View Single Post
Old 05-05-2016, 06:23 AM   #10387
Nevermore
Wayward Member
 
Nevermore's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2012
Drives: Hot Lava 86
Location: Bust of Pallas
Posts: 3,336
Thanks: 1,669
Thanked 2,312 Times in 1,386 Posts
Mentioned: 50 Post(s)
Quote:
Originally Posted by babydriver View Post
Except you lose 20 hp, and there ain't a lot to spare anyway.
Had my auto dyno'd, made as much as manual.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tcoat View Post
It is still a 30 year old car and a better one is going to cost more keeping the price about the same. The engine swap may have what sounds like a nice easy "kit" but this is not as simple as bolting in some parts and driving away. When I said lines I did not mean just the ones for the engine. Every single thing that carries fluids is going to have to be changed. Sure a harness comes for the engine but it is not just going to be a plug in no matter how "turn key" they make it.
Haha that's depressing. Hopefully in the future when I finally get around to having a project car it doesn't utterly eat me alive.
__________________
Nevermore is offline