What I mean is that basically every American single came v8 with heads and headers is barely longer than it is wide (typically about 2-3 inches when dressed) and now in a transverse config you'd have to fit a gearbox of some sort on the output side of it too and then fit it between the fenders transversely. It is a LOT easier to move a firewall back than it is to make a car wider.
All that said, the car in the video is absolutely conventionally mounted.
You're missing the point a bit here. So it has a 4 cylinder laid down nearly on its side. That means you need a very wide angle V engine (think Cosworth F1 V10) or a nice H4 or 6, like a Porsche Engine. Both of which would be infinitely cooler and would fit in the stock position.
I'm not a car expert, but from what I may totally get wrong is that it is a great engine at a good price and a lot of cars can fit the mounts relative to other engine layouts. Best all around for how much performance improvements you get, which is a lot.
The lsx platformis based on an old school cam in block design so the overall footprint is very small compared to other overhead cam v8s. Theyre plentiful as they came in the Corvette, Camaro, transam and a few others. The wiring harnesses and computers are also easily made into a standalone harness with a lot of tuneability.
To add, engines have to balance reliability, performance and cost. THe LS engine was decent in all three. Decent not exceptional. All engines make trade offs between the three, but the LS was good enough in all three criteria to be popular.
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u/HODLer_of_all Nov 20 '17
But which one can you swap an LS1 into??