![]() ![]() Like everyone else said, from a business standpoint the FR-S/BRZ is where it is at but there is already a lot of companies making performance parts for those cars. Also once you do a 2ZZ swap you are pretty well set and do not need additional parts which leaves DDPR with a dwindling market. ![]() However, many do the swaps themselves and there are several sources for the swap parts. It seems like almost every day someone is posting on here about doing the swap. I do not think that the 2ZZ swap market is drying up. I do not like Chevy engines in Fords either. I am not a fan of the K swap because of my purist way of thinking. It just does not make sense for most people to throw that kind of money away on a 9-15 year old car with no hope of recouping any of it. If I was going to replace my 2ZZ then that is the way I would go but $15K is more than the value of most if not all MR2 Spyders. I rode in cyclehead's 2GR swapped car and it is awesome even in basically "stock" form. I just don't know that there is an actual market for it. My personal inclination is to do the 2GR because I like the idea of having one in my spyder even at stock power levels, and I like the idea of building one, slapping a couple turbos on it and doing obnoxiously silly things in the car. So this is the deal - I ask for no commitments from anyone, but knowing what the total costs will be, would any of you be willing to pay $15K+ for a high quality swap to either of these powertrains in the future? I know there is a lot of "interest" in the K series, but so far everyone that has contacted us about them has been either under funded, or unrealistic about what they are looking at to get a full function swap done. 2ZZ swaps seem to be tapering off, and I don't want to waste time and money developing an answer to a question no-one is asking. Is it worth our time to pursue either of these, or should I be focusing more on FRS. So the question I have for the community is this: Both will require similar work to a full swap sorted for them. K series has a lot of aftermarket support for it and is lighter than the 2GR. 2GR comes with great torque and HP out of the box and great reliability. Both of them look like they will easily cost over $15,000. This would be an all gauges working, AC working, works like it is supposed from the factory type swap. I will definitely be new to high performance driving for what its worth, and the track is less about pure horsepower and more about skill so having something in the miata/mr2 power range I think will be a good fit for me.So we're at a point where I feel like I finally have the time and money to throw into developing a turnkey swap like we offer for the 2ZZ for either the K24 or the 2GR. I'd love some input from folks that have lived with the car more, tracked it, and what not. But part availability and price is making me shy away. So my question is "which is better for a track car?" I really love the idea of the MR2, being more unique and being mid-engined, and the possibility of a 2zz swap down the road I think would be a great little track car. The first thing I thought of (that I imagine everyone thinks of when dedicated track car) is a Miata, but quickly also remembered the MR2 Spyder. Thing is, when doing research, I discovered that its really hard (read impossible) to get insurance on my daily driver Fiesta ST if I were to take it on the track outside of a scheduled "Track day event." So my thought was to get a cheap track day car for under 5k and try and make it a project car/dedicated track car. So I just discovered that there is a track within 30 minutes of my house, and now I have the itch to become a member there and try and go regularly. ![]()
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