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Jimbo's Amazon: 1964.5 220S Project

After spending 3+ hours driving my uncle's 68 VW single cab, I remembered how much fun driving sketchy carbureted old cars are. So now I have some motivation to actually get working on this once it isn't so damn cold.
 
vwbusman66 said:
After spending 3+ hours driving my uncle's 68 VW single cab, I remembered how much fun driving sketchy carbureted old cars are. So now I have some motivation to actually get working on this once it isn't so damn cold.
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I concur on driving old sketchy carbureted cars. Especially if they have a manual choke.

If you want to swap something in it maybe a 60 degree V6 of some sort?
 
16V redblock running DCOE's.


At least that's what I keep mulling over for my old round-fender Volvo hooooopty.
 
JohnMc said:
16V redblock running DCOE's.


At least that's what I keep mulling over for my old round-fender Volvo hooooopty.
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k series with some Toda vteck killer cams and DCOEs...
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or do some conquestedor sh!t and drop a lil 4g63 in it with jenvy's and some id750s... thatd be a good one for HIN this year...
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spock345 said:
I concur on driving old sketchy carbureted cars. Especially if they have a manual choke.

If you want to swap something in it maybe a 60 degree V6 of some sort?
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I've wanted to do a RWD vr6 for a while but the plate is not cheap and it's for a cd009.
 
I like all the ideas being thrown around, but if a swap happens the rear axle will have to be ****ed with because apparently the axles snap when gently abused.
I do love the idea of a rwd k series, 4g, 16v redblock, and more, but I doubt any will happen. Motivation to finish this project is at a near all-time low considering the cost barrier to entry being so high and a move 6 hours northwest coming in 3 short months.
 
cwdodson88 said:
arent you going to school for mechanical engineering? Work up something in CAD and send it to to send cut send...
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I absolutely could do that, but I still don't have a place I can fab up a trans tunnel, drop the rear of the car out, etc.
 
vwbusman66 said:
I absolutely could do that, but I still don't have a place I can fab up a trans tunnel, drop the rear of the car out, etc.
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trans tunnels are overrated. That axle would probably handle it for a while if you dont clutch drop it. I was really surprised that mine did as well as it did.
 
vwbusman66 said:
I absolutely could do that, but I still don't have a place I can fab up a trans tunnel, drop the rear of the car out, etc.
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If you can get a motor that can fit a T5 or something similar then you could just cut a tunnel out of a junked 240.
 
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Came across a swap idea. Some guy local to me has a sedan swapped with a 327 SBC. The tricky bit is that most end up chopping up the firewall to make it fit. This guy was able to make it fit by enlarging the hole for the radiator support and moving the radiator forward. The upside is that you can fit a small block in it. The downsides are that you have to modify the front radiator mounting, can only run block hugging manifolds, and you have to figure out how the distributor will fit. Since the SBC's distributor is in the back the guy had to remove the heater box. Maybe a small block Ford like a 289 or something would work well with the distributor up front?

It seems like most of the sheet metal work was cutting that center section with the arch and fabricating a new bracket holding the hood latch that ties it to the nose.

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IIRC small block ford is a little narrower but appreciably longer. Worse, it has a front sump.

LS might fit better since they have no distributor but the intakes seem to run to the back of the engine.
 
PaddyGarcia said:
IIRC small block ford is a little narrower but appreciably longer. Worse, it has a front sump.

LS might fit better since they have no distributor but the intakes seem to run to the back of the engine.
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Yeah, it seems that the SBF is an inch longer than an SBC.

The Buick/Oldsmobile 215 is about the same external dimensions as an SBC but has the distributor in the front. You also shed 200 pounds from the motor. An SBC is around 500lbs but the 215 is 320lbs. A B20 weighs about 340lbs.

With mounting it farther forward to avoid cutting the firewall a lighter motor would help with weight distribution.
 
Any swap you can imagine with a 5 speed trans you'll have to cut the trans tunnel up, maybe the firewall too. The rear axle in my car is from an 1800es, and while hard to find worked perfectly. Nothing wrong with an 8.8 in there either though, Andrew seems fine with his.
 
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