Put in a 5.0 ford?

carl johansson · 03-28-2012, 11:16 PM

Hey cre and anyone else, we just got our butts handed to us in the lemons races by our nearest and dearest supra competitor. He showed up with a chevy small block in his mark 3, mated to his w58, and picked up 13 seconds per lap, and was the fastest car on the track. BTW you should have seen all the BMW cheaters whining like hell - because somebody was a bigger cheater than them, and it levelled the playing field!
might as well have cut off their lug nuts - if you know what I mean!

Lucky for us some of his guys can't drive, and they do stupid stuff. But if we want to have a horse in the race for overall - we are going to have to step up!
We plan on keeping our tried and true MGE in one of the Supras, but now we are thinking about going to a 5.0 ford - 100 lbs lighter that the chevy, less power, but that engine has won several races, while in lemons racing - SBC = blown up on day 1. any thoughts? ideas?

I know you guys are not big on engine swaps, at least away from Toyota, but if we did that - we get penalized. if you do a frankencar swap, they go easy on you, giving you some credit for creativity.

thanks

03-28-2012, 11:16 PM	#1
carl johansson 3" Exhaust Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Auberry, California Posts: 141	Put in a 5.0 ford? Hey cre and anyone else, we just got our butts handed to us in the lemons races by our nearest and dearest supra competitor. He showed up with a chevy small block in his mark 3, mated to his w58, and picked up 13 seconds per lap, and was the fastest car on the track. BTW you should have seen all the BMW cheaters whining like hell - because somebody was a bigger cheater than them, and it levelled the playing field! might as well have cut off their lug nuts - if you know what I mean! Lucky for us some of his guys can't drive, and they do stupid stuff. But if we want to have a horse in the race for overall - we are going to have to step up! We plan on keeping our tried and true MGE in one of the Supras, but now we are thinking about going to a 5.0 ford - 100 lbs lighter that the chevy, less power, but that engine has won several races, while in lemons racing - SBC = blown up on day 1. any thoughts? ideas? I know you guys are not big on engine swaps, at least away from Toyota, but if we did that - we get penalized. if you do a frankencar swap, they go easy on you, giving you some credit for creativity. thanks