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Old July 16th, 2008, 08:03 PM   #7 (permalink)
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ok, are there any other engines what would be an easy swap? cause i would like to get a different rear end, and make it rear wheel drive. and i don't know where to go to get any info about these things.
Uh, "easy swap" and "make it rear wheel drive" are mutually exclusive. Race car builder F.J. Smith used to convert these cars to RWD for use in NHRA Super Stock drag racing classes, but these were not intended to be street driven. The process is not cheap and requires a custom frame, a new floor pan, and a new interior. All of this would be custom fabricated, of course. These cars are unibody and there is no existing RWD frame that can be easily adapted. Anything is possible with lots of time and dollars, but when you're done, you'll have spent $10,000 to build a car that will be worth $2,500.
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