/6 conversion, would you do it again? |
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/6 conversion, would you do it again? |
930cabman |
Feb 25 2024, 06:44 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,545 Joined: 12-November 20 From: Buffalo Member No.: 24,877 Region Association: North East States |
Somewhat getting my a** kicked trying to get a conversion completed. We have a decent chassis and a fresh 2.7 that has made the rounds from Ollies and Eksten's. Still running a small business and often prioritize kids/grandkids when it comes to free time. It is coming up on two years and currently attempting to work through oil lines, exhaust, do I need an external cooler or not??
All the guys who have done them, would you do it again? |
campbellcj |
Feb 26 2024, 04:47 PM
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I can't Re Member Group: Members Posts: 4,574 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Agoura, CA Member No.: 21 Region Association: Southern California |
I really love my -6 conversion as well, much more than the stock 2.0/four and big-bore four I had previously. I'm not sure I would do it again from scratch these days vs. trying to find a good starting point or finished car. Even if you have shops do a lot of the major work, it's still a huge project management effort, cost and wait.
Looking back to be honest I sometimes wish I had not modified my car to such an extreme degree as it was probably 80% as fun in its lower-powered narrowbody config back about 20 yrs ago, and the flares and other changes incurred a lot of added cost and compromised it more heavily towards track-usage. Bigger tires are a tad more expensive. But it's a total blast and could fairly easily be reconfigured back to more streetable hot-rod. Re external coolers - I would do it but suppose it somewhat depends on your locale and usage. I've had a large one up front for 20 years as my car was set up for tracks like Willow Springs with >100F ambient temps in summertime. (I have a dyno sheet from a POC event there which shows 104F.) |
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