Glad to hear you got a run Bill. Sorry that you couldn't make it to MoKan, I was hoping to see the car make its maiden voyage in person. That's too bad you had transmission problems on top of leak problems as well.
I wish I could find someone that did a v8 swap on a budget like Serj did his turbo build. I can't though, but this is the best I have:
-Small block (say, 360) and transmission (904 or 727) running and in decent condition $3-400? Possibly less depending case from case
-v8 wiring harness, new from Year One $125-145
-v8 conversion mounts $140-180
-Small block trans crossmember
-v8 Kickdown linkage (good chance it will come with the engine/trans)
-v8 steering link (drop center)
The prices I do know come in from $565-$725. If we set a budget of $1500 like serj did, I am going to guess we could make it without too much trouble. Not to mention it'd be much easier to tune (no witchcraft here)
If I add my $.02 to yours, does it make $.04 or cancel out and make 0 cents?
P.S. I understand that you still have TONS of tuning and issues to figure out, but
I wouldn't be satisfied till it pushed 300 ponies at the crank on 10lbs. I don't think it's anything out of reach for a built motor like yours. I know of 2 blown slants that make (IMO) decent hp-per-psi. The one makes 250hp/330tq with 7psi, the other makes
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