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Six_Shooter
06-16-2013, 09:10 PM
I just watched an episode of Horsepower TV, where they had an RX-7 on teh show and they installed..... an LS engine.
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY?!
Why the eff does everything that is touched by 'Muricans need to be fitted with a freaking LS engine?
Why not take up a bit more of a challenge and install a V6, or a 4 cylinder if you really don't want that Rotary?
A turbo 4 or 6 would be much more unique have even better weight distribution than the V8 (Depending on exactly which V6 was used), and not be so FREAKING boring.
1project2many
06-16-2013, 11:15 PM
It's all about selling product. More sponsors for LS engines so more LS swaps. I'd like to see a few interesting ones as well. Maybe now that the Ecoboost is around, they'll finally bust the notion that anything with less than eight cylinders and a turbo is rice.
You know, I really need to see the video the day you slug some kid for saying "You could get more power outta that Datsun with an LS engine. ;)
EagleMark
06-17-2013, 01:36 AM
Kinda like the old days when everything got a 350 chevy? That was where all the parts were so that is what went into neverything... now it's in a transistion to the SBC LS !
JeepsAndGuns
06-17-2013, 02:30 PM
I saw that episode too. I thought it was kinda a odd swap also, but I'm not into those cars, so it really didnt bother me. But I do feel your pain. I feel the same way everytime I see a jeep with a chevy engine swapped in. :mad1:
jim_in_dorris
06-17-2013, 10:04 PM
I watched a video yesterday of a smart four2 with a Hayabusa motorcycle engine swapped in. No LS there.
1project2many
06-17-2013, 11:40 PM
I've seen that! Something about a tiny car blowing repeated doughnuts makes me laugh in a Three Stooges kind of way.
EagleMark
06-17-2013, 11:54 PM
Yeah but looks like fun if they were'nt my tires?
http://youtu.be/cV4HdsDZX6c
I feel the same way everytime I see a jeep with a chevy engine swapped in. :mad1:
Hey wait a minute, I gota jeep with a chevy engine in it, '90 3.1L MPFI 60*v6 :happy:. Runs really well.
Six_Shooter
06-19-2013, 04:12 AM
Of course it does, it's a 60* V6. :happy:
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