Safety with RB series engines in head-on collisions?

[AmoebAssassin]

Hey everyone,

I know that manys unibodies are designed for the engine to drop out of the chassis and the engine bay be used as a crumple zone in a head-on collision. My question to you guys is whether or not the rb motors' length or mass prevents it from dropping out of the car in the case of a head on collision. If i perform a swap on a 240sx, it will be my daily driving car and living in a city, i'd like to retain as many safety features as possible.

Thanks

[Carl H]

if you are involved in a head on in any car you are proly gonna get seriously injured.i would assume that since the rb is longer than the ka/sr/ca that there is more potential danger for the passengers as the skylines are a good 6" longer to accomodate for the engines length.all you can do is run a bumper support and try to drive safely, its not you thats dangerous its all the other idiots out there.

[AmoebAssassin]

Thanks for the quick reply!

That kinda sucks though. In other news i may be in a position to pick up a Z32 TT so this may end up being a mute point anyway. However if that doesnt go through it looks like i have some more though to put into my engine choice.

[NISMO_RB25]

SR20 may be a better option for you. Since it was originally designed to fit, it probably has the same front crash design.