Honda V6 swap
12-03-2013, 03:40 PM
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For $3k I'd swap in a LS1 with forged pistons and supercharge it, and have money left over for all the beer I would need
12-03-2013, 05:03 PM
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my thoughts precisely.
12-03-2013, 06:48 PM
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For $3k I'd swap in a LS1 with forged pistons and supercharge it, and have money left over for all the beer I would need
good luck with that, i can't even find an LS1 for much under $2500 for a well-used stocker.
12-03-2013, 06:57 PM
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good luck with that, i can't even find an LS1 for much under $2500 for a well-used stocker.
Truck LS (according to admiralkhole) is apparently the way to go... cheap! Easily under $3k
12-03-2013, 06:59 PM
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good luck with that, i can't even find an LS1 for much under $2500 for a well-used stocker.
You can find ls based truck engines for dirt cheap...around $500. Rebuild kits are cheap too. Get some second hand parts, suddenly the swap becomes a little more attainable.
Anyone want to buy a complete lt1 swap?
12-03-2013, 07:09 PM
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Anyone want to buy a complete lt1 swap?
12-03-2013, 07:14 PM
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I'm really considering it, or if I could find someone that would trade me an S2 vert for my car...
12-03-2013, 07:18 PM
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Truck LS (according to admiralkhole) is apparently the way to go... cheap! Easily under $3k
This is at the top of the list of reasons why I wish I didn't live in CA, but I don't want to swap my car so bad that I would move to do it.
12-04-2013, 10:56 AM
12-04-2013, 11:12 AM
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the biggest advantage at engine swap options IMO would be to gain displacement...going to a 1.6L, even boosted, is a big step backwards in driveability to me.
a supercharged mini is not a super-quick car, and they weigh about the same as a 944...and that engine is french IIRC, which might make the german components unhappy.
12-04-2013, 11:36 AM
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That SC mini engine is chrysler designed, its basicly a shrunken neon engine. They switched it up when they started making the Turbo minis, thats the french one i believe.
12-04-2013, 12:34 PM
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which might make the german components unhappy.
Then only German engines should be used for a swap??
12-04-2013, 12:37 PM
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Someone needs to drop a VW / Audi 2.0T into a 944.
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Then only German engines should be used for a swap??
Mini cooper engine more likely is designed by German and sold to poor Frogs.
12-04-2013, 12:39 PM
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Then only German engines should be used for a swap??
the germans have only been mad at the US for like 7 years in their whole history.
they have been butting heads with the french for centuries!
12-04-2013, 10:30 PM
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Have you driven one of these? I can't think of a single reason that would make me consider the swap.
Edit: holy crap, that price makes the suggestion worse. You can get a proven Chevy v8 for much less.