Just another terrible idea

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Just another terrible idea

Postby Mastasmash » Fri Jun 02, 2017 12:38 am

I was browsing through YouTube watching roadkill when I saw them mention a v4, i then decided to look them up only to find that the twin cam is just as good if not better than the Lancia V4. I then went on my usual thought process of looking up small engines and found the mazda k8, a small V6 engine that is relatively cheap to get my hands on and then a Buick 215 V8 which is rather odd. My terrible idea is whether or not I should even throw something like the K8 into my donor car to see if it's even possible.
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Re: Just another terrible idea

Postby joelittel » Fri Jun 02, 2017 8:22 am

If you've got the time I'd say do it and start a build thread.

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Re: Just another terrible idea

Postby ScoopMan » Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:16 pm

The Buick 215 was an aluminum V8 from the early 60's, that turned into the English Rover V8. They made it in various forms until 2005. Find yourself a junked Land Rover and pull that lump out of there and put it to some good use :twisted:

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Re: Just another terrible idea

Postby klweimer » Sat Jun 03, 2017 8:55 am

I always thought a Mazda rotary would be a cool conversion. They're not too big and I think can generate a quite a bit of power. It's been many, many years since I road in a rotary powered car, but I remember it being pretty strong.
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Re: Just another terrible idea

Postby garion » Fri Sep 22, 2017 2:39 am

I know this is a bit of necro posting, but I've been off the board for a while..

I have a Range Rover (with a 4.2L, based on that Buick 215), as another project, next to my Spider. No way that engine is fitting in there.
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Re: Just another terrible idea

Postby Shadoobie » Wed Sep 27, 2017 11:58 am

klweimer wrote:I always thought a Mazda rotary

I've talked to several spider enthusiasts who did this in the 70s and 80s, an in fact there was actually a guy who wanted to buy my scrap '70 spider for the sole purpose of putting a rotary in it.

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Re: Just another terrible idea

Postby geospider » Wed Sep 27, 2017 11:41 pm

Motors can fit into some funny places.
We put a small block 350 into a Vega back in high school. i guess we had nothing else to do

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