Engine swaps youve thought about?

[1Bad62Pro/Street]

Straight-eight engine or inline-eight engine - Cuz they are rare!

1950 Pontiac Straight Eight Engine Start (HD) ...

1950 Pontiac Straight-8 Engine For Enthusiasts ...

Buick straight 8 running with dual carbs and dual...

Old Chrysler Blown Hemi V8 of course...
Buick "Nailhead V8 - Nostalgia
Chrysler Slant Six - Nostalgia
Tricked out Chevy I6's - Nostalgia
Various Flathead V8 - Nostalgia
Blown Chevy BB V6 - Cuz I want people to say... Dannnnnng!
283, 302, 327 SBC's - Nostalgia
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=386581
409, 427, 396 and 402, 454, 572 BBC's - Cuz of Monster Tourque

Theres a ton of old rare engines i would love to have..
Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Chrysler, Buick, AMC, Nash, Desoto, Packard, Henry J, Kaiser, Hudson & Edsel........ So many out there!

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by theastronaut

There's a guy in italy (alfa1750 on ebay) that specailzes in rebuilding dellortos and comes highly recommended. He has a pair of rebuilt 40 DHLA's listed on ebay for $500 bin, so a triple setup should come in around $750. Megajolt could be used for the ignition, which runs about $165 I think. Flanges for the carbs and cylinder head are easily sourced to build a manifold with, or I'm friends with a guy who owns a foundry and could cast intakes if I made molds. Individual runner intake manifolds are pretty simple to fabricate compared to a plenum style manifold. The VW makes 90hp and 115tq from 1679cc and runs 9.6:1 compression. Thats almost double the stock power with less than 100cc increase; alot of guys cant get their 1835's to make that much power. Being aircooled (limited ability to dissipate heat) with that much compression means it is very tune-sensitive and the dellorto's are able to make it work. I'm not worried about the cost; if I was I would use my 350 crate engine that is already paid for. Everbody and their dog has a V8 with a 4 barrel or a LS swap with factory efi. I want something unique that hasn't been done to death yet. Inline 6's with triple two barrels are nothing new, but how many people have a Vortec 4200 running triple dellorto's and a five speed? I'm up to the challenge and have never been one to take the easy way out of getting something done. I work until I get the desired results- take a look at my '65 C10 restoration thread and see what I mean, thats my first shot at metal work, bodywork, painting; its my first restoration and it came out great. If triple dell's work well on other inliners, then why can't it work on a chevy? Factory efi is easy and boring, thats not my style. Besides, who wants miles of wiring and heaps of plastic parts under the hood of a classic truck? The soul of a classic is lost when technology replaces simple mechanical parts that one can easily understand and work on themself with hand tools.
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got ya. you have thrown down the gauntlet, and I applaud you. a couple things though:

building a foundry mold for a cast intake is very difficult. you have to build it 1.25 scale, and making runners (voids) in a casting is one of the most difficult casting methods. then you have to machine the mounting surfaces flat, and build linkages and fuel rails.

megajolt is the ignition controller for edis, you will still need a crank wheel, hall switch, and 6 cylinder EDIS system for it to control, and the coil packs.


else you certainly seem to have it worked out, "soul" of the old truck and all. I look forward to seeing it done.

[theastronaut]

Originally Posted by joedoh

got ya. you have thrown down the gauntlet, and I applaud you. a couple things though:

building a foundry mold for a cast intake is very difficult. you have to build it 1.25 scale, and making runners (voids) in a casting is one of the most difficult casting methods. then you have to machine the mounting surfaces flat, and build linkages and fuel rails.

megajolt is the ignition controller for edis, you will still need a crank wheel, hall switch, and 6 cylinder EDIS system for it to control, and the coil packs.


else you certainly seem to have it worked out, "soul" of the old truck and all. I look forward to seeing it done.

I'll definitly post the process to get it going in my build thread once I get that far with it. Working on getting the suspension sorted right now, then getting the bed and cab back on the frame. Thanks for the reality check on the engine, its easy to think that something will be easier than it actually is.

[srziemkowski]

Originally Posted by joedoh

s10 2.2l 4 cylinder in my 65.











keep the efi, you will quintiple the cost of your engine just buy going to a sidedraft carb setup and it will only perform at wot. Efi though gives you tuning for whatever, not just those 2 days out of a thousand that you are on a track. Not to mention i had twin sidedrafts on my bmw 2002 and what a ***** to sync and tune for changes in weather...

Not knocking your choices, just saying

how well do you think this 2.2 will move your 65? Another thought was a fi 4.3 vortec from a s10 blazer or something.

[joedoh]

I've driven it (with the 62 body, I have changed to a 65 body), its not as urgent as my speed3 but its not slow by any stretch of the imagination. Most of the weight of the 65 was in the chassis and most of the weight of the s10 was in the body for crash protection, insulation, etc. Keeps up with traffic just fine and the highway gear is awesome.

[srziemkowski]

Originally Posted by joedoh

i've driven it (with the 62 body, i have changed to a 65 body), its not as urgent as my speed3 but its not slow by any stretch of the imagination. Most of the weight of the 65 was in the chassis and most of the weight of the s10 was in the body for crash protection, insulation, etc. Keeps up with traffic just fine and the highway gear is awesome.

wow,would not have figured that.