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Questionable modifications: pictures inside!
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- Dagger31198
I am a Chevy guy, don't get me wrong, but crossing platforms like that is very high on my "Don't do" list.Yeah. It looks like a 34. I see very few of those old Fords that actually have a Ford engine.
Fords stay in Fords, and GMs stay in GMs.
Oh, and new engine in an old car? No. That's number one on the don't do list for me
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- nk4e
Was it odd for me to picture Brian's voice?
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- Gotbeefboy564
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I would like to see a current corvette engine in a current mustang.
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I'm pretty sure someone has done it.
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I'm sure they have. 
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Had a fart can exhaust.
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Other than that, cosmetically it's fine.
RocZX
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No, it's not a Ford.
It's a Buick, so it's not really bad that it has a Chevy engine.
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So it can have less power than it already does?
Right....let me remind you the GT500 has more horsepower than any car GM has ever made period, and that includes the new 2014 ZO6
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- HamiltonMP427
Not sure what's wrong with this, I guess you guys don't know too much about hod rodding culture and so on. They aren't like resto guys that do matching everything, there is nothing questionable about this, and the guy who built this probably forgot more about cars than you've ever known. @mustang fanatic
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@RocZX you're right. It is a Buick.
So it doesn't belong in this thread then.
It's a Chevy engine in a Ford (well in this case, a Buick). Chevy engines DO NOT belong in Fords, and vice-versa.
So it doesn't belong in this thread then.
It's a Chevy engine in a Ford (well in this case, a Buick). Chevy engines DO NOT belong in Fords, and vice-versa.
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You must be so glad you're not a JDM freak.. you'd have a heart attack if THIS bothers you that much.
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- HamiltonMP427
Says who? Some younger adult that doesn't know a thing about hot rod culture? I guess you must hate drag racers who put ford 9 inch rears in chevy and dodges because of their bullet proof reliability. If you want matching parts and numbers go cuddle up with a resto mod builder.
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A reared is no big deal. An engine, however, is like the most important part of the vehicle. If you put a Chevy engine in it you may as well just slap a Chevy emblem on it.
I just don't understand it. If you really want Chevy power, why not buy a Chevy to put the engine in it, not a Ford.
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- HamiltonMP427
Says who once again?
Because the engine doesn't make the brand for one. Chevy engines are usually cheaper than the other two. A V8 is still a V8 and having a fetish for one camp or another is a bit childish. Just because there would be a chevy engine in a Ford doesn't make it less of a Ford especially considering the context of the build being a Hot Rod.
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- HamiltonMP427
This is the problem. People are too cheap to buy the best.
Who says it's the best? And though I know you're joking it's not that funny. The point is chevy makes a product that is a V8 does the job as good if not better than the original manufacture, and for less cost. You have to be a pretty big idiot to just blow 1.5 to 2 times that amount, just for a "manufacture emblem"
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So we've seen Chevy powered Fords, but how about a Ford powered Camaro.
http://www.stangtv.com/news/twin-turbo-ford-powered-’68-camaro/
http://www.stangtv.com/news/twin-turbo-ford-powered-’68-camaro/
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- HamiltonMP427
That's fine but trying to make it a Mustang with a Boss 302 like sticker is stupid, because that has to do with the actual shell of the car.
. There was a Ford Deluxe right next to it. THAT'S the one I read the tag on...
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In an ideal world, if I was building a hotrod I'd want to try and stick to the original manufacturer just so everything matched and looked more 'factory' built.
However if it's substantially cheaper or easier to fit a rivals engine, then I don't really see the issue.
I wonder how many hotrods and custom cars are running gearboxes, diffs, suspension and steering racks that are from another manufacturers cars
However if it's substantially cheaper or easier to fit a rivals engine, then I don't really see the issue.
I wonder how many hotrods and custom cars are running gearboxes, diffs, suspension and steering racks that are from another manufacturers cars
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Just to add my 2 pence into the pot I guess.
Engine swapping is fine between brands, and ages. I mean I would happily put the engine from a Jag F-type into an old Jensen Interceptor for example.
It's kinda the idea that one engine in the car will give benefits over another engine in the car, regardless of make or age.
Engine swapping is fine between brands, and ages. I mean I would happily put the engine from a Jag F-type into an old Jensen Interceptor for example.
It's kinda the idea that one engine in the car will give benefits over another engine in the car, regardless of make or age.
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Better yet how many of them are running original or modified version of the original parts from the era they were built in? None, because the hot rod culture is to have a fast, cool looking, and unique street machine that doesn't do strictly to that of how you'd see a restoration or museum piece built.
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Probably shown before.
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HO Lorde. What happened there?
