V-8 Conversion.

Has anyone looked into or done ( if possible ) a V-8 conversion into the dodge stealth ? If so , Reply back , I was considering it myself. I know where I can pick up a 458 HP 350 GM motor =) thousand bucks , Everything forge.

Has anyone looked into or done ( if possible ) a V-8 conversion into the dodge stealth ? If so , Reply back , I was considering it myself. I know where I can pick up a 458 HP 350 GM motor =) thousand bucks , Everything forge.

I don't know how but I know someone that put a v-8 dodge engine in his. So I know it's possible

Has anyone looked into or done ( if possible ) a V-8 conversion into the dodge stealth ? If so , Reply back , I was considering it myself. I know where I can pick up a 458 HP 350 GM motor =) thousand bucks , Everything forge.


Gooooood luck. Unless you either a.) have a LOT of money or b.) are an EXTREMELY talented fab person, i wouldn't bother. Find a twin turbo motor and swap that in. A V8 conversion would be way too expensive and way too much work.

Gooooood luck. Unless you either a.) have a LOT of money or b.) are an EXTREMELY talented fab person, i wouldn't bother. Find a twin turbo motor and swap that in. A V8 conversion would be way too expensive and way too much work.

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this seems to get asked a lot and i do not know why. it is not like we are swapping around honda engines which is fairly easy, this is a whole new deal. i think i have heard of one person who has done it, why they did it is beyond me. it would be an unholey pita to do and the benifits would not be that great. given that amount of time/money/talent you could get much much more power and reliability with the stock motor.

things to consider if you want to do this:

how are you going to fabricate motor mounts?
how would you mate the tranny and driveline up to the engine?
would you just use the driveline that was used with the engine and do all that fabrication as well?
would you mount the engine transversly or not?
what parts of the frame would you have to cut/relocate/remove?
would you have room to add turbos to it?
what ecu would you use to control this new setup?

that is, i am sure, only the tip of the iceburg.

I'm not going to say it isn't possible or that you can't pursue it but I'll just say I agree that it's highly impractical. Even if the engine physically fits in the engine bay, nothing is made to meet up or run together. The fact that it's a GM motor doesn't mean anything really and there would be a ton of custom fabrication needed. I'd say that if you have the kind of money and time to be able to consider this; you could do a TT conversion with forged everything and all the supporting mods you want, be running faster times than the V8 and have so many less headaches.... If you really want to be uniqe or have some personal reason to do this, then the only advice I have is to take the time it needs and make sure it's done right. Don't half ass on parts, fitment, quality, etc and make it a quality job. Whatever you decide; good luck.

-Jeff

i just remembered, i think the guy who has done it just put a 3kgt body on a V8 car frame, engine, driveline, suspension, etc.

that is another thing, if you put the V8 in the 3kgt, you would probably need to tweak the suspention too.

basically, anyone who ever asks this question, the andswer is no. this is because i do not think that anyone who acctually had the knowledge and money and time and desire to do this would bother asking on a car forum.

not only is it possible but you can make it rear wheel drive. several people have done this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2446218434&category=6206

not only is it possible but you can make it rear wheel drive. several people have done this

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2446218434&category=6206


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so i am guessing that this must have started out as an n/a stealth because it has cloth seats and it is not a 91. unless he redid the seats or did a second gen body conversion, this should be the case because all second gen turbos came with leather i believe (only some 91 turbos had cloth).

so at least he did not do this to a TT (thank god!)

he says it is rated at 215 hp. now i do not know what an n/a runs in the 1/8 but i would bet it is not far off from 9.45 @ 78 mph. i am pretty sure that they can get into the 9's but i do not think they run it quite that fast.

anyway, it would be a lot easier to convert a TT to rwd because the driveshaft is allready there. i believe there are some that have converted an n/a to a TT with awd and the n/a has to be cut on the bottom to accomodate the drive shaft and other components (notice how this guy mentioned a raise in the floor or something).

anyway, of course it can be done, have you ever seen monster garage? you COULD turn it into a freekin zamboni if you wanted to, but if you are looking for more power and quicker track times and better handeling, this is a retarted way of doing it. the only reason to do it is if your goal is to have a v8 in there and you want to spend a lot of time/money/effort doing it.

the car on that ebay site seems to me to be the biggest waste of effort ever. the guy put another engine and transmition and driveline into the car and had to do extensive fabrication to the car and what did he end up with? 7 less horsepower than stock :rofl:

personaly i would have just purchased a TT and ended up with over 100 hp more than that guy has.

by the way, good find lonereaper :bigthumb:

Probably the most practical thing to do, and also what I would do is put a smallblock Mopar engine in it, instead of a BBC.

It just makes more sense to me. A smallblock is light, something you could take advantage of in a light car like this.

Probably the most practical thing to do, and also what I would do is put a smallblock Mopar engine in it, instead of a BBC.

It just makes more sense to me. A smallblock is light, something you could take advantage of in a light car like this.

i would have to agree, that would be one of the most practical ways to do it but the whole idea is very inpractical to begin with.

by the way, that is the first time i have ever heard someone refer to a 3/S as a light car :rofl: you are cool in my book bleeddodge.

A 350 Chevy isn't a big block it is a small block.

this thread died like 3 months ago. your a little late for your flame j@ck@ss.

GOOD JOB AT MAKING YOURSELF LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT!

I don't know what your problem is, but its probably hard to pronounce.

I would just agree with h3llphyer - just get a twin turbo motor swap that in there -cause like everyone is sayin your gonna have so much work an it wont in the even be worth it, you'll have to do all new frame rails an put a new supported unibody in cause a 8 will cause stress cracks an just eventually twist the car cause of how it has to be install an the stealth or 3000gt is not ment for the motor to be put that way . thats why they put it in sideways with what would be the front on the drivers side - where the timing belt an waterpump are ... i mean hey if u wanna waste hours of stressful time in a garage cutting an welding go right ahead... lol not me - dont have time to waste like that .... an dude if u have the money an just want a bigger block buy a damn viper the stealths mother car .... u can get a repo or something - i have seen some good deals on viper repo's i just can't afford the insurance...

Any How Good Luck With Your Choice On What Your Gonna Do....

Lates,
Matt

yea im a year late on this response..but i just had too. first of allan engine swap is easy in any car you want to swap an engine into. a stelath can house a 302 no problem, just add a tranny, fab a littel to make it fit, add crossmember, righ t length driveshaft and a ford 9 inch rear end adn you got urself a rear wheel drive v8 stealth. as for the comment on how it wouldnt be worth for power gainsakes...my 302 is pushing 800 horspower on a single Super T70 Turbo, in an 88 stang hittin 9 seconds. man