v-6 in early A-body
Hi guys, I'm sorry that this post started so much trouble. I merely wanted to know if this combination could work, and as far as I can tell, it will. What I am wondering though, is how expensive would a job like this be?
I know I could find a small block (318, 273, 340, 360) somewhere if I looked hard enough in my area, but I still think that the V-6 would make a really cool ride. I am just not sure about the whole fuel injection part of the job. I think that I would have to find a carb version to work with.
No no, sometimes it's more important to be right than to be helpful........lol! It will certainly work, of course, it is just a short 318....If You want old school, a carb'd fast-burn
head pre-magnum w/a little cam would run great. They are 9:1 stock squeeze, can be ported with o/s valves the same as any 302 teener head, and Mopar & I think Eddy
made 4bbl. intakes for them, it is NOT hard to find a suitable carb for that. You can put any smallblock trans setup behind it and you're good to go.
If You don't mind going EFI, then jump straight to the magnum series and don't look back, for God sakes don't waste your time w/the TBI fastburn stuff. This gives you
many improvements in efficiency & performance, but will be more costly than the old school build, magnummopar can & will help You there. Buy a dedicated tank like Tanks
Inc. if You want to do EFI,it is the best choice, and not much more than a stk. tank. If your tank is clean,sell it to a member who may need it, recoup some costs there etc.
As far as the "minivan" engines, they are just engines, and were used in all sorts of cars, Intrepid,Dynasty,etc., & the basic 60deg block formed the basis for the DOHC
3.5L which was a runner, but suffered growing pains. As pointed out by magnummopar,there is no bolting up these engines to any traditional RWD Mopar drivelines, so it is
definitely not swap friendly at all. The only RWD app was the Wrangler, and despite the derision of magnummopar, it's performance was intentionally hampered as was the
4.0L AMC in that platform, for safety reasons. I've driven multiple examples and the wranglers were definitely "detuned" compared to the minivan & cherokee co-users.
Slamming those engines for smoking, no, the 3.0mitsu's yes......but i've never seen 3.8's do that. Magnums? Try almost every one ever built until Mopar came out w/the
steel shim plenum cover gasket, oiling down the back cylinders & causing lean/run conditions,.............so why all the pissing? Seriously, like what You like guys, but this
is what is turning people off of reading this forum.......................
