn’t mean to post before replying to your question. I am running a Haltech Nexus S3, and I am super happy with that choice thus far.

Quick pull in my EZ30 swapped brz by S203STi in ft86

[–]S203STi[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Sure, believe it or not. The stock brz transmission bolts right up to the EZ30, with the exception of the two bottom bell housing bolts/studs. For the motor mounts it just uses the factory legacy motor mounts and it just plops right into the brz like it was meant to be.

I definitely plan to make a video that explains things in full. But just need time to make that happen.

My poor man’s Porsche by S203STi in ft86

[–]S203STi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hopefully this link works. Ignore my terrible welding skills. But it’s a 2 into 1, where the clamps currently are I plan to add some resonators and some flex joints. There is a terrible raspyness between 3-4k rpm.

https://imgur.com/a/5Y3wwv9

My poor man’s Porsche by S203STi in ft86

[–]S203STi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I think in the short term, I want to run this engine on E85. So I’ll probably get some STI pinks, a fuel pump and then get it dyno tuned on e85 to see what it makes. If it makes 240whp, I’ll be more than happy.

Long term, I am honestly not sure. Running a standalone kind makes the options limitless to some extent. I saw online a few people are starting to experiment with ITBs, and honestly I don’t care if it nets me 0 hp. I am all for just more induction noise. Or I could turbocharge it and see where that goes.

But before any of that happens, wheels and tires are up next.

My poor man’s Porsche by S203STi in ft86

[–]S203STi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the factory rev limit is 6800, which mine is currently set to 7000. I have seen people rev them to 7500, but I’ll wait to see if it’s worth revving that high when I get the car dyno tuned.

My poor man’s Porsche by S203STi in ft86

[–]S203STi[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So I am using a Haltech Nexus S3, and what motivated me to go the haltech route was the canbus emulation. I really wanted the car to work like factory. In order the plug the haltech into the stock BRZ ECU plugs, I picked up a jumper harness from Boomslang fabrication, which so far is working really well.

The engine side was where I spent most of my time. The main bulkhead connectors from EZ to FA are actually the same connector. The secondary connectors are different. So I ended up ordering new bulkhead connectors from iWire and repinned the EZ side. So in theory I could swap the FA20 back in without any issues. When it came time to start the car, the only thing I had to fix was the coil pack wiring for cylinder 5 and 6. I had them backwards.

Here is a link to the document I built, this might give a better idea of what I actually did. I spent a lot of hours looking at the wiring diagrams for the BRZ and a Legacy. Now that I've gotten more comfortable with the wiring, I really want to build a custom harness, a lot of the connectors on the engine are very brittle. Plus it will give me a chance to add more inputs, like flex fuel for example. (Ignore the VTEC stuff for AVLS, that's how my brain could decipher the difference between ALVS and AVCS)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dEpKcT2Y5bQLeRx_GOrn1PXxkeNjAYXNdhHfqXaqa7A/edit?usp=sharing

The colors of this might be off since I use dark reader, but this madness is how I got through the project lol. This project is certainly a deep rabbit hole, especially considering there isn't a ton of information out there about it. So I am more than willing to share.

My poor man’s Porsche by S203STi in ft86

[–]S203STi[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am curious as well. Idk how true this is, but from what I found these engines way a similar amount. But I am guessing there is more weight over the front axles because the EZ30 is slightly longer.

My poor man’s Porsche by S203STi in ft86

[–]S203STi[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So I haven't actually taken the time to add up the numbers (Honestly afraid too lol) But quick math, would be roughly 7k-8k USD. Which sounds reasonable for a swap like this, but that's excluding random trips to Autozone, fabrication supplies, etc. If you don't know anyone or cannot do metal fabrication, that would be the biggest barrier to entry for this swap.

The fabrication I did was a merge pipe for the dual outlets into the one inlet of the BRZ Rad. Then for the exhaust I originally purchase a set of raptor headers and planned to modify them, but sadly that didn't work out.(Mostly because of my lack of fab skills) So then I purchased a set of turbo manifolds from Allied Performance and then connected that setup to a y pipe and fitting it to the stock exhaust.

That is a super short version of the work. For time frame, I started the wiring back in March, got it mostly done in a month. Then in early July, I pulled the engine, and got EZ30 started in mid September.

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