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28 minutes ago, Dave Van said:

That era Revell Cup kits all had somewhat generic 'Chevy' engines. 

The Thunderbird Taurus didn't.... JS

Thanks... Well, that makes me not need an Intrepid donor for a project. You saved me some coin.

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In the real world the show cars built in 2000 had 358" LA engines based off standard engines. The race cars had a completely new design called the R5/P7 which came out in the first season in 2001. If the kit was based off of the show car they might have used a Chevy engine to save costs etc

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Posted
2 hours ago, Sledsel said:

The Thunderbird Taurus didn't.... JS

Thanks... Well, that makes me not need an Intrