1988 supra. 350 v-8 engine swap?

[das_reich1984]

i have found a 6sp transmission i'm thinking about using. my goal for the car is a faux ferrari. by that i mean high reving v-8,nice sound. the bank is gona kill me though.

[WiseAssJester]

Good luck with the swap.


Let me know how it goes, I'm interested. Particularly in the tranmission selection and work.

Gonna go with any kind of forced induction(Super, turbo, nitrous)?

[89soup]

Why not do an LS1 with a T56?


You can pick up a wrecked LS1 Camaro or TA for $3,500 and under.

[Isphius]

You will never be able to get an ls1 car that cheap. lol. At least not around here. Even a crashed trans am or camaro around here is 7 or 8k with all its drivetrain intact. Plus, LS1s are very expensive and hard to get parts for. Go with a straight up small block, the 55-86 kind. That is the most comon motor in the world. More than 55 million produced. And I would suggest going auto. No clutch to mate up, the shifter wont end up in the wrong place, etc. Then all you have to do, is measure your driveshaft and take it to a good shop to get it chopped down and get a chevy U joint put on the end. And then with a carb you dont have to worry about computers, wires, fuel return lines, sensors, etc. Just a fuel line, a few vaccum hoses, and a battery wire. lol. I would love to put some sidedraft carbs on a 7mge. Yay for power.

[lightwolf87]

I started building a fast, reliable, cheap, sleeper. Out of a 1986.5 supra, of course the cheap didnt last too long with the 2-stage nitrous, forged pistons, forged crank, pink rod and 10.5 compression. backed with a 700-4r tanny. the einge only costed me 3, maybe 3500$. Any tips on enigne mounts was gonna go with front mounts but need to hook up a/c comp and P/S Too.

[carfanatic89]

What about your guages how would you make the guages display what the new 350 and trany are doing, the guages run off the ECU dont they.

[btwilson86]

Using stock gauges probably won't work, due to differences in resistance values/wiring between gauges and sensors on the new motor. Would probably have to go with after market gauges that are wired independently. The ECU is only really needed with fuel injection/emissions controls, so if you're swapping in a carburetted 350, you're not gonna be able to pass emissions, and therefore don't need to worry about controlling them.



Unless you want to do your part in protecting the planet.
Then you should get a POS Prius.

[indytrucks]

Originally Posted by Isphius

You will never be able to get an ls1 car that cheap. lol. At least not around here. Even a crashed trans am or camaro around here is 7 or 8k with all its drivetrain intact. Plus, LS1s are very expensive and hard to get parts for. Go with a straight up small block, the 55-86 kind. That is the most comon motor in the world. More than 55 million produced. And I would suggest going auto. No clutch to mate up, the shifter wont end up in the wrong place, etc. Then all you have to do, is measure your driveshaft and take it to a good shop to get it chopped down and get a chevy U joint put on the end. And then with a carb you dont have to worry about computers, wires, fuel return lines, sensors, etc. Just a fuel line, a few vaccum hoses, and a battery wire. lol. I would love to put some sidedraft carbs on a 7mge. Yay for power.

Dude have you cracked open a Jegs or Summit catalog lately? There are tons of LS1 parts. Including a cab mani out there. Check out some of thr RX7 websites. Those guys do LS1 swaps all the time. Might help. Good luck.

[Isphius]

nice 1+ year revival

[Isphius]

Originally Posted by indytrucks

Dude have you cracked open a Jegs or Summit catalog lately? There are tons of LS1 parts. Including a cab mani out there. Check out some of thr RX7 websites. Those guys do LS1 swaps all the time. Might help. Good luck.

yes but there expensive and i was talking like the coil packs, factory intake manifolds, sensors, wiring, etc unless you have a donor car