Top 10 engine conversion ideas for production cars

[XR Martin]

2.7 Ecoboost in a Ranger.

Same engine in a F150 does 0-60mph in under 7 secs and mid 14s 1/4s

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

2.7 Ecoboost in a Ranger.

Same engine in a F150 does 0-60mph in under 7 secs and mid 14s 1/4s

Yes strangely quicker than the more powerful 3.5L ecoboost
http://www.carscoops.com/2015/04/cr-...-f-150-is.html

[PHawk]

LS3 into an HSV Colorado

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by FalconXV

Yeah it's pretty heavy,375kg. But the 78-series body/chassis would be lighter, without the modern,safe steel body so the weight inequity would be more pronounced than it would be in the Lux. Also esp would reign in understeer. Handling is missing the point of the exercise, but then I guess this isn't America where they sell on "haulage" bragging rights even though they would never use it.

The motor in a 78 Series cruiser is further back. Not sure about the weight difference regarding the Troopy though ?

[Pis-ton broke]

Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

2.7 Ecoboost in a Ranger.

Same engine in a F150 does 0-60mph in under 7 secs and mid 14s 1/4s

i thought you were taking the ****, about the 2.7l into the f150, thats a decent size truck. then i watched some reviews on it. what good engine.

yeah, stick it in the ranger!

[XR Martin]

Helps that being aluminium, the F150 is not alot heavier than a Ranger.

[OwnTheRoad]

Recently drove a 76 series V8 cruiser, bloody awful ,to put the underpinnings of the cruiser into a Hi Lux would be a disaster , sure the engine is cool with its V8 note but the rest is a 1980s throwback machine .

[malazn mafia]

Originally Posted by OwnTheRoad

Recently drove a 76 series V8 cruiser, bloody awful ,to put the underpinnings of the cruiser into a Hi Lux would be a disaster , sure the engine is cool with its V8 note but the rest is a 1980s throwback machine .

Looking at the prices for these 1980s throwback machines, I guess there must be a lot of 80s fans out there, to fork out 40k to 50k for something straight out of 1982 with new headlights.. It really makes you wonder what is the point of innovation, maybe Ford Aus would still be around and profitable if it just kept spitting out XH Panelvans, Utes and X-series wagons bodies with new running gear bolted in...

[Pis-ton broke]

diving around a 76 series is like driving around in a truck, they are designed to take the punishment, not to be a nice daily driver. however the 100 and 200 series crusiers have different suspension and travel quite nicely.

[FalconXV]

Originally Posted by OwnTheRoad

Recently drove a 76 series V8 cruiser, bloody awful ,to put the underpinnings of the cruiser into a Hi Lux would be a disaster , sure the engine is cool with its V8 note but the rest is a 1980s throwback machine .

That was my point though, conceptually a V8 diesel would find a lot of friends in that ute segment- it's still growing and a v8 diesel could work in Hilux IMO

[FalconXV]

Bump; any new ideas for this one?

[Makovic]

Originally Posted by FalconXV

That diesel Barra that was developed under Polites but never saw the light of day. Would make a fine Ranger flagship, and I reckon would've seen the light of day in F-series and Super Duty as well.

Could have used the diesel Barra in the new ADF Hawkei, instead of the Austrian Steyr M16 3.2 V6 Turbo diesel.

Might have kept the Barra plant going a few months longer.

[Denim]

I reckon the GM 6V53 supercharged diesel, shouldve been revived in the F series, they sound AWESOME, check out the conversions done on a few F350 4x4's on youtube, if I was gonna do a diesel conversion, thats what I'd be doing, you'd probably get locked up for noise pollution, but, thats life..

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by Denim

I reckon the GM 6V53 supercharged diesel, shouldve been revived in the F series, they sound AWESOME, check out the conversions done on a few F350 4x4's on youtube, if I was gonna do a diesel conversion, thats what I'd be doing, you'd probably get locked up for noise pollution, but, thats life..

