For me, nothing is better. I've always loved Shelby's cobra with the 427 in it-that sh*t is just insane.

Now, are there any companies out there that specialize in turning small cars into bid engined monsters..? I don't mean like dropping in a 442 engine into a civic....i mean moreso like putting a ford 4.6 281ci into a ford escort with a previous 1.9L 4cyl. This in itself would take ALOT of work, but you don't see it often. Let's face it, theres nothing like raw power...with a light weight vehicle.

For one thing, a friend of mine said that even if you take the time out and do everything right, the chassis will ALWAYS act funny cause it is simply NOT designed for the extra engine weight. BUT, i told him yeah then build a chassis MADE for the extra work.

I would much rather a small car with a big engine rather then a big car with a big engine...thats why i've always loved the early stangs, especially the 89 w/hatchback with the 5.0L, that car was under 3K lbs with a decently sized engine for its weight. But ofcoarse i'd like to see EXTREME'S...lol, LIKE a 350 dropped in a chevy cavalier....along with a rear wheel conversion.....manual.....yikes...

BTW, RWD conversion would HAVE TO HAPPEN i'm guessing..lol..

A few years ago, Hot Rod magazine installed a 500 ci Cadillac engine, circa 1972 (with matching trans) into a Chevy Chevette.
It turned 12 sec quarters with the stock 120 k mile engine.
They had to gut the thring, cut a big shoel inthe firewall, locate the engine about a foot back from the stock location and drive from the back seat (almost)

They used leaf springs cut in half from a Ford F150 as rear able control arms, with coil springs to hold a stronger (Chevy S10??) rear axle in place.

The thing was fast but lethally handling.

I also have a friend with a small block Chevy 350 in an AMC Gremlin, which works very well.

Yeah i seen on car and driver tv an amc gremlin, i believe it was a smaller v8 though....kicked ass.

I would love to own a car like that, small...light, big displacement...man o man that sh*t is awesome. Lol, imagine a dodge SRT4 with a HEMI V8 like whats in the Magnum.....NUTS, you'd have to go with a RWD conversion and possible ADD weight to the rear end to get traction.

well back in the day (circa 1989 ) there was a company that specialized in putting the 3.4l v8 yamaha out of the tarus sho into the back end of the of a festiva all set up for it. they turned the engine bay into a cargo area and put it into the back seat area then converted it into a rear engine rear wheel drive vehiclethe cost of the entire transformation was about 120000 but you had a festiva that could do 160 and get into the mid 11s on the drag track it was called the festiva shogun

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A few years ago, Hot Rod magazine installed a 500 ci Cadillac engine, circa 1972 (with matching trans) into a Chevy Chevette.

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well back in the day (circa 1989 ) there was a company that specialized in putting the 3.4l v8 yamaha out of the tarus sho into the back end of the of a festiva all set up for it. they turned the engine bay into a cargo area and put it into the back seat area then converted it into a rear engine rear wheel drive vehiclethe cost of the entire transformation was about 120000 but you had a festiva that could do 160 and get into the mid 11s on the drag track it was called the festiva shogun

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A company called Jags That Run, make a complets conversion kit to drop a mopar, chevy or ford small block into a Datsun 240,260, or 280z (not zx) which if you add a few components puts the power to weight ratio to that of a viper. Ive seen a few of these Zs on ebay ranging from 5 to 10 k, one hell of a street racer not to mention drop dead sexy good looks!

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http://www.hinsonsupercars.com/
they swap LS1s into RX7s, not a bad idea, but i like the rotary engine.

http://www.saturnfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47410
V8 in a saturn