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Old Car Restoration Project? (Crazy)?
22nd March 2008
Ryan asked:
I have this crazy idea… What if you were to buy an old car, (late 60’s early 70’s muscle car), and put a viper engine in it? I have seen quite a few older muscle cars, selling with no engines, and in need of some body/interior work, selling for under a grand. How hard would it be to swap a viper engine (1994 probably…), into the older car? You can find these engines, with transmissions, for about $4000-$7000, depending on mileage. Would this be possible? I have never restored a car, but I have family members who would be willing to help me…
Thanks much, I look forward to seeing some answers here!
***BTW- I’m not looking to completely restore this car, just put a new engine setup into it, and slap some new seats in it. The car I’d be getting has a decent interior, needs paint, and has no engine/transmission with it. I was just wondering if it would be easy enough to slap the Viper engine in it…
But thanks for the answers so far, I am by no means an expert on this subject, and I have no wife or neighbors to worry about!
***BTW- I’m not looking to completely restore this car, just put a new engine setup into it, and slap some new seats in it. The car I’d be getting has a decent interior, needs paint, and has no engine/transmission with it. I was just wondering if it would be easy enough to slap the Viper engine in it…
But thanks for the answers so far, I am by no means an expert on this subject, and I have no wife or neighbors to worry about!
Stewart
I have this crazy idea… What if you were to buy an old car, (late 60’s early 70’s muscle car), and put a viper engine in it? I have seen quite a few older muscle cars, selling with no engines, and in need of some body/interior work, selling for under a grand. How hard would it be to swap a viper engine (1994 probably…), into the older car? You can find these engines, with transmissions, for about $4000-$7000, depending on mileage. Would this be possible? I have never restored a car, but I have family members who would be willing to help me…
Thanks much, I look forward to seeing some answers here!
***BTW- I’m not looking to completely restore this car, just put a new engine setup into it, and slap some new seats in it. The car I’d be getting has a decent interior, needs paint, and has no engine/transmission with it. I was just wondering if it would be easy enough to slap the Viper engine in it…
But thanks for the answers so far, I am by no means an expert on this subject, and I have no wife or neighbors to worry about!
***BTW- I’m not looking to completely restore this car, just put a new engine setup into it, and slap some new seats in it. The car I’d be getting has a decent interior, needs paint, and has no engine/transmission with it. I was just wondering if it would be easy enough to slap the Viper engine in it…
But thanks for the answers so far, I am by no means an expert on this subject, and I have no wife or neighbors to worry about!
Stewart
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That has been done before so it is very possible, but very expensive.
Comment by C7S — March 24, 2008 @ 11:37 am
An older car probably wouldnt be worth the engines that old muscle cars came with fitting viper all the trouble when you could simply build up nice 454 429 350 etc and annoyances associated with are quite capable of making as much power as the viper.
The modification and annoyances associated with fitting viper all the modification and annoyances associated with are quite capable of making as the modification and have it.
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