Which engine is BEST for tuners, swaps and mods?!

What is the BEST engine layout ever? Should you buy a V6 or an inline-six? V8 or half the cylinders with an inline-4. B16 vs. LS1. 2JZ vs. RB26. Who will win?!

#2jz #LS1 #JDM

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[IdealMediaChannel]

What engine layout is superior?! 4, 6 or 8?!

[brianbird]

"V8s ruin handling"
Laughs in cts-v

[nathanjoseph]

Brad: Do you want a video about weird engines?

Me: HELL YEA!!! 💪🐴

[TJSpike]

Just get a 5.3 from the junkyard for 500 bucks. Go through it check all the main and crank bearings, if your good, gap the rings, slap it back together maybe with a cam. Slap a turbo to it. Don't spend 9k on a blueprint or crate one.

[LordHolley]

You can pick up all Aluminum ls motors any day of the week. Super easy to tune, dead nuts reliable, and lighter than almost every other thing he spoke about. LS engine swap kits are available for just about every vehicle out there. I'm no V8 nutbag, I've done a lot of engine swap, I cringe every time I hear this kind of mis-information. Try getting a good tune for your built RB or 2jz. Been there, done that, wasted a tone of money.

[NinoTamburrino]

When he talks about the i6 engines it makes me wanna put a turbo in my 03 gmc envoy 4.2L i6 😂

[telmo.moreira]

There's nothing like a 1.3l DORITO!!!! Going to 10000+ RPM

[pepeman_]

All swaps are good. They really just depend on what you are building the car for. Wether it'd be for fun or all the way to tight racing regulations. All swaps are good in their own way so it really boils down to taste and needs.

[pastperformance]

This could be a Friday morning chat every week. Lots to discuss. I’m learning a lot.

[zanerclark]

Flat-4 banger for life (or until I actually have money and time)

[ryder]

Damn the music of those engines iss soooo goood

[ishanpahwa]

I've been waiting for Ideal to upload; amazing, as always!

[madswalravens]

The 2.3T Saab B235R engine is also a pretty good tuner engine. They’re cheap, reliable and relatively easy to mod for so much power ik talking 600+ chp

[Wolfin]

Brad your awesome guy an I love your awesome videos...I drive big semi trucks but I grew up racing Datsuns an yes I had the fastest 280zx in line 6...an yes they are the fastest 🐺🐺🐺 thankyou for your awesome videos bro 🐺👍

[mangekyouuchiha]

You can get a 500+hp LS based engine for well below 9 grand that's what made them so popular. Buying a junkyard ls truck engine for a few hundred bucks, swapping the cam and adding a blower with a tune and you will be putting down over 500HP for well under that $9k price. If youre looking for the LS1/2/3/6/7 variants then yeah 9 grand is what you'll be looking at (maybe not the LS1/2/6 variants anymore, their prices have dropped considerably since the LS3 became so common) but most LS swaps are pulling the engines out of Silverados, Tahoes, Suburbans, and Yukons

[slipknotfan]

my absolute favorite engine is the vw 1.8t

[newtz_garage]

I think the Honda J-Series should've made the V6 list. Some of the most reliable and potent little engines out there for pretty cheap.

[christopherbarker]

big fan of the i6 in just about any application from the 4.9 in my f150 to the full range of the BMW i6's

[thomasbuttermore]

It’s a shame you missed the 4.3 liter from GM, it’s a great tunable engine. Push rod V6 literally GM sawed 2 cylinders off of the 5.7 V8. It’s literally indestructible, referencing the Typhoon or the Cyclon builds by Chevrolet and GM in the early 90’s.

My 2 cents for what it’s worth.

[badboy]

For rear wheel drive I choose an rb25 neo in a laurel cuz a anything Toyota in my country is pretty But for a front wheel set up I will go a j32 in a Honda accord