Engine Swapping in a Tempo

[Markgase2000]

Other than swapping a 3.0 vulcan 2valve v6 what else can fit in a tempo? Can they be transformed with a rear end and made rwd with a v8 in front? I seen escorts and focus's with v8's what about the rat car tempo's?

[tusukious]

this is in reference of some remarks you made in nov of 03. yes way back then. anyway you said you work for ford and you raced alot of 5.0's and beat them. personaly i think your full of shit. your little v6 would never touch the power that a 5.0 makes. not unless you have a stock 8lb charger, which you dont. how do i know....i have a 93 gt hatchback, 03 mach1, 99 gt, 02 grand prix with and 8lb eaton charger, and a 94 f-250.....oops sorry.lol. anyways my grand prix beats my 93 gt by.6 in the 60ft time because of the charger.also 0.2 in the 8th. but the gt pulls out and beats my grand prix by 3 tenths, and you have less power than my grand prix, also working for ford you should know that it would be rediculous for your little pontiac v6 would come anywhere close to even keeping up with a newer gt. ive gotten a 13.8 out of my 99 stock.
next your going to be saying that you can beat mach1's and cobra's. so before you do that i want to say that ford claims 305hp with the mach's but ive seen 324 on a dyno with mine. everywhere you look you will see that they run a 13.5 or.6 in a 1/4 but i got a 13.2 out of mine on a cold day. now its running 11.42's on motor, which is nothing compared to my 93 which is now running 9.80's on motor. so you see there's no way in hell your stock grand am will beat ANY gt. also you probably think your mr. big shit rolling around with a v6 with 2 1/2 exhaust, but i hope you know since you dont have a charger that your losing power due to backpressure.. might want to have that looked at.

.later.

[drdisque]

someone has swapped an SHO V6 into a topaz (same car as tempo)

http://www.tempo-topaz-performance.c...sho/index.html

[dxrflyboy]

You can do anything you want to a Tempo if you have the skill and want to bad enough. I've seen a Cavalier converted to RWD with a 350 up front.

[UnexplodedCow]

The 3.0 is a mean engine if it's tuned properly. I think I read something a while ago about racing heads for 3.0's....you can also turbo them, you can do about anything you want. Even though I like the Tempo, there's a reason it was never raced up. Unless you made HUGE improvements on the chassis/frame, the thing will not perform. I know. I used to drive one. It had way too much chassis flex. I now drive an Escort, which is much better.

[Mr3GTP]

Originally Posted by drdisque

someone has swapped an SHO V6 into a topaz (same car as tempo)

http://www.tempo-topaz-performance.c...sho/index.html

He's a Moderator over at www.tempotopaz.com, and right now, he's in the process of putting another SHO drivetrain in the back of his Topaz!

I've met him at a club meet, heluva nice guy, and his car is great! Can't wait to see it after this latest upgrade!