Engine choice for a future Hot Rod build

Meh.... The Nash metropolitan is too big in beefy. How about a crosley with a V8 in it. :siren:  this guy also owns the Nash metropolitan that I sat in last weekend. Guess he likes little cars.

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onanysunday said:
Outdated. Lol. So what have you built?
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If I were to build a car for cruising on a Saturday afternoon, it'd be a t bucket, big block and littlefield, all chrome and a candy red steel body. However what I desire is 120k+ and that isn't going to happen anytime soon. 

 
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We all know you like to do things just a little outside of the box, so why not continue.

Use that same motor you have in your Sandrail ? 

Or if you can't have two engines of the same flavor in the fleet 

I like the rotary idea but that is a short-term plan.

What about the 6-cylinder Subie ? Wife could drive it nice and easy, and you could flip a switch and that thing up and then it would be fun to slide around on the roads 

 
Had the Buick 215 in my sandrail, was cool and unique.

Using a Land Rover 4.0 block/heads and going bored out to 5 liters, would have been something if it would have blown up.

 
On 5/11/2024 at 10:01 AM, Kevin said:

once i ran across this vijeyho i started thinking this would be cool to put in a sand car, or a fun street car, hot rod etc.

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Cool

 
MWB said:
We all know you like to do things just a little outside of the box, so why not continue.

Use that same motor you have in your Sandrail ? 

Or if you can't have two engines of the same flavor in the fleet 

I like the rotary idea but that is a short-term plan.

What about the 6-cylinder Subie ? Wife could drive it nice and easy, and you could flip a switch and that thing up and then it would be fun to slide around on the roads 
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VQ35DE is a great engine but for the weight I would do an LS instead. Really wouldn't save much. I will say my wifes 370z sounds pretty decent for a stock v6. Love driving her car. 332 HP and the car weighs a beefy 4112 lbs.  (Convertible) The k24 has my interest peaked. It would also sound very different with the right turbo exhaust. Not sure mama would go for no muffler.  :classic_tongue:  Quick search and this 4l60 adapter pops up.  Even 350-375 HP would be fun with a 4 speed auto and a low gear. As far as the Subie I am thinking to wide? Not an engine I am familiar with. 

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18 minutes ago, Fireballsocal said:

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That is pretty cool. We are so busy in the shop and staying up with engine builds we are installing a couple of their engines right now in projects. 

 
onanysunday said:
That is pretty cool. We are so busy in the shop and staying up with engine builds we are installing a couple of their engines right now in projects. 
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I had just heard about it today at work and immediately thought of your thread. I'm not sure how it will sound. 4 cylinders don't sound good to me unless in a bike or tuned to within an inch of their life. It's definitely unique though. 

 
Been listening to a bunch of k24 audio clips and I just don't care for the four cylinder sound. I think I'm a die-hard V8 guy.

 
I was just thinking, if you go anything other than a V8, probably need to go Turbo just due to how they sound.......... :classic_biggrin:

 
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