Pipe dream motor swap: What would you bolt into your A-Body?

MRGTX said

Just to avoid crazy responses like a "3000 horsepower R-2800-8 Wasp engine" from a P-47 Thunderbolt har har har" or something out of a top fuel dragster, let's limit the discussion to engines that would:

A) actually fit (possibly with some significant fabrication)
B) actually work in the car for how you drive it or how you would like to drive it in the future.

PS: specified "motor" since electric propulsion (which aren't "engines") shouldn't be left off of the table here.

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a 500 hp, aluminum headed 440 with tr6060 6 speed................. oh wait, I'm already doing that :lol:



If I had the desire to go thru it again, I might try a Cummins ISB 6BT swap but that thing weighs half a ton and is HUGE. It could be made to fit but the back 3 cylinders would be next to the drivers knees. and you'd be forced to run a cowl induction hood or no hood at minimum. But the torque and power of that thing propels 8000 pound pickups into the low 10s, imagine the speeds in something half as light and the fuel economy would be huge, driven conservatively of course.