{"id":1938,"date":"2026-04-16T15:18:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/?p=1938"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:18:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T20:18:31","slug":"j37-swapped-frs-major-project-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/j37-swapped-frs-major-project-update","title":{"rendered":"J37 Swapped FRS – Major Project Update!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In our November 2nd 2025 Forum Build Thread update<\/a><\/strong> for Agent 86<\/strong> – our 2013 FRS we bought in 2016 – we talked about a V6 swap using a Honda 3.7L SOHC V6 used almost exclusively in FWD platforms. SCCA Time Attack class rules + the low weight of this vs the VQ, 2GR, and other DOHC V6s pushed us to the Honda 3.7L V6. We picked a late RX8 6-speed transmission and decided to see if we could make this all work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The latest Forum Build Thread update from April 14, 2026<\/a><\/strong> shows how we got from the concept and early stages to this running, driving, and now dyno tuned setup. The forum post covers work through about mid-March, but even still it is a massive 5 part update covering a LOT of tasks in detail. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This Forum Update<\/a><\/strong> covers engine mounts, transmission crossmember, driveshaft, exhaust, cooling re-route work, radiator hoses and remote reservoir, NOCO NLP30 battery install, fuel tank work, plumbing for fuel and oil systems, adding an oil cooler and remote filter, and much more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There is a lot more tech in this forum post<\/a><\/strong> than you can ever hope to see in any youtube video, and we likely spent 30+ hours writing, editing, photographing this work so if you have the time, and a larger screen to view this on, you can start catching up here<\/a><\/strong>. Every photo is clickable for higher rez versions or videos. Thanks for reading! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In our November 2nd 2025 Forum Build Thread update for Agent 86 – our 2013 FRS we bought in 2016 – we talked about a V6 swap using a Honda 3.7L SOHC V6 used almost exclusively in FWD platforms. SCCA … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1940,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1938\/revisions\/1940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vorshlag.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}