An Idea For A Different Ferrari?

[oldcarfan]

How about a Chevy or Ford engined Ferrari or Jag? My dad told me back in the day he knew a guy who had a Chevy small block in an XKE because he wanted a dependable car and he found out that the Chevy engine was also lighter. Mind you back then those were just old used cars. http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2016/05/09/engine-swap-a-bration-concorso-italiano-highlights-once-repowered-ferraris/

[Ace-Garageguy]

Funny you mention that. I'm about halfway through a 302 Chebby-powered Ferrari 250 GTO based on the Gunze curbside kit, with the '69 Z-28 crossram engine and a Ford 9" rear end.

           

I've personally put 1:1 Ford 289 engines in an E-type and a 240Z, and a 302 in a Triumph Stag. Also put a 327 Chebby in a Healey 3000 and several smallblock Chebbys of various descriptions in Stags. And one Dodge Red Ram Hemi in a Lusso.  

Edited May 12, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy

[Sport Suburban]

There is a company that sold lots of V8 conversion parts to put Chevy V8 in Jaguars. They are Jags That Run. They now sell V8 conversion parts for a lot more cars now!

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

There is a company that sold lots of V8 conversion parts to put Chevy V8 in Jaguars. They are Jags That Run. They now sell V8 conversion parts for a lot more cars now!

 

Also a company out of Dallas, Texas (John's Cars) that made the swap kits for Jag XJ-series cars first, I believe. I put a GM 700R4 trans in my personal XJ-6 using one of their kits...which was OK, but I didn't really care for a lot of the engineering details.

[Ace-Garageguy]

There's a Chebby big-block powered 288 GTO that ran 275 MPH at Bonneville too...

[Ace-Garageguy]

And here's a '62 GTO (f'glass body on a Datsun 240Z) with a twin-turbo big-block setup.

 

[Ace-Garageguy]