What Frankenstein engine swap have you done???

[ratpatrol66]

After reading Nuttings blog on the LS swap mix and mash, and the hate that followed. I have been to Speedweek and have seen a Buick 8-inliner in a Nissan 240, and a Jaguar lots of other odd ball combos. So what off brand swaps have you done and are willing to admit to? Around 1991 I had a wrecked 69 Skylark with 455, and a 69 GTO with a flat cam. Yes that Buick 455 ended up under the hood of my GTO. Here is a random pic from the interweb that pretty cool, flatty in a Camaro.

[DanStokes]

215 aluminum Buick in a Vega (2 of those). 455 Buick in a '78 Chevy pickup. How about a Mercedes 5 cylinder Diesel in a S-10 - see my build thread. Weird swaps are pretty much normal for me.

Dan

[mike343sharpstick]

In the late 80's I had a great 1965 Chevy Belair with a 6-cyl/3speed manual as my first car out of HS.
A buddy crashed his '73 Olds Omega with a rocket 350/350 auto.
I wanted a V8 in my Belair, so I bought the Olds for the engine, and installed it into the '65 Chevy.

[SuperBuickGuy]

I don't do such swaps - y'all are a bunch of weirdos.


.... and get off my lawn!

[redneckjoe69]

i put a 385 stroker small block chevy in a 4 banger s-10 about 20 years ago. seems like a common swap these days.

[TheSilverBuick]

I don't do such swaps - y'all are a bunch of weirdos.
.... and get off my lawn!

The closest to what I've done is I yanked a running Pontiac 400 out of a '69 Firebird and installed a frankenstein of an OE straight six in it. I have two on the radar I'd like to do though. One is an dreaded LS into a Ford with my Thunderbird and the other is I'd like to put a Cadillac 472/500 in my Centurion (with a turbo...).

[BKBridges]

Honda CRX motor and trans in a 70s high jumper buggy? Does that count?

[STINEY]

Oooo, that seriously counts.


Sacrilegious grafting about to commence.

http://s6.photobucket.com/user/dv869/media/CADILLAC%20MUSTANG/firststartup001.mp4.html

[38P]

I have two on the radar I'd like to do though. One is an dreaded LS into a Ford with my Thunderbird . . .

You bomb-thrower! Just trollin' with that one, aren't 'ya . . . . If you make that mess, can I have the 428 for my old Falcon?

[Matt Cramer]

The 4.8 into a '72 Chevy has been my first engine swap, and it is pretty mundane next to some of the other things in this thread.

[Barry Donovan]

the s10 swaps..
the 4.3 made to run was first, then the v8s..
early 90s.
I have never done it, kinda weak.

I used to drive a ton truck with a 400 pontiac chained in..kept breaking normal mounts. Dumbass combo. snappy 1960s pointy twacker timing in a ton truck...burned rubber after hitting third, getting on the highway..dually wheels.

They never did figure that one out completely.

other than that, I stay normal. An I-6 chevy for a v8..chevy. Common stuff.

I'd love to put a diesel in the front of the 1980s subaru tall gear set.. cannot find anything that would fit. The old boxer is a natural genius anyway.
keeps monkeys monkeys and big mouths, big mouths.

[68scott385]

Nothing real fancy, converted a carb'd Ranger to EFI with the stuff from a 4-banger Mustang.

Swapped the 307 Olds in my Chevy wagon for a 455 Olds.

Olds 350 in '73-'87 Chevy truck.

[Deaf Bob]

Took a SBM out of a 51 IH, SNB, put in a cammed, intaked 64 Merc 390... All it would do is smoke the hides..

[SuperBuickGuy]

The closest to what I've done is I yanked a running Pontiac 400 out of a '69 Firebird and installed a frankenstein of an OE straight six in it. I have two on the radar I'd like to do though. One is an dreaded LS into a Ford with my Thunderbird and the other is I'd like to put a Cadillac 472/500 in my Centurion (with a turbo...).

trade you a 500 for a 428 - I'll use the 428 as a lamp base/anvil/anchor

[TheSilverBuick]

trade you a 500 for a 428 - I'll use the 428 as a lamp base/anvil/anchor

I have a bare 390 block, or what I believe to be a 390 anyways, out in the back field that is ready to go as a lamp base/anvil/anchor, will that be an acceptable trade?