I might have to consider a rotary swap. Turns out that one of the oldest Rotary specialist shops in the US is right down the road from me.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chazmo
Has anyone shoehorned a V-8 into an S yet?

 

Brant - I would love to hear you exploits if you shoehorned an LS6 into the S

not to mention if you followed the modern corvette layout and put the transmission in the back, you may still end up with a prefered weight ratio.

while I love my little motor for what it is, and a chevy block can never be what the f20c is, the same is true in reverse. This car BEGS to be a modern Cobra :thumbup

AND, I'm with brant. This car will be a classic and there are those (Beig god bless him) out there who will have the perfect original s2000 for all to behold and love. In the meantime, somebody with a transplant franken-S-tein will be scaring the shit out of women and children and converting men to his religion

 

If I could find a straight S without a drivetrain I would be all over such a project!

I would imagine that the physical dimensions of the engine wouldn't be a problem, but I'd be interested to see how the tranny would stuff in behind the motor. I'm guessing it would be a snug, but neat fit. Also...what rear end would fit? I guess I could scrounge the same T-bird rear they use for the Monster Miata...??

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by wicky

 

the ford IRS with the 8.8" pumpkin is used in a lot of Cobra replicas and they are putting down a LOT of torque

although, I still think the best way to go is to transplant the corvette drivetrain. More work maybe to install, but you would retain more of the handling characteristics than with the transmission in the front.... my 2 bits....

:secretlydesiresbrantfindsaS2000forthisproject:

 

I would definitely go with the vette motor/tranny. I'm stumped on the rear end, though, cuz not many vette rear ends are used for swaps of any sort. The Ford 8.8 center section is all kinds of strong and used in a variety of swaps...and there are also tons of gearing options for it.

I'll give it some more though and do some research...

:wandersofftoponderthislatestdreamprojectwhilestil lsecretlylongingtostuffa302intoguinness:

 

If you are using C5 vette parts, the transmission and differential are mated, much like the 928 was. It is very strong and has lots of gearing options.... you know how those vette guys are

if going with other parts that would require a seperate rear, well, you've already answered your question

I'm still of the opinion that the S would require something more exotic though for a transplant. I don't remember the engine builder but someone has built a ford modular (4.6) v8 to run extremely high rpm (11k if memory serves) will delivering 500 + hp to the wheels. It was a destroked version of the DOHC motor. NA of course There was a slightly detuned and more street friendly version going into a Pantera which is how I originally ran across it, being the Pantera fan that I am

 

Hmmm...I don't know enough about the C5 drivetrain. Research is definitely needed. I would rather use a traditional engine/tranny/diff setup than something that causes too many packaging constraints.

I'm brand agnostic. I would use just about any cost-effective V-8 I could get my hands on. This would probably make the Chevy 350, Ford 4.6L (or maybe 351??) the most obvious choices because of how many cars they've been in. These options also leave a huge number of possible trannys available.

I wouldn't go with a built motor to start with.

 

how about the Mustang Cobra engine?