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- Subject: Engine Swap - 73 Chevy
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- From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: 12 Dec 92 13:36:00 GMT
- Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
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- -> I drive a 1973 Chevy Malibu and I'm planning on doing an engine
- -> swap in the near future. It currently has the 250 inline 6 in it
- -> with a turbo 350 trans. What I'm looking for is suggestions as
- -> toward what size engine I should look to. I love the idea of putting
- -> in a V-6 (I know, its wierd) but the mechanics would probably prove
- -> too difficult sooo.. I'm probably going to go with a small block of
- -> some size.
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- Peculiar. The Chevy 229 or 262 V6 uses the same bolt pattern and motor
- mounts as the 262-400 V8. The swap would be practically identical to a
- V8 swap - hoses, exhaust pipes, mounts, throttle linkage.
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- The '73 is a big honker car. Why not an appropriate engine, like a
- 454?
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