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Cheap and easy v8 swap




Mudhound

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Man, I am SOOOOO glad that my ride has a real V8 in it, not this thing. Then again, I "might" look into getting one for my friends little Geo Metro, 3 cyl. style. ;)
 

BlueThunder

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Dude, that's awesome. One of those, a turbo whistle and a couple of "Type R" decals and my 3.0 should be puttin down about 500hp. I'm gonna start the transplant tomorrow as soon as I find a website to order it from. Thanks!!!:icon_hornsup:
 

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i need on of those for my festiva
 

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That thing is badass. It'd be especially cool for those people with the massive sound systems.
 

erocka1982

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what happens if you already have a v8 and you use that? will it create some sort of portal to hell?
 

robertc1024

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I KNOW it will be a portal to hell when some ricer gets hold of it.
 

Frank The Tank

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I want two of them for my 4 banger, with speakers in my toolbox.

Frank
 

sloth69mustang

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that would be fun to put in your car and not tell anyone. have everyone in the car before you start it and be like yeah i just did an engine swap last weekend check it out.......hahahahahahahaha so dumb but so funny
 

Ranger4657

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shonky is one lucky guy man. i wish i could reproduce sounds like that. damn. this would be cool to hook up to a Volvo or one of those gremlin cars from waynes world.
 

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