by "Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
Published 03/04/2017 at 12:45
by "Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
Published 03/04/2017 at 12:45
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WTF, why? http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C840740
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Why a 3VZE swap? I’m sure it’s a million times more reliable than whatever it came with, but this was the swap of choice?
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
03/04/2017 at 12:47, STARS: 4
Probably because he bought one for 16 cents and a half-eaten unglazed donut.
"PS9" (PS9)
03/04/2017 at 12:58, STARS: 0
Why not?
"My X-type is too a real Jaguar" (TomSlick)
03/04/2017 at 13:00, STARS: 1
When you go to self service junkyard on half price engine day, you take what you can find.
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
03/04/2017 at 13:27, STARS: 0
Cause all them headgaskets. And the lack of power compared to comparable engines. And the fuel consumption. And there are a lot better cheaper engines out there.
"PS9" (PS9)
03/04/2017 at 13:31, STARS: 0
Meh. Precuring an engine at all is an ass-pain on top of the swap. A lot of people will pick using what they have on hand over getting something else, even if the something else is better. Not every swap project needs to have a LS9 at the center of it.
"" (bignslow)
03/04/2017 at 13:36, STARS: 1
Is it just me or did Toyota copy Ford’s 302 intake design?
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
03/04/2017 at 13:42, STARS: 0
There are only so many ways for it to work.
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
03/04/2017 at 13:42, STARS: 0
But a 3.8 V6 out of a Firebird would have been a better, cheaper, more reliable swap.
"Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura" (sundowne36)
03/04/2017 at 14:46, STARS: 0
A 1MZ might have been a better choice.
"Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura" (sundowne36)
03/04/2017 at 14:49, STARS: 0
Or a 2GR, even.
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
03/04/2017 at 15:09, STARS: 0
Nah, the 1MZ was nearly as bad as the 3VZE. A late 5VZE would have been better, though a GM 3.8 would have been a much better choice.
"RonnyPStiggs" (dyeg96)
03/04/2017 at 15:09, STARS: 0
According to Wikipedia, the 5VZ was used as a factory motor in the later iterations of the Volga, could it be that they used the same trans making it a bolt in swap? It’s still pretty odd.
"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
03/04/2017 at 15:10, STARS: 0
They do actually. I guess that makes sense. But why not 5VZE?
"RonnyPStiggs" (dyeg96)
03/04/2017 at 18:32, STARS: 0
At first I thought this was being sold in Britain, but I see that its in Atlanta, Georgia. Yeah its a bit stranger to me now, since I thought it might’ve been because the swaper didnt know much about t he engine they were working with.
"RonnyPStiggs" (dyeg96)
03/04/2017 at 18:36, STARS: 0
Damn, even a 22R-E, 2RZ-E would make more sense to me than this motor. Also, its automatic and this is the first generation Volga, so the bolt in theory probably doesnt work.