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Originally Posted by BLSTIC
The 2.3 Ecoboost Mustang has a modern-emissions engine that is equal or superior to your 90's chev in every objective way. GM Probably has something similar somewhere if the idea of installing a four-letter-word engine doesn't excite you.
So there's that option, use a modern downsized performance engine in your early car that probably weighs less, especially with the engine swap. Ecoboost mustangs have run 11's down the 1/4 mile so they are definitely enough muscle, and the lighter engine would have to help handling.
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Originally Posted by JSH
How could you improve emissions (and fuel economy) on your car? Do a true resto-mod and drop a current emission compliant engine into your car. Any competent tuner shop can do that. The rest is just pie-in-the-sky pipe dreams.
EDIT: I see BLSTIC beat me to it. Every engine in the current Camaro outperforms the engine in your Firebird, returns better fuel economy, and has much lower emissions. I would look at the 2.0 Turbo personally which is just as quick as your V8 and gets almost 40% better fuel economy. Even the 455 hp 6.2L V8 in the current Camaro SS gets better fuel economy than your car.
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Originally Posted by BLSTIC
40%? That's a huge difference. As in, more than the gain typically seen when manufacturers go hybrid.
I'd almost consider doing a swap like that in my next project... If the idea of 260rwhp from a naturally aspirated 6-cylinder didn't excite me so much
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https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/Find...38848&id=38821
An engine swap is
OUT OF THE QUESTION. Every engine needs a matching manual transmission and every newer engine needs an ECM to make it run correctly and that ECM needs to be wired to my 20-year old factory gauge cluster in order to work as expected, like it came from the factory. If the new engine uses
electronic throttle then we have more customization to do!
It is much easier to keep my LT1 engine block and any other parts I can salvage and try to improve upon the block to gain that extra mile or two per gallon in the city, which is very possible with reduced friction parts and ceramic coating. If you look at the link, the 6.2L LS engine only has one mile per gallon better rating than my LT1.
WOOPTIE DOO! This can easily be matched with the right modifications to reduce internal friction, the right lightweight components such as pulleys, and the right camshaft and parts for low RPM torque production to keep me driving in low RPM. Even the 6-cylinder Camaro mileage is obtainable if I make use of plug-in hybrid technology. As far as the turbo 4-cylinder engine, well, that is no fun and sure won't sound the same as my V8.
You guys don't understand why I am limiting myself to the LT1 and why I am trying to improve upon it. If I wanted a high horsepower race car or Corvette, I wouldn't waste my time resto-modding a 20-year old Firebird Trans Am. I told you, engine swapping is out of the question!
This has
NOTHING TO DO with bragging rights as far as horsepower! It has
EVERYTHING to do with tailoring my car to my driving style and saving more money by using an engine I already have versus transplanting another engine and spending
thousands more for accompanying transmission and computer and other accessories, to get it to work right with my factory components.