Just a thought...
12-08-2008, 12:56 PM
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Just a thought...
Well I have friends with foreign cars but American engines and am thinking of going the same route they have by getting a RX-7 Gen1 or 3 and doing a Chevy engine swap but the thought came thru my head what if I could do that to my C32 instead like putting a 400-500hp LS2 instead...could that be done? I know that there are C55s out there with E55 kompressor V8s and it seems like a huge job...but will it be the same to swap a Chevy engine in her? Keep in mind its only a thought.
12-08-2008, 01:00 PM
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hey vic....can you share a little bit of the stuff that your on...I can stop by and pick it up...
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12-08-2008, 01:09 PM
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I am sure with a big enough wallet anything could be done. I would guess you would be talking 10's of thousands of dollars.
Well I have friends with foreign cars but American engines and am thinking of going the same route they have by getting a RX-7 Gen1 or 3 and doing a Chevy engine swap but the thought came thru my head what if I could do that to my C32 instead like putting a 400-500hp LS2 instead...could that be done? I know that there are C55s out there with E55 kompressor V8s and it seems like a huge job...but will it be the same to swap a Chevy engine in her? Keep in mind its only a thought.
12-08-2008, 01:58 PM
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Kary Mullis, a self-proclaimed stoner, made a discovery (PCR) that landed him the Nobel prize in Medicine and revolutionized the way advances in medicine and science are achieved!
12-08-2008, 02:11 PM
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Don't give the guy too much credit, he still thinks HIV doesn't cause AIDS and that global warming doesn't exist.
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12-08-2008, 02:19 PM
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He actually was on acid at the time when he came up with PCR. However if he wasn't tripping so hard, he would have hid the discovery, and wouldn't have let Cetus get the patent.
Don't give the guy too much credit, he still thinks HIV doesn't cause AIDS and that global warming doesn't exist.
Don't give the guy too much credit, he still thinks HIV doesn't cause AIDS and that global warming doesn't exist.
Yep, there's a certain 'voodoo' component to it! That said, it's certainly made my life a lot easier!
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1992 Toyota Corolla, 1994 Chevy C1500, 2002 C32, 2012 Prius, 2013 Toyota Sienna
Kind of the same topic but I have thought of totally gutting and roll caging the C32 and making it a street legal track car. Suspension, brakes, wheels, tires. In addition...carbon fiber where available. I think I could make it pretty light and I bet it would haul A$$. Im not concerned about functionality as Im getting a new car shorty. C32used why not go that route?
Well I have friends with foreign cars but American engines and am thinking of going the same route they have by getting a RX-7 Gen1 or 3 and doing a Chevy engine swap but the thought came thru my head what if I could do that to my C32 instead like putting a 400-500hp LS2 instead...could that be done? I know that there are C55s out there with E55 kompressor V8s and it seems like a huge job...but will it be the same to swap a Chevy engine in her? Keep in mind its only a thought.
