[non-rocco] real muscle

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@gsinet.net>]

I know of lots of Volvos with Ford 5.0's or Chevy 350's in them. My gf's uncle
has a totally stock-looking '83 Volvo 244 with a Chevy 350 in it. Stock wheels
and everything. Pretty cool. Fits right in that engine bay, almost looks like
it's supposed to be there.
Anyone want to put a Buick V6 in a Triumph TR7? I have a kit to do it! And it's
for sale!! (laugh) Like I'll ever find anyone to buy it...
OK now this is really not a Scirocco related post... I think I'll label it
such...
    -Josiah
    '84 GTi
    '86 Scirocco (buy me!)
    '87 QSW
    http://www.gsinet.net/~josiah

Brad Sheridan wrote:

> At 06:56 PM 11/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >How about other bizzare engine swaps? Anybody? I once saw a shitbox
> >Volvo with a 350 in it.
>
> EC had an article on a kit for dropping a Ford 302 V8 into a Volvo. If I
> had an old Volvo that needed a new engine, I'd probably do it. And then
> theres the company that does the Chevy V8 conversions for all Porsches,
> that'd be a sweet car. I've heard of people dropping Porsche 911 engines
> into VW vans, and bugs as well. There was also a Datsun 510 that I used to
> see around Tech campus all the time that had an aluminum(block I think)
> Buick V6 in it.
> I think in a Scirocco, if you went to a larger motor configuration, you'd
> have to be very careful, otherwise you'd wind up with a car that was
> noseheavy. Besides with the 2.0 16V, G60 and VR6 engines available, they
> seem like they'd be about the best swap candidates if your looking to
> directly drop in a high hp motor, without building one up. Plus with these
> choices, its all been done before. So you should be able to find the people
> that know what parts you need, and have fabricated the parts that need to
> be fabricated.
>
> Brad
>
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