My friend has a private mechanic that works on his race car... he gave me the idea to drop a V8 in my truck, took a look under my hood and said hed definatly be able to do it... no problem. Looking around my friends shop, I found 4 engines... a 6 cylander gas engine, 6 cylander deisel, a 1.9 liter TDI from a jetta, and a massive ford 351 windsor, I pointed at it and asked my friend if I could have it, of course he said sure... I pull my truck up, ready to do the swap when i notice that the engine doesnt have a manual transmission
I will not drive anything but standard. Never. Anyways, come to find out, its not a 351, its a 391, its been bored out, new valves, new cam, converted to EFI, and tons of other things (he has a super charger laying around too). I emailed a company that sells transmissions, and guess what? They have a transmission, that will work with that engine, but not only that but it has the 4x4 transfercase so I can keep my 4x4! Thats over 500 foot pounds of pure torque.
I will keep you all posted on how this goes... all I know is that engine..... is very powerful, its the same one he has in his race car,
9 seconds, flat, holding a solid wheelie down the track...