Yeah like am I bored of LS swaps? Sure. But ultimately there's a very good reason the swap is popular. Cheap readily obtainable motor with reasonably small volume for its displacement, crazy reliability even at higher than stock power and plenty of parts to get you there. And to wrap it up, the ECU requirements aren't crazy. --- Post updated --- I want to V8 swap something, and I don't want to use an LS. But really if not for the LS being less available here than in the US (only ever being available in 2 vehicles, one of which is just a later generation replacement for the other) I'm mad to use something else. Are other v8s better? Maybe. Are they as well documented and easy to do? Definitely not.
In a road car, do you really need >1000hp? It seems as though once you go over 8-9 hundred hp, it's more about bragging rights than anything usable. Since the tyres are the hard limit and you aren't going to be reaching >180mph all that often on the public road.
Hot Rod magazine just put together a decently priced 392 HEMI twin turbo crate engine that makes 1,000 HP and runs on pump gas.
Controversial take: some foreign (V8) motors are also really good swap candidates, even if traditionalists will squirm at the idea. BMW made a v8 in the e34 called the m60. It came in either 4.0 or 3.0 sizes and made 286 horsepower in 4 litre form. They are relatively compact and like any v8, come with a good aftermarket. Very smooth, but might be a bit too not muhrican to put in a panther platform. Then again, the mkVII Lincolns had the M21 diesel engine from the e28 524td, so BMW units have been used in Ford products.... Jus sayin’..... There is also the Toyota 1UZ, which is a great smooth engine that like every other Toyota engine of the period had a massively overbuilt bottom end. 800+ horsepower is easily acheiveable with boost. Again, it is a buttery unit but maybe not exactly the best for a panther platform. The one domestic engine a panther platform is begging for is a modern coyote, even if it has already been done before. One question: how do the Ford modular units take boost?
I want to V8 swap something, and I don't want to use an LS. But really if not for the LS being less available here than in the US (only ever being available in 2 vehicles, one of which is just a later generation replacement for the other) Original 1UZ was built tough but not 800bhp tough without an upgraded bottom end. vvt units break in stock power and take zero upgrades.
It said capable, not exactly on stock conrods and pistons but the crank and block are quite good even if not 800bhp good. When compared to a lot of engines, the 1uz is relatively easy to get up to those power levels, especially when compared to a lot of other American engines from the period (excluding LSs which are pretty tough, even back in 1987). And @SixSixSevenSeven you have a good point about the VVT unit being un-moddable. You are very right about that.
They handle boost pretty well, there are multiple supercharged versions straight from the factory (Cobra Mustang, Lightning pickups, GT,Marauder, possibly more)
It's pretty obvious I'm a MDX fan (profile and various comments). I plan to get one, and I have ridden in one.
I need help I have a 04 Elantra that won’t idle and when I unlocked the door the car alarm went of and won’t stop. Ever since that the car won’t crank. If anyone has any suggestions I’m open ears. Thanks
Yeah it sounds like the immobilizer is bad or the voltage regulator is also bad. How did it run before it did all this?
It ran fine but when the car alarm went off the ingnition does nothing --- Post updated --- I was working on the idle air control valve because it wouldn’t idle before the alarm
When you say it did not idle, do you mean it did not start, or that when it did start and you didn’t rev it up to 2500rpm it died?
Don’t know for sure since the power locks don’t work --- Post updated --- It would start but would die immediately would have to rev it to stay running
