JThw8 wrote:Tom_Spangler wrote: Late 70s Ford V8s were amazingly gutless for their size. Swapping just about anything in would be an improvement. However, having said that, I'm not sure the ROI is there for swapping a diesel into this car. Better a warmed-over 460 or something similar.It actually moves well enough with the 400 which is why I really question doing the swap at all other than it would be interesting and possibly gain some fuel economy. I don't know that there's much ROI in doing anything to a malaise era station wagon, but I oh so love it anyway :)
Perhaps the term "ROI" puts too much of a financial spin on it. I think we all know that you never get your money back on major mods like engine swaps. That's not the point of them. What I meant was that the increase in performance probably isn't worth the work of doing the swap.
