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1. re: Engine swaps (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Wed, 11 Dec 91 14:20:23 -0600; I think the biggest pains aren't finding an engine that will fit in the engine compartment, but rather all the stuff that gets hooked up..... like where do you mount it? If you change the HP signific; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00268.html (8,838 bytes)
2. re: Engine swaps (score: 1): Author: rghoff@bb1t.monsanto.com (Home for the Holidays, its your turn to take out the trash); Date: Wed, 11 Dec 91 14:58:51 -0600; Here's another of my 2 cents, um, I mean 2 pence worth...... If you're going to swap engines, why not look into something modern with multi-point fuel injection, maybe 4 valves/cylinder, etc. Somethi; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00271.html (8,140 bytes)
3. re: engine swaps (score: 1): Author: mason@ftp.com (Quark Mason); Date: Wed, 11 Dec 91 17:12:29 -0500; I understand wanting to keep the car british (IE Rover 3.8 instead of Olds 3.8), but a Mazda 13B rotary would be a hell of an improvement over a Spit 1500, and probably cheaper than a GT6 conversion.; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00276.html (7,698 bytes)
4. engine swaps (score: 1): Author: Greg Meythaler <Greg_Meythaler@ccm.hf.intel.com>; Date: Wed, 11 Dec 91 14:10:01 PST; I don't have any direct engine swap experience with LBCs. But I have a couple of opinions to offer. Every GT6/Spit conversion I'm familiar with, (I've seen 3 or 4) has been executed the same way. The; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00278.html (9,407 bytes)
5. engine swaps (score: 1): Author: William Hartwell Woodruff <woodruff@engin.umich.edu>; Date: Wed, 11 Dec 91 17:15:27 -0500; I agree with the comment that a spitfire is probably not the right car to heavily modify. I was really just throwing out an observation open discussion. I still wonder why engine swaps take a back se; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00279.html (7,637 bytes)
6. Re: engine swaps (score: 1): Author: rgb@hal.com (Roger Bolick); Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 08:30:23 CST; No one has mentioned re-sell or the value of the car after the mods are done. Over my years watching used car prices there seems to be an inverse relationship between "modification cost" and resell v; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00291.html (8,338 bytes)
7. Engine swaps (score: 1): Author: berry@hawking.wpd.sgi.com (Berry Kercheval); Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 09:42:56 -0800; One of the more bizarre engine swaps I saw was in the VW Van (about a '68 or so) that belonged to one of my students. She and her husband were (and still are) active in the Vintage Racing scene here; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00307.html (7,690 bytes)
8. Re: Engine swaps (score: 1): Author: "DSTONE, 5-9521, BPR: 237-2322" <DSTONE@sc9.intel.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1991 10:14 PST; Berry's remembrance of a Volvo-powered VW van reminds me of several different engines in various VWs I've seen: -A Saab turbo powered van -A V6 powered bug And for some strange reason, both of these; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00311.html (7,741 bytes)
9. RE: Engine Swaps (score: 1): Author: "Teriann J. Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 11:41:01 -0800; Being a product of the '60s street racer era, engine swaps easily come to mind, esp having replaced a 272 v8 with a 312, and a 1200 VW engine with a 1600. I have had several friends who have done mor; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00324.html (11,634 bytes)
10. Engine swaps (score: 1): Author: Greg Meythaler <Greg_Meythaler@ccm.hf.intel.com>; Date: Thu, 12 Dec 91 11:50:37 PST; I have heard that there exists a kit for installing a Ford Capri V6 into VW buses. greg meythaler One of the more bizarre engine swaps I saw was in the VW Van (about a '68 or so) that belonged to one; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00325.html (7,800 bytes)
11. Engine swaps (score: 1): Author: Dennis Wilson <DWILSON@OREGON.UOREGON.EDU>; Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1991 11:53 PST; RE: Miata bashing. I would love to sit next to a miata at the lights in one the MG B GT V8s, as soon as the light turn green I would get a great view of the plastic crap the car is shrouded in in my; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00326.html (7,576 bytes)
12. Re: engine swaps (score: 1): Author: sggy@crux1.cit.cornell.edu (Roger Garnett); Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1991 12:02:29 -0500; Other than "originality" and other astetics, nobody has listed some of the prevailing *pratical* reasons: -Some of this comes from racing rules, where the original engine must be used, with certain t; /html/british-cars/1991-12/msg00354.html (9,046 bytes)
13. engine swaps (score: 1): Author: "You Know Who" <mit-eddie!PSUVM.PSU.EDU!GGN100@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>; Date: Mon, 19 Feb 90 09:51 EST; It has been really interesting to see all this discussion about swapping engines in british cars. I think, however, if you are gonna do it, do it in a big way! At the CART race in Cleveland, among th; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00159.html (8,951 bytes)
14. Re: engine swaps (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Mon, 19 Feb 90 08:19:25 PST; He sez: Another swap which I CAN'T understand, but always see in old car ads are Offy-Midgets! Even if you could squeeze that engine into a space which is too small for the Triumph 1500 engine, I wou; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00160.html (7,987 bytes)
15. Re: engine swaps (score: 1): Author: richard welty <mit-eddie!lewis.crd.ge.com!welty@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>; Date: Mon, 19 Feb 90 14:21 EST; The Offy-Midgets you see advertized refer to Offenhauser powered race cars, you know the type, they go in a counterclockwise direction around this itty-bitty circle and they bump into walls and thing; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00162.html (7,546 bytes)
16. Re: engine swaps (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!vax.ftp.com!mason@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Nark Mason); Date: Tue, 20 Feb 90 12:02:57 EST; Speaking of bizarre engine swaps, I saw a porsche 914 with a chevy V8 for sale in the want ads last week.; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00171.html (7,098 bytes)
17. Re: engine swaps (score: 1): Author: "Ralph E. Droms" <mit-eddie!CORNELLC.cit.cornell.edu!droms%perseus.bucknell.edu@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>; Date: Tue, 20 Feb 90 15:18:44 EST; Speaking of bizarre engine swaps, I saw a porsche 914 with a chevy V8 for sale in the want ads last week. I once saw an MG TD with a Chrylser V8 & Torqueflite transmission... ...complete with pushbut; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00179.html (7,364 bytes)
18. Re: engine swaps (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!pwcs.StPaul.GOV!phile@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Philip J Ethier); Date: Wed, 21 Feb 90 8:51:28 CDT; There used to be a shop in California, I think, that made a specialty of 914 V8s. They used the stock transaxles and cautioned their customers to be gentle in first gear. phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov -- Lo; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00192.html (7,587 bytes)
19. Re: engine swaps (score: 1): Author: mit-eddie!bevsun.bev.lbl.gov!guy@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Aran Guy); Date: Fri, 23 Feb 90 02:04:59 PST; Bob's comment on my comment: They are definitly not british, but they can turn right if provoked. One keeps winning the vintage races at Lime Rock, seems like every year. And there are usually a few; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00209.html (8,576 bytes)
20. Re: engine swaps (score: 1): Author: richard welty <mit-eddie!lewis.crd.ge.com!welty@EDDIE.MIT.EDU>; Date: Fri, 23 Feb 90 12:06 EST; They [Offy Midgets] are definitly not british, but they can turn right if provoked. One keeps winning the vintage races at Lime Rock, seems like every year. I've seen the ESPN shows which has this ca; /html/british-cars/1990-02/msg00210.html (8,618 bytes)

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