Whew......almost had to disown you.

 

 

The AC Ace was 2.0 liter car whose engine was swapped out for a 4.9 and 7 liter V8
The S2000 is a 2.0 liter car whose engine was swapped out for a 5.7 liter engine

Completely unrelated

The AC Ace went on to compete and beat Ferrari's 250 GTO.
The S2000 went on to, well, not win anything.



I guess if Cobra's aren't your speed how about the Sunbeam Tiger? Another English roadster with Ford power.


If imports are more your speed Scarab Racing secured several victories with Chevy small block powered 240Zs.



The S2000 has never won an FIA race at Le Mans. Nor did the NSX. The NSX got it's ass handed to it in the mid 90s and Honda ran away with it's tail between it's legs.

I'm sorry but S2000 fanboys rival the SRT4 crowd. Your "OMG teh V8 is teh SUCK" is based on absolutely nothing.

 

I'm not disputing the cuting out of a brace but the rest is just you talking out of your ass. You can clearly see in that photo the engine is resting behind the front strut mounts.


Why? Because a V8 is only 4 cylinders long. Just like an inline 4.

Now if you threw in an inline 6 you would have an arguement.

 

Well, a V8 is actually four and a half cylinders long. One bank is staggered forward of the other bank by somewhere less than half the bore spacing distance. But that's just minor details.

While we're on the subject of people talking out of their ass....

I'm not sure how putting a much heavier engine in the same place as the lighter (original) engine is going to NOT effect the weight distribution. How is that not an argument? Did you think this through very carefully before you wrote that post?

So if I replaced the stock F20C with a solid chunk of lead of the same dimensions and mounted it in the stock location, I wouldn't change the weight distribution? Really? That's pretty cool. What if I took out the F20C and put a box full of packing peanuts in the same location? It wouldn't go very fast, but would the weight distribution change?

We've successfully ignored the laws of physics and I haven't even had lunch today yet. What wonders does the rest of the day hold?

 

So what was cut out of the AC to make the V8 work?

 

Doesn't matter. The AC had a shit chassis to begin with. It was light and had a lot of power, but it wasn't known to be a great handler. It's OK though, everything had the chassis rigidity of a partially cooked egg noodle back then. That's just another reason that the Cobra/S2000 comparison doesn't work.

You know, with so much room between the radiator and that structural brace, I'm surprised people aren't just making a bent or angled brace to replace the straight stock one. It would have to be larger to keep the same stiffness, and it's obviously not as simple as a straight box brace, but it could work great as an alternative to putting the stock piece in the dumpster. If a V8 can fit nice and close to the firewall, there can't be too much extra room needed to clear the stock brace. Or, I guess the stock brace could be moved forward marginally if only a little more room is needed.
I'm sure most people probably don't care enough to mess with that though. I guess I'd rather have a less effective or compromised brace than no brace at all...

I'd have to dry sump that LSx before it went in anyways. That thing is mounted way too high in the chassis.

 

anyone know what the weight difference actually is?

 

A quick look around says 325 for the F20C, 450 for the LS2. I'm not sure about what each of those figures includes, but on the surface those weights would sound about right.