I've thought that putting a GN engine into a Vega or Chevette would make an awsome drag car. :twisted: Pinto would work too. Something small, light & RWD. Ooh, I know.... an early RX7.
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May 19, 2008 7:22 p.m. wlkelley3 Reader
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May 19, 2008 11:16 p.m. ww Dork
Ooh! I definitely like the first gen RX-7 idea. That would be awesome!
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May 19, 2008 11:50 p.m. MrJoshua Dork
I think theres actually a support issue for the input shaft of the manual trans. (Maybe its the other way around and the rear of the crank cant handle the load of a clutch?)
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May 20, 2008 12:22 a.m. Wally SuperDork
If for some reason the crank wasn't drilled for a pilot bushing(it's a long time since since I've seen one) it is a fairly simple operation. As for the G body buick wagon, it's called the Century.
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May 20, 2008 8:35 a.m. Sofa King New Reader
There are two guys in Cleveland with them in 2nd gen RX7 bodies. One a coupe and the other a convertible. The coupe runs 11.5, the convertible has gone 10.2 in the quarter, and neither makes enough noise to turn your head if it drove by!! Both are reliable enough to be daily driven.
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May 20, 2008 3:03 p.m. patgizz New Reader
G body wagon!
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May 22, 2008 1:24 p.m. ClemSparks SuperDork
Duke wrote: [edit] And I think that anyone who is suggesting it get swapped into something that already has a titanic engine bay (that would easily accept a blown BBC) is perhaps lost the plot a little.
Well...when you put it that way... . . . . .
No...I still say a bolt-in, same-platform swap could be fun!
Clem
Darn! Now you've got me cruising craigshelper and ebay for blowers!
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May 22, 2008 2:12 p.m. nickel_dime HalfDork
Vega, VW bug, Mini, 510, one of those old baby Honda's
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May 22, 2008 5:46 p.m. ae86andkp61 New Reader
I vote for the second-gen RX-7. You should be able to find a rolling chassis for dirt cheap, and it would be different enough to be fun....and probably raise a few eyebrows from both the rotary camp and the only-engine-worth-swapping-is-a-smallblock V-8 crowd. :twisted:
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May 22, 2008 6:03 p.m. Deviant None
I like the El Camino idea, or maybe an older S10, or give it to me.
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May 22, 2008 8:30 p.m. fatallightning New Reader
a fiero should be cake.
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May 22, 2008 11:24 p.m. SVreX SuperDork
Give it to me. I'll put it in a Yugo. :omg:
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May 22, 2008 11:46 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
Locost.
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May 23, 2008 1:12 a.m. MitchellC New Reader
Sofa King wrote: neither makes enough noise to turn your head if it drove by!! Both are reliable enough to be daily driven.
In my BIL's GN, when he opened up the exhaust dump valve before the mufflers, you could definitely hear it driving by. It sounded best on hard acceleration when the turbo was spooling up at low RPM.
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May 23, 2008 2:12 a.m. curtis73 New Reader
They fit nicely in type 2 VWs (buses)
Ford Maverick or Pinto
chevette
an E30 with a wasted engine
30's ford A or T rod.
chevy luv
toyota hilux
studebaker champ
This RX7: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/car/688026708.html
weld up a subframe, use an FWD tranny and stick it in the back of this beetle: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/car/685610495.html
64 chevelle roller: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/car/684906826.html
a fox body with no motor/tranny: http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/car/684274521.html
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May 23, 2008 12:49 p.m. STS_ZX2 New Reader
F-Body
The 1988 Firebird Indy Pace Car had the GNX motor in it, as I recall. I had a friend that had one setup for track days with MCSCC...it would walk ZR1 Corvettes between turn 7 and 1 at BHF.
I'd put it into a no option, "lightweight" Gen4 v6 Camaro or Firebird. Cheap to get, and plenty of inexpensive aftermarket to support the extra HP.
...or go the other way and do a Gen2 F-body--prefer an older one with the flat back windows...
