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Posted: **Sun Jun 14, 2015 10:37 am**

Sometimes it's actually easier to swap in a different manufacturer's engine. Hence the popularity of Chevrolet V8 swaps.

Engines that aren't sold in crate form occasionally require the entire donor car's electronic systems (including things like the dashboard) to be swapped over.

Posted: **Tue Jun 16, 2015 4:37 am**

Sayonara wrote:Sometimes it's actually easier to swap in a different manufacturer's engine. Hence the popularity of Chevrolet V8 swaps.

Engines that aren't sold in crate form occasionally require the entire donor car's electronic systems (including things like the dashboard) to be swapped over.

I dislike the throw a Chevy SBC in everything mentality. The distributor is on the wrong side of the engine.

Posted: **Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:21 am**

People still use distributors?!

Posted: **Tue Jun 16, 2015 12:42 pm**

Lordred wrote:
Sayonara wrote:Sometimes it's actually easier to swap in a different manufacturer's engine. Hence the popularity of Chevrolet V8 swaps.

Engines that aren't sold in crate form occasionally require the entire donor car's electronic systems (including things like the dashboard) to be swapped over.

I dislike the throw a Chevy SBC in everything mentality. The distributor is on the wrong side of the engine.

As if there weren't Ford loyalists who say the same thing about small block fords!

Posted: **Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:22 pm**

PhillipM wrote:People still use distributors?!

In production cars? no.

But over here, the big three still sale long block crate engines of old families.

Chevy still sales its Small Block, and Big Block (covering displacements of 327cid to 572cid)
Ford still sales its Small Block. (302cid to 351cid)
Chrysler still sales its Big Block Hemi. (426cid and up)

All of these engines utilize a distributor, and are pushrod motors. Most of them make obscene HP.

But long gone are the points and condensors, these distributors all use a halifax or magpulse to fire the coil.

The newer motors by the big three are all COP with Cam and crank sensors, but chevy still uses Pushrods, while Chrysler and Ford have gone OHC.

Posted: **Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:20 pm**

Only ford has fully abandoned pushrods in their gas engines, the HEMI is still a OHV.

Posted: **Wed Jun 17, 2015 4:27 am**

The new Hemi is pushrod, while the 4.7L is OHC (and a hemi) ya go figure.

Posted: **Wed Jun 17, 2015 4:39 am**

The 4.7 was a power tech series not a HEMI, but their large displacement OHV magnum series 5.2 and 5.9 were still being made until the modern HEMI replaced them.

Posted: **Wed Jun 17, 2015 5:20 am**

Ahh yes, my chrysler fuu is weak some times. Thanks for the correction.

Posted: **Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:14 pm**

Another engine swap i thought would be nice the other day...

Put the 370Z VQ37DE (plus six speed 'box etc.) into either a S30 Zed or S13 180SX!!!

Posted: **Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:41 pm**

how about the ecoboost V6 from the F-150 into a second generation dodge grand caravan?

EDIT: this guy one-upped anyone else with a minivan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n40ve4VVqVc

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2015 7:52 am**

My dream has always been to put an S54B32 into an E30 M3.

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:32 pm**

WildKarrde wrote:My dream has always been to put an S54B32 into an E30 M3.

That would be an excellent conversion; powerful and elegant all rolled up in one badass package! 8-)

Posted: **Sun Jul 05, 2015 9:45 pm**

3.0 V8 Engine from a Lamborghini Uracco(P300)+ BMW M1 Body = BMW lamborghini???(Like mclaren Mercedes)

Posted: **Thu Aug 13, 2015 3:56 am**

Here's one that might not get the most positive reactions. I'd buy an S15 Silvia and put the engine and gearbox from an E39 M5 in it.

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