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Volvo back as my main squeeze, more boost and some interior goodies on the way.
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Normstrodamus predicteth the End Times with this thread. ;D
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Cars with wrong engines,i immediately though Cuba ! Heres a Chevy Corvair converted to front engine FWD Toyota power. Lovely mix of flames and 80's 3 spokes.Interesting take on the sunstrip too.Being Cuban its just win all the way!  |
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Sacriledge!e21meister
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The small block powered Merc W114 is a great Q-car - hangdog looks and blow your doors off performance. There was a 70's Jag XJ6 2.8 fitted with one in the UK, not only was it faster and more economical (not saying much maybe, as the 2.8 XJ6 was at it's fastest driven off a cliff), but you could park a Mini (a real one) in the gap between the front of the block and the rad!
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There's a whole cottage industry in the US to re-power Jags, Bimmers, and Ferrari 308's with SBC, and has been for years and years. Very common. Very.
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Team Blitz Ford Capri parts worldwide: Restoration, Road, or Race. Used, Repro, and NOS, ranging from scabby to perfect. Itching your Capri jones since 1979! Buy, sell, trade. www.teamblitz.com blitz@teamblitz.com |
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There's a whole cottage industry in the US to re-power Jags, Bimmers, and Ferrari 308's with SBC, and has been for years and years. Very common. Very. Don't know about the BMWs and Ferarris, but it's the same story for Jag in Australia. People have been swapping V8s of all varieties into them for decades, because it just makes sense. The V8 is lighter, much cheaper to maintain, more reliable and more powerful. There's also a smaller but still significant group of people swapping V8s into Volvo 240s! |
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There's a whole cottage industry in the US to re-power Jags, Bimmers, and Ferrari 308's with SBC, and has been for years and years. Very common. Very. Don't forget 911s Norm.    www.renegadehybrids.com/ |
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Two diesel powered Scimitars.One with a Peugeot 2.5 lump and one with a Perkins from a Sherpa van...
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Sacriledge!briandamaged
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Two diesel powered Scimitars.One with a Peugeot 2.5 lump and one with a Perkins from a Sherpa van... Now THAT floats my boat. 50mpg, and different. ;D |
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Sacriledge!BenzBoy
@benzboy
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Now, I really like seeing engine transplants from the same manufacturer being used - not sure why, it just seems more "right" to me. That's not to say that I dislike engine swaps using other brands.
Plus, the world would be a really dull place if this was done all the time, and engines like the SBF are infinitely more tuneable than a lot of other engines. They make sense if you're looking for serious power.
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Wrong engines in cars rule.
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as above ^^ i love every one so far!!!
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Two diesel powered Scimitars.One with a Peugeot 2.5 lump and one with a Perkins from a Sherpa van... The engineering director here uses his 2.5 TDS powered scimitar day to day! |
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The journey of 1000 miles starts with a single coffee.
I don't like coffee!
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Twenty years ago I went to view a 60's AM DBS that had had an engine fire - the engine had been replaced by a Volvo 340 - it looked ridiculous - there was so much space in the engine bay!
I believe the car was eventually broken up.
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1974 Aston Martin V8 (in bits)
1974 VDP 1300 (in bits)
1997 Ford Escort Cabrio (should be in bits)
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ImpManiac
Part of things
Imps... Imps... Imps...
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I'd have gone big block in that Merc. Fat, lazy torque suits cars like this. Mind you, stroked small blocks can do that too... Wrong engines in cars are so right. "I'm"  |
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1966 Singer Chamois sprint/hillclimb car in white over blue two tone
1975 Triumph Stag long term project (over 20 years so far) in colour TBA
2003 Vauxhall Vectra GSi 3.2 in black sapphire
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Sacriledge!BenzBoy
@benzboy
Club Retro Rides Member 7
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Twenty years ago I went to view a 60's AM DBS that had had an engine fire - the engine had been replaced by a Volvo 340 - it looked ridiculous - there was so much space in the engine bay! I believe the car was eventually broken up. Now that is sacrilege! The mind boggles!  |
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I assume there must be at least one V8 Prius floating about but I haven't looked yet..
I'd love to wrong'n my Volvo. Obvious choices are all V8s but dropping in a turbo Saab lump seems so close to being correct yet totally wrong at the same time that it makes utter sense
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...proper medallion man chest wig motoring. |
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Can't have a thread about unusual engine swaps without a mention for the legend that is The Beast ! 27 litres of V12 Rolls Royce Merlin power, Spitfire engine minus the superchargers! ;D  |
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Can't have a thread about unusual engine swaps without a mention for the legend that is The Beast ! 27 litres of V12 Rolls Royce Merlin power, Spitfire engine minus the superchargers! ;D have you ever heard this running it sounds like a bag of bolt going round in a washing machine lol |
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