Why not just separate the bodies from the frames, swap the engines over,
then reassemble the bodies with the frames?
-Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Levy [mailto:malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 8:49 PM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Automatic, or 5 speed... That is the question.
The ducts are made of fiberglass, so they are now part
of the body of the car.
Even with the modification to the frame, and pedal box
swap... I think it is less work than moving the
engine, and intercoolers to another car.
I was thinking of going to the tech day in Ohio in
March... Thought of doing the swap that weekend with
the use of Ken's building.
--- timnagin <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> In a sense, it is still a conversion. I don't think
> that choice of wording
> in anyway degrades the car.
>
> I thought the rear of the frame was different for
> the manual and automatic.
> If you simply did a transmission swap, wouldn't you
> also have to do the
> frame, pedal box, and other things as well? It
> seems like it would be
> easier, and much more cost effective, to just swap
> the engines.
>
> Can the ducting in the pontoon not be moved to the
> other car or duplicated?
> This is a project where I wish I was closer to where
> you live. I would love
> to work in this with you.
>
> Greg
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Levy [mailto:malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 8:21 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Automatic, or 5 speed...
> That is the question.
>
>
>
> "conversion"? I must admit, while I know 1860 was
> not
> a "Legend Car", and therefore would not demand the
> same price as 502 due to the lack of historical
> value,
> I don't know if I agree with the term conversion.
> This engine was designed for this car, to me the
> term
> conversion means a engine was installed in the car
> which was not intended to be there by the engineers.
>
> From a technical point of view, I prefer 1860 over
> 502
> due to the inter-cooler setup. From a historical
> and
> value point of view, 502 will leave 1860 in the
> dust..
> :(
>
> With the fiberglass... I already have a spare set
> of
> pontoons I got for the purposes of patching up the
> holes in 1860, that was not what stopped me from
> moving the Legend engine to 6068. But there was a
> fiberglass duct added in the rear wheel wells that
> takes the air from the scoops in the ground effect
> and
> forces it up through the inter-coolers. The setup
> is
> effective, so I would keep it. For me to transfer
> the ground effects to 6068 is no big deal, but then
> I
> would need to fabricate the ducts in the wheel
> wells..... After evaluating all of the work
> involved,
> it seemed more practical to just swap the
> transmission
> in 1860. It would be less work, and less money...
> and
> much less down time for the cars. (Swapping engines, fiberglass work,
> and so on).
>
> So, that brings up back to my first question... Do
> I
> leave 1860 the way it is, or put a STD in it?
>
>
> --- timnagin <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > In trying not to use the word "rare" due to recent
> > events, having the auto
> > transmission does make it more interesting. Since
> > the car was a conversion,
> > I don't think you would effect the value any by
> > doing a swap. To me it just
> > seems like it should have a manual transmission
> > behind that engine. I
> > always wondered why people bought Corvettes with automatics.
> >
> > Anyway, if you did swap the engine over to another
> > car, and installed the
> > inter-coolers, you could use the cut outs to
> repair
> > the other car thus
> > bringing it back to original. If you are careful
> in
> > your measurements and
> > cutting, you should be able to just 'glass it into
> > place on the other car.
> >
>
>
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