bsvega33 wrote:Don't kick me off the site, but I put a 60 degree German ford Capri v6 (and it's 4spd) in a '73 Vega about 30 years ago. That had to be the easiest swap anybody ever did. Didn't even have to fabricate motor mounts. It was way better than the 140, but probably not going to be popular in this neighborhood.
Cool.
The key is that it was an easy swap. Ford engine or otherwise, doesn't make any difference to me. You are welcome to stay here on this site.
Since you mentioned Ford, look for another engine swap idea in a separate post here in the Engine Tech forum in a few days. If you know me, you know it won't be a V-8 swap. It will be VERY interesting, though. [Edit- Look for it here ==>
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I had a 76 Mercury Capri (German) with a V-6 that I rebuilt - I guess I didn't realize that it was a 60-degree V-6.
Nice car. Too bad I couldn't bring it up here to Seattle when I moved from the DFW area 21 years ago.
Sold it cheap to someone. I do wish that I still had that car.