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OK..Let's get back to the original opinion of dropping a chevy motor in a Ford. I say whatever floats your boat. Others will say if you're a Ford guy, stay with what got you this far. I'm a Boss guy now, so end of discussion for me............
 
Motor swaps are always going to be around. LS in Fox Bodies for the 1/4 mile guys is nothing new. SB chevys in old 1980 Jag's was popular in the day for cost. I know of two older 911's that are running LS motors as the conversion was still much less that a rebuild of the Porsche motor. Right now Miata 1.8 being dropped into MGB's is popular along with V W 2.0 Turbos into old Porsche 924's. Currently at local track prep shop an EcoBoost 2.3 crate motor is being fitted into a 1995 BMW 318 (track only car) It goes on and on!
 

Norm Peterson

Corner Barstool Sitter
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The mind is a terrible thing to waste. Perhaps this idea was born out of boredom. I just don't get it but I'm more of a traditionalist. Still trying to figure out why they shove Chevy blocks in a hot rod Ford.
I guess you have to have more of an "old-time hotrodder" attitude in you to understand these kinds of swaps. Though even this one die-hard keep-it-as-original-as possible guy (as in against even most period-correct mods) I knew from MustangForums a dozen years ago could still understand that if dropping a SBC into a 1960's Mustang saved that car from the crusher it was still the better path to take.


Actually, swapping a 2JZ into the engine compartment of a Mustang that previously held a 200-CID 1-barrel carb'ed pushrod inline six makes perfect sense to me. Wouldn't even need to be turbocharged, 3 liters EFI'd today being capable of power comparable to the 289's and 302's of the day.

If cylinder count and mfr are both non-negotiable . . . Aluminator?

Norm
 

TMSBOSS

Spending my pension on car parts and track fees.
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For the old-time hotrodders, brand loyalty didn't exist. If the engine already in the car wasn't providing satisfactory performance, out it came and in went something that could.
My brother finished the restoration of a 1950 olds which had a caddy engine. The car then went Back to the salt flats to run 51 years after it’s original time trials on the salt. Same body, chassis and engine combo. Car ended up in a Rothod Special edition.
No, swapping engines and brands is not a new thing.
 

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