NA with a 3.2L SHO V6?

"Scary__goongala!" (corymagee) 09/07/2016 at 20:13 • Filed to: None

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I know that engine can be put into a RWD application. I haven’t found if the driveline will fit. The engine would definitely fit. It’s not within my realm of possibility anytime soon....but still.

Trunk Impaired 318 > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 20:15

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Sounds good in theory but unless you can mount the transmission at the back I feel like it would be too heavy and spoil the balance of the car.

Scary__goongala! > Trunk Impaired 318 09/07/2016 at 20:24

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If I remember currently you can use one of the bellhousings from a older ford van to make it work. Wouldn’t be heavyier than the V8s being put into these.

S65 > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 20:25

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No thanks

Scary__goongala! > S65 09/07/2016 at 20:27

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:/

bob and john > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 20:33

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ohhhh yes it would. do you know how light an LS is?

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 20:37

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I think Ranger 5-speeds bolt up supposedly.

Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 20:38

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Captain of the Enterprise > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 20:41

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I'm intrigued

Scary__goongala! > bob and john 09/07/2016 at 20:41

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An aluminum L33 5.3 weighs around 500lbs according to google. The 1.8L miata engine is around 290, and the 3.2L SHO is a little under 500 if you keep all the extra shit on it.

Scary__goongala! > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 09/07/2016 at 20:42

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If that’s the case I hope they are stronger than the SHO transmissions.

bob and john > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 20:44

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my googles tells me 466lbs...

Tristan > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 20:54

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That’s one of my dream engine swaps. Though, I fear the M5OD truck transmission would kind of ruin it... It shifts like, well, a truck transmission.

Scary__goongala! > Tristan 09/07/2016 at 20:57

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Yeah that put a damper on things if there’s no way to make it better

Tristan > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 21:04

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I just really want a SHO engine in something RWD... Why couldn’t they have at least dropped it into a Mustang?! :(

gmctavish needs more space > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 21:15

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My god I need one of these engines in something

gmctavish needs more space > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 21:20

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This is glorious

This is where I live too, I’m gonna have to look out for this guy

Scary__goongala! > Tristan 09/07/2016 at 21:20

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I feel the same way.

Scary__goongala! > gmctavish needs more space 09/07/2016 at 21:21

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I need it in something RWD, FWD really holds it back.

gmctavish needs more space > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 21:22

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I bet, it’s cool that they put it in a Taurus, and I want to own a SHO sometime, but it definitely seems like a motor that deserves better

Scary__goongala! > gmctavish needs more space 09/07/2016 at 21:24

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OH GOODNESS MY HEART

Conan > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 22:45

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Scary__goongala! > Conan 09/07/2016 at 23:37

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Well alright then

Conan > Scary__goongala! 09/07/2016 at 23:39

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The Last Dragon is the best 80s movie answer to all SHO questions!

The Stig's former college room mate > Scary__goongala! 09/08/2016 at 08:47

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I have pondered a thunderbird SC drivetrain swap into a NA. The monster miata uses the 8.8 IRS from the tbird. I can’t imagine a supercharged 3.8 v6 is any wider than a 5.0L v8. seems to me if you had a complete donor tbird this might be a “relatively” easy swap.

Scary__goongala! > The Stig's former college room mate 09/08/2016 at 09:42

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I could see it working. I’m not crazy about V6 engines, but a SHO is the exception.

BayAreaMiataBoi > Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street. 09/09/2016 at 00:40

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Oh please give me those IR downdrafts!
(swoons. . .)