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blageo23 · 09-10-2007

Mounting a V8...
If I remember right the 1Gs have 2 crossmembers that go from where the steering rack is to where the radiator is. O look you just found 2 mounting points.
Now cut the subframe where the rack is that goes from driver to pass side. cut maybe 6" out of it. Now connect the 2 halfs on the bottom under where the tranny would go. Another mounting point.
Now cut up the firewall and floor a little. Make a tunnel and have a driveshaft made. OMG I just made an RWD V8 1G.(clearly I know there is some more stuff but thats just the main things)

If I remember right I was told an LS1 is 30 somthing inches long which is plenty of space from front to back. Also people do RWD eclipses and our 4 banger fits sideways. And a v8 is just as long as a I4 the only difference is how wide it is.

(All of this was not researched just thought of it off the top of my head)

09-10-2007	#26
blageo23 AWD4G64 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Shoreview, MN Posts: 2,286	Re: DSM V8 swaps? Mounting a V8... If I remember right the 1Gs have 2 crossmembers that go from where the steering rack is to where the radiator is. O look you just found 2 mounting points. Now cut the subframe where the rack is that goes from driver to pass side. cut maybe 6" out of it. Now connect the 2 halfs on the bottom under where the tranny would go. Another mounting point. Now cut up the firewall and floor a little. Make a tunnel and have a driveshaft made. OMG I just made an RWD V8 1G.(clearly I know there is some more stuff but thats just the main things) If I remember right I was told an LS1 is 30 somthing inches long which is plenty of space from front to back. Also people do RWD eclipses and our 4 banger fits sideways. And a v8 is just as long as a I4 the only difference is how wide it is. (All of this was not researched just thought of it off the top of my head) Last edited by blageo23; 09-11-2007 at 12:05 AM..