LOL...the repair guide for the 4 cylinder (AJ200) has already been posted on TOPix. I went through it; pretty interesting.

 

Am I understanding correctly that you're either swapping the V6 for a V8?

Wouldn't it be far less expensive, and easier just to trade up to a car that already has one?

Or are you going full fat rebuild to take some major boost?

 

Of which the weak point appears to be that open deck.

 

+1. There's a lot more meat on the V6 to whittle away on. Hmmm...(3.8 L V6, anyone?) It still needs a beefier MT, but could use the pistons, rods and crank from the V8. I wonder if the V8 sleeves could be machined to fit. Also will need a TVS R1650 blower. This could get us to 550 horses.


Years of modding ahead of us.

 

That would be interesting...

 

What is intriguing you?

 

Hey, go for it!

I'm quite sure you already knew an 'easier' path would be to buy a V8 car, but what fun would that be?!

I commend you for taking on a cool challenge like this. I for one, do not have the depth of skills to attempt something like this, but like others...i will be watching!

did't you have another vehicle to transport the parts in?!?!?

 

Of course, WhiteTardis has never actually said what he's planning to do with the V8 block. I think mostly he's just messing with us.

 

Very mysterious......

 

It'll become a coffee table.

Or a wine rack.

Or both!

 

It's an engine build for another car?

 

Soooo... Any news on this??

 

Seriously. Talk about smacking the hornets nest. Should have added a 22" Range Rover wheel to the pic as well.

 

It’s been 3 years... results? Success? Failure?

 

He sold his F-Type 5 months after his initial post and hasn't posted for over 2 years now so it will forever remain a mystery what he did with the V8 block and parts!

 

in for the entertainment value, but bloke just trade it on a v8

not sure if already mentioned, but unless you plan on keeping car for life, you actually stand to lose more money on the poor resale value of a bootleg v8 conversion than the balance moving up to a legit v8

edit! damn, just saw thread bump status, shame, we need some entertainment during lockdown

 

I know right? This was one of those projects you knew wasn't going to work but you kind of secretly hoped would. Would have made one hell of a story. Given how much reuse there is between models there was a slim chance, granted very slim, he could have pulled this off and had he, it would have been, wait for it, LEGENDARY!

 

Ultimately, probably 10x easier and less expensive just to drop a scrapyard V8 into a V6 car, than to build one into it.

 

Why bother dropping in V8 when V6 can be made better. If you need more power, there is plenty to get out of V6. All you need is a bigger blower and better cooling.

 

Agreed but sometimes you do things just to be the only one that has done them. It looks deceptively easy because the 6 and the 8 use the same block, sadly it apparently isn't. It would have been a fun story and stuck inside it is fun reading stories like it, or would have been.