I'm a Fan of the old Detroit Diesel 2 stroke supercharged engines, but they go back to the 1940's and phased out mid 80's?
they are not that powerful despite the great sound they make

[Denim]

I LOVE the Detroit V engines, the only diesels that have decent note to them, but, the 6V53 was first introduced in 1957, and the supercharged engine produced 300 plus hp, with well over 600lbsft of torque, so out of a 5.2 litre V6, for its day thats not too bad, PLUS the noise factor and note it has, LOL, makes up for any negatives it may have, I saw on youtube, where they did a tug test against another F350 with a V8 powerstroke engine, and even tho the powerstroker won, it barely did so.. (I love old skool)

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Denim

and the supercharged engine produced 300 plus hp,

It did ?? The one I drove was lucky to make 200hp at 2600rpm

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

It did ?? The one I drove was lucky to make 200hp at 2600rpm

and that 2600 feels like its pulling 8000rpm

6V71's were less than 250HP and that's a 7 litre
common in Greyhound Busses of the time

[Denim]

I believe the 6V53, came out in, 160bhp, 220bhp, and 300bhp.. so I guess depends on which engine you had.. I do stand to be corrected.. Im no expert in them..

[FalconXV]

How's this for sacrelige- 2 stroke diesel in Plymouth Superbird, Pontiac Fiero engine in a Ferrari.
http://jalopnik.com/5542526/the-worl...erse-fauxrarri

http://jalopnik.com/most-backwards-e...yli-1759250645

In all seriousness but, I'd like to see someone transplant a manual Mustang Ecoboost/manual gearbox or Focus RS into a Falcon before it dies.

[Denim]

LOL.. UNBELIEVABLE

[Aulpgute]

VW Amarok with Audi/Porsche 3.0 V6 Diesel or 4.2 V8 twin turbo Diesel

[CoupeKing]

Le Mans spec Shelby 289.... in a Cortina.

[jimt3te50]

Originally Posted by Aulpgute

VW Amarok with Audi/Porsche 3.0 V6 Diesel or 4.2 V8 twin turbo Diesel

You know the 4.2 V8 is going into the new Amarok right?

[FalconXV]

Originally Posted by jimt3te50

You know the 4.2 V8 is going into the new Amarok right?

[Vesper Martini]

Originally Posted by FalconXV

How's this for sacrelige- 2 stroke diesel in Plymouth Superbird, Pontiac Fiero engine in a Ferrari.
http://jalopnik.com/5542526/the-worl...erse-fauxrarri

http://jalopnik.com/most-backwards-e...yli-1759250645

I can sort of understand why the Pontiac Fiero engine ended up in a Ferrari.

If the Ferrari engine failed the cost of Rebuild may have exceeded the cars value. so it may have been an insurance write off.
somebody's got hold of it and fitted a more powerful & more reliable engine to get it running.
yes its not worth as much as an original, but still looks the goods & goes a little bit harder

[Aulpgute]

Hi Jim, yeah I read a while back that they were talking about the 4.2 Amarok for the USA market but apparently since then they have decided to stay on the 4 cyl route unfortunately

[GTMOND]

Not sure about the 6V53 being the only good sounding Diesel engine. The Mack E9 V8 sound bloody beautiful if you ask me.

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by GTMOND

Not sure about the 6V53 being the only good sounding Diesel engine. The Mack E9 V8 sound bloody beautiful if you ask me.

Only at about 1700 rpm though

[Charliewool]

Originally Posted by GasOLane

Only at about 1700 rpm though

Helicopters we used to call E9s... Awesome sound overtaking you

[FalconXV]

Has anyone else got some zany ideas? I'm looking to make this a regular feature as part of my editorial contributions.
Since Holden is audacious enough to call the next Insignia a 'Commodore', is there anything engine-wise that could fit inside the Mondeo that would lure former Falcon buyer?

Just can't picture any Ford or Holden after 2017 at a Summernats , meaning that once we run out of old machinery there's not many ideas left.