Possumblog

...or a Chevy V-8 into a Spitfire:
http://ye-beast.com/

Turbo-supercharged 3 rotor Mazda Wankle @ 575 HP in a 510. I are a Moron® w/no money.

That would be a waste of a perfectly good B21.

No wait, you could put it in the Ford.

I guess if I had that much money to throw around I would just put it to better use and buy one of those Tesla electric cars. Zero to 60 in 4 seconds sounds pretty good to me--and NO GAS. While I am still uneasy about electric cars, I would call this a better investment than that engine-transmission swap you referred to by those guys at PM. But then, I guess they just wanted to see if they could do it.

As a guy who once installed a Porsche engine, transaxle and brakes in a VW Beetle, (It was entertaining?) I understand the attraction. It is caled "hot rodding".

Now Larry, you know that the Porsche is just a VW with better public relations. They aren't THAT different. Now, if you went and put an Olds Toronado transaxle and 455 in the back of the VW--now THAT would have been more analogous to the Jeep/Hemi swap. (That actually sounds more fun.)

Stan, as for the Tesla, it's a good idea for a fun thing, but it takes a LONG time to fill it back up for another 100 mile jaunt.

Kitchen Hand, I figure since my engine only has 230,000 miles on it, it'll be a while before I actually need to swap it out, but it never hurts to plan ahead.

Chef Tony, I say you oughta find yourself a nice Cosmo for that Wankel!

Steevil--amazing that the Spit in the picture isn't twisted like a piece of corkscrew pasta...

Terry,

I followed your link for the V-8 in the Volvo, and noticed that that's really for a high class tow car to take the V-8 Spit to shows/races.

"High-class" apparently being a rather malleable term...

I still lust for a 4.6 Ford V8 in a rear drive converted Focus. It would be a perfect sleeper.

Indeed so--maybe I can convert both our Focus and the Volvo at the same time.

It only cost money, after all.

:;sigh::

Speaking of Porsche engines in a VW, I remember back in the 70's Car & Driver took a 928 V-8 and put it into a Rabbit. They actually had to split the VW down the middle and widen it a few inches to get everything in. The 70's were the Golden Days of Moronosity.

And speaking of golden, as in "having lots of gold," let's not forget Jay Leno's handbuilt roadster powered by a 800 horse aircooled V-12 tank engine.

I didn't know that the US Army had gasoline engined tanks as late as the M-47. I did know the Sherman was gasoline, to make it quicker to manufacture, but it earned the nicknames "Ronson" from the Brits and "Tommie cooker" from the Germans.

[for you very young people out there, Ronson (http://www.ronsoncorp.com/) was a major brand of cigarette lighter before the days of disposables, and Tommie is short for 'Tommie Atkins,' the Brit analog of GI Joe.]

...Golden Days of Moronosity... Does anybody else remember Car & Driver's Crx2? They took a 1st gen Honda CRX and added a 2nd drivetrain behind the seats to drive the rear wheels. It had 2 sets of gauges and double ignition switches and could be run with either engine or both.

I DO remember that one!

Good times...good times.

How about Boss Wagon? AWD turbo Volvo wagon, went like stink and blew up often?