I love engine swaps that greatly change the character of a car (hopefully a change for the better). Engine swaps that especially impress me are ones that are lighter than the stock engine and ones that allow the engine to be placed more rearward to improve the car’s balance. Naturally being an S2000 fanatic one of my favorite engine swaps is the F20C into whatever.

I think I first saw the F20C swapped into AE86 Corollas (Levins and Truenos for those of you in Japan). To me that is the perfect swap for that car. Here’s a vid:

But that’s old news…

What about something more unlikely like a S2000 motor swapped into a Mercedes Benz C Class? Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention turbocharged. Talk about a change in character for this old Benz!

Now I happen to like it when the engine is put into lighter cars but I also get a kick out of seeing German cars rocking the F20C, so this Impact Magic tuned E36 BMW is a bit of both. Check the youtube video and have your brains blow out of your head as you watch the tachometer damn near wrap around as the drift king Tsuchiya takes it past 9000RPM:

Personally I think the F20C might be best suited for the E30 M3 which would result in just a flat out crazy driving experience. If anyone has pics or vid of that swap please let me know. I’d like to see it.

Nearly 10 years after its introduction the F20C still destroys any competition for that class of motor. There is nothing quite like revving a motor up to 9000RPM on a street car, and knowing that you can do it reliably for hundreds of thousands of miles is just awesome.

As a bonus here’s a video of the new Civic Type R with a S2000 engine swap (kind of)). This car built by Spoon revs to nearly 11,000 RPM!