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Old 12-29-08, 08:03 PM
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I have been toying with ideas lately and just out of my love of the fc, but wanting the power and torque curve of a FD, I have been wondering what all is necessary for a FD tranny and engine swap. I know the basics such as drive shaft, ECU, engine harness, but is there anything else? And when it comes down to the particulars like, is there a company that makes a fc to fd drive shaft, on the ecu subject how hard would it be to get a apex'i powerfc for an FD and wire up a fc body harness to work? Any insight would be greatly appriciated.
Old 12-29-08, 08:18 PM
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The FD motor will mount up to the FC TII Trans and will be a lot easier to use.

As far as the motor, you will need to make mounts and probably go standalone.
Old 12-29-08, 08:27 PM
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Why don't you try a 13b-t before you think you need to jump to a 13b-rew.
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Originally Posted by DRFT_HRD
I have been toying with ideas lately and just out of my love of the fc, but wanting the power and torque curve of a FD, I have been wondering what all is necessary for a FD tranny and engine swap. I know the basics such as drive shaft, ECU, engine harness, but is there anything else? And when it comes down to the particulars like, is there a company that makes a fc to fd drive shaft, on the ecu subject how hard would it be to get a apex'i powerfc for an FD and wire up a fc body harness to work? Any insight would be greatly appriciated.
an FC with an S5 13B-T with a smallish ball bearing turbo will have pretty much the same power and torque curve as an FD... if you're going to swap in a 13B-REW, I would just say go 20B, it'll be a lot better in the long run, and it's pretty much the same amount of work.

EDIT: also an if you're putting a power FC in, you would have to replace any of the harness that the power FC would be wiring into... so that's a non-issue.
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dude mike.. get your turbo swap running before you try something of this magnitude..

but... if you want a twin turbo ill trade you that one you have for a cosmo twin turbo setup and mani that will bolt on.

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There's a guy on our forum putting over 800 rwhp with an s5 motor... our motors are plenty capable man
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sorry if the wrong impression was sent with this my cousin was using my account on here and is thinking of doing the REW swap with hits Fc in mine i personally am gonna finish getting my S4 t2 motor running and just rock that for a while.


Originally Posted by stevensimon
dude mike.. get your turbo swap running before you try something of this magnitude..

but... if you want a twin turbo ill trade you that one you have for a cosmo twin turbo setup and mani that will bolt on.
whats up derek and what else dose it need to run or do you have everything cause i was thinking about calling you and seeing if you still wanted it cause i need cash fast unless i can find a job soon.
Old 12-30-08, 09:11 AM
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There are loads of REW swapping threads linked in the FAQ.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
There are loads of REW swapping threads linked in the FAQ.
are there any that show the ecu wiring or how to power an CD power fc in an s5? ive been looking for this for days.




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