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- 2014 CX-5 Touring
yep, I fixed my post.
CX-5 Engine Swap?
- Thread starter Trappedllama
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The only feasible option for the swap is to have a complete donor. Otherwise, it will nickel & dime you broke or frustrated. This is the only way I would do the swap. I am sure you can buy a complete wreck without title through an auction for a good price. Check out IAAI auction for your location. With IAAI, anyone can buy it not just a dealer or dealer license. I did this years back with the BMW, went from automatic to 5-speed manual. I got most of my money back buy selling & give it away the spare parts that I didn't need.
Best of luck,
Jay
Best of luck,
Jay
what about a ls4 thats what im lookin into
CarpeDiem
Under Pressure
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- Superstitions
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- 2021 CE Turbo
What about:
- How will an LS4 bolt onto the CX tranny?
- How long before the CX tranny - rated to about 350 lb/ft torque - grenades?
- How will you transplant a GM FWD tranny into the CX?
- How will the big V8 even fit in the CX engine bay?
- How will you be able to fit the larger cooling system required into the engine bay?
- How will you determine what springs you will have to use to support all that extra weight on the front end?
- How will the ECU and TCU integrate into the CX‘s complex computer system?
- How will you install the bigger brakes required for a hipo CX?
- How can you afford to have your CX not driveable for the 3 to 5 months a project like this will probably take?
Swapping a big motor into a modern vehicle isn’t as easy as it was 30 years ago. Sure, it can be done, but the cost and hassle is seldom worth it. Cheaper just to buy a GT 500.
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- Mazda CX-9 Signature
You mustn't be afraid to dream bigger. Get the Hellephant.
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- 2019 CX-5 AWD
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- 2014 CX-5 Touring
A V8 swap would almost certainly be done as RWD. I'm sure it would be much easier than trying to get a V8 in there sideways with a transaxle (much less common OEM setup). A FWD I-4 engine bay almost always has plenty of width for a longitudinal V8 swap. It's the length of the bay that's questionable. Although a CX5 has quite a bit of room underneath the cowl so it could work. But then there would have to be a lot of cutting and custom work under the center console to create a transmission tunnel.
And then of course you're looking at a custom driveshaft, and at that point you might as well go ahead and do a custom-mounted rear diff and CV axles, such as a Getrag from a Caddy CTS-V.
I don't know what the 2.5L Skyactive engines weigh, but an all aluminum LS or LT engine probably isn't that much more. They're nearly the same weight as the iron-block 1.8L Miata BP engines which is one reason why the V8 works so well in those cars.
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Seriously? Remember almost all modern I4’s, including SkyActiv engines, are also made by “all-aluminum”.
