Hey AT Car Geniuses!!!

[Viper GTS]

For some reason I always thought Miatas were FWD...

Boy was I wrong. Guess it's a good thing I checked before I commented on it.



Viper GTS

 

[Rent]

<< back in early 1990's they were dropping Taurus SHO Engines in Ford Festivas for a racing Circuit.. SO this should be VERY possible.. >>



The Shogun

awesome little cars

 

[chaotic]

My wife's dad has an SHO, with all the fixin's (leather, sunroof, power everything...) and I keep trying to get it from him.... He won't take my car and some $$ for trade, nor will he get rid of it for straight $$

 

[FrustratedUser]

I saw a '69 VW with a V8 in the front. The guy drove from the backseat!!

You should have seen the reactions!! LOL

 

[Big Bwana]

here's a couple of links to some v8 miatas:

This guy uses NOS in his (gocities site)

and these guys supercharge their v8 miata...

hmmm, the monstermotorsports page is down...here's the google cached copy

http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:vtPz0b4k9fQ:www.monstermotorsports.com/+monster+miata&hl=en

it gets 18 MPG hahaha...

BB

 

[N8Magic]

Have you seen the size of the 2002 Accent?

I think you may be limited to a a turbo 4-banger (VW 1.8T, Nissan SR20DET) or a narrow V6 (VW VR6) because of the complete lack of space.

 

[ckkoba]

Do any of you peepz remember reading about a Ford V-8 that was fitted into a Volvo station wagon? This was about 6-8 years ago, some guy was putting the Mustang 5.0 into these old Volvo station wagons... So 2,500 for the car and a couple thousand for the engine. I sorta wished I had that...

 

[N8Magic]

My old neighbor had a Volvo 850 (sedan) with a Mustang 5.0 in it.

That thing was FAST!

 

[Angrymarshmello]

I recalled seeing someone drop the engine from a former 8 second Mustang (body got seriously messed up in an accident but engine remained intact) into a now low 7/high 6 second Probe (Converted to RWD too)

 

[WarMechTU]

Delusions of Grandeur? With an accent? Buddy... listen to what you are saying... first of all...

1) the accent has a POS 4 cylinder... there is no way the engine bay can fit a small block... let alone a big block V8....

2) this would kill the weight distribution in the car and the accent... mind you... is not a very structurally rigid car... it won't be able to handle the added pressure of a few hundred pounds bolted onto the chassis

3) yeah, you would need a new drivetrain all together, not just a new engine

4) unless you were willing to do this all yourself, and sounding from your level if expertise.. you probably won't.. the labor of this kind of a job is crazy... it costs my friend $5k just to change his auto tranny to a stick shift... and that is only a part of the drivetrain

5) your best bet would be to get a used Civic... and put a supercharger or turbos or some other after market products on it... if you are worried about price.... otherwise... why else would you want an accent?

just my two cents

 

[LAUST]

I've seen one of those 1st model Civic's do it before, the engine litterally was sitting 3/4 out of the hood and the firewall was moved back.... looks like WAY too much work, might as well buy a rail.

I have seen a Ford Pinto on all Ford day with a 302 in it tho thing MOVED!!!

 

[LAUST]

<< why dont you do this ? >>


jonMEGA, that sounds like a ATI Procharger on that, am I right? Sounds like straight cut gears to me

BTW, who said Chevrolet sucks thats what I thought