Small car, big engine...

[wildfire@albany.net (|"#1"|) (Wildfire)]

RE: Forgive me

> Please bestow upon my unworthy soul your forgivness. Ive had thoughts of
> buying an old datsun 510 and stripping it down and putting small block
> chey 350 in. Can you imagine how fast a 1100 pound car would be with
> 350hp.Once again sorry.

     Methinks you'd have to do waaaay too much suspension and frame mods for 
what it's worth, plus the fact that there's no way you could keep it looking 
anything like stock.

     If you want to go for the lots of power in a small vehicle, just do what 
i'm doing.  It requires less modifications, and almost bolts right in.  Take 
a Chevy S-10 and install a 350 in it.  It's a lot less work.  Th rear 
transmission mount just needs to be moved and the motor mounts and mounting 
brackets are only like $100 or so because the mounts are for the 4.3l V6, 
which is the V8 - 2cyl.  Same mounting points as the 350 block.

     For small cars, if you want a decent RWD car with decent handling and 
durability, get a BMW, a cheapie 318 isn't any more expensive to buy than 
most VW's and get  BMW 8 cyl to put in it.

     Sean
     wildfire@albany.net
     SYSOP: BOB'S WORLD BBS

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