Poll: Would you ever swap a ford engine into a chevy?

[The Outsider]

I'm more of a purist. Keep a Chevy powered by Chevy and Ford powered by Ford. There are always exceptions though.............

Aw come on, Blu! You don't think that a tricked-out 427 SOHC, Boss 429, or a 5.8 GT500 with a honkin' polished Roots would look bitchin in Goodguy Jr. Meadors' new . . . yawn . . . zzzzzzzzz . . . '69 Camaro?

Or maybe a hopped Lightning grinder towering out of the hood of DF's body-wrapped '67 Impala drop-top?

Or some twin-turbo Coyote goodness rocketing Buford T. Justice to its next rendezvous with frag city?

[The Outsider]

I would if it was rare enough.
sohc, or a cleveland.

shelby hacked into an english roadster. I am about that stupid.

Probably still too soon criticize Ol' Shel. But he did miss a big one when he didn't figure out that kit car Cobras were a great way to beat USDOT and the EPA.

I found a sunbird, 1976..its like a vega. putting gm all together is not hard to do.. I have wondered what the little chassis would do with anything. bop mounts have to moved around anyway.

Those things used to be the stuff of Joel Rosen's Motion and Don Hardy. Whatever happened?

My guess is about 550 to 600 h.p. is when you'll want to rely upon more than a 36-year-old unibody and step it up to Da Grump's "ship-in-a-bottle" tube-style chassis. But then Cars Illustrated ran a story back when on a Motion-Built tunnel rammed BBC Vega that used little more than a six-point cage and a set of motor mounts! So maybe the limit is higher than most speculate. Of course those pesky SFI safety rules and lack of traction will put a stop to the stock-unibody fun quicker than structural failure.

A hot Clevor in an old RWD Sunbird would really drive some folks around the bend.

[Schtauffer]

I would not go out of my way to do it, but if I had a Ford engine without a home and a Chevy that needed an engine the two would probably meet.

[BluLightning]

Aw come on, Blu! You don't think that a tricked-out 427 SOHC, Boss 429, or a 5.8 GT500 with a honkin' polished Roots would look bitchin in Goodguy Jr. Meadors' new . . . yawn . . . zzzzzzzzz . . . '69 Camaro?

Or maybe a hopped Lightning grinder towering out of the hood of DF's body-wrapped '67 Impala drop-top?

Or some twin-turbo Coyote goodness rocketing Buford T. Justice to its next rendezvous with frag city?

Actually I was thinking the other direction. I always thought my old wagon would be badass with old hemi in it! I will say though, no SBC has any business in t-bucket or Model A.

[oldsman71]

if the engine was a good enough! I love all engines the same!!! im a poor peice of crap, I run what I get.
I dont mess up "good cars" with cross breeding but beeters, race cars, and demo cars are free game

[68scott385]

I tend to be more pure in the engine/body mating but ANYTHING is game in a street rod.
SBC in a street rod is SOOOOO overdone that it makes a Chevy guy sick.

[Monk]

I've seen some cool street rod set ups.......Chevy's with Ford mills and they looked cool.....and were done right.

I tend to lean towards engines staying with their pedigrees in later models.

[bulletproof]

dont they make a kit to put a sbf in a fiero?

[HoosierL98GTA]

It's not that I don't think ford makes a good engine, I just don't want one . They made and make plenty of perfectly good bodys that even a chevy nut would put a chevy motor in . Me being one of them. Right now I have a buddy with a clean Fairmount Futura that I have been tempted to buy for $500. If I just didn't have such a hankering to do my forth V8 S10.

[Deaf Bob]

Before I figured out I could make the SBC sing relatively easily, I measured SBF for swapping into LUV's and Datsuns, they measure out better.. But all the parts for ANYTHING swapped into.. The winner is the SBC... Can get front sump SBC's.. Fords can be converted if needed.. But not quite so easily..

We run SBC's in our derby cars because we have a stockpile of parts that grew rather fast... Fords just did not accumulate and do not seem to take the heat..
I have heard of 292's and FE Fords glowing red and refusing to shut off, dieseling away untill they cooled down.. I think that is a myth..
Got a 390 with a cam, alum. After market intake and adjustable rockers in a 51 IH.. Smoke fest right there..
But my heart is with the HEARTBEAT... 6 of 10 running cars/trucks powered by SBC, one by BBC, BBB, one V-6 chevy and one V-6 Buick.. Oh yeah. Shhh one V-6 tojo..

If I had a good ford that would fit easily, like into. a Fiero.. Sure...if the chevy won't fit..