ENGINE SWAP

wiredgeorge wrote:

The rear brake looks like a disk. What is that thing that looks like a tin can with three holes? Why not just use a 900/1000 frame and have the engine bolt right up?

Yeah, something that was designed to handle the torque of the bigger motor. A frame that wouldn't crack at the welds or get twisted like limp spaghetti over time.

Are people trying to do the V8 Vega, V8 Pinto engine swap thing? Big engine, little car? My 650 weighs 465lbs dry, what does a 900/1000 weigh? Is it about better handling with the 650 frame? With all the work done (assuming frame bracing, etc), what advantages are you going to end up with?

what advantages are you going to end up with?

Faster way to die....