Combo's that the manufacturer left on the table ?

Thanks. That swap is a natural. I laughed when I read the comment about the Olds site. There are two Olds sites. The one mentioned "Oldspower.com" is useless. Realoldspower.com is much better. Most of us used to be on Oldspower.com initially and left it.

We're doing a 403 swap into an 85 442 next summer. Car's here, engine's at my brothers' in Pa. His car. They are sweet.

 

I would have started by putting a 455 in the 69 GS's like Olds did with the 442.

 

The only way you could get a 455 in an Olds A-body in '69 was in a Hurst Olds. A 400 was the 4-4-2 engine.

 

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Only good part about it is Showa, (div of Yamaha) convinced Ford to buy a slightly detuned version of the GN34 engine from them and put it in the Taurus sedan in 1989. It was the first Taurus SHO and a real honey. Internally, we all knew what SHO stood for, not what they promoted to the public (Super High Output).

If Yamaha had convinced Ford to let them put it and a decent 5/6 speed into the Fox bodied Mustangs (Mustang Sprint?) they would still be building them. I drove an SHO in SouthField in '90. The car was more than match for a 5.0 5 speed Mustang. I was VERY impressed.:eek2:

 

They really were sweet. I heard that somebody in Dearborn put a SHO engine in a 1st series Probe, but never saw it myself. In 1990, Ford finally got an engine that would match the car and offered the 3.0l Ford engine in the LX Probe.

I would think that would be a death trap as the 1st gen Probes (and the Mazda MX-5, 626 derivative) had a horrible torque steer problem with the Turbo in the GT. That SHO engine would have a Probe in a ditch or wrapped around a tree quicker than you could react to it. Fortunately, the 93 and newer Porbes had that problem resolved.

 

Couldn't have been any worse than an AA fuel altered or one of these 700 hp turbocharged front wheel drag Hondas. Would have been neat in a Fox body. Thought very seriously about building a Modified production or low Class comp eliminator car from that combination. Would have gone 12's stock and got 25 mpg doing it!! :Brow:

 

OH YEAH! Someone else has been thinking dirty thoughts too! I want to cram an LS2 so deep into one of those little Saturn Sky mobiles....... I was even fantasizing, er thinking about it on the way home tonight. A big fat juicy 600HP LS engine. If I don't stop dwelling on it, I'll be compelled to do it.
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Like this?
http://www.mallettcars.com/solstice-conversion.htm
John

 

I'm partial to the 900HP LS7 version myself, like the Sky's looks a little better, but I wouldn't turn down a Solstice either. I don't know if the term "sleeper" would apply here.

Hey Donny, at least this wasn't an OLDS hijack this time.:laugh:

 

Not yet...........:Brow: The winter is just beginning. :bla:

 

I'll third this one. My fantasy car was once a 66 Galaxie 500 with a 427 SOHC.

 

oh yeah, i'll fourth this one. My fanatasy one is John V's Orange 61 Starliner. Got to sit in it and detail it out at the 87 All Ford expo in columbus. GAWD I LOVE THAT CAR!! :grin: :grin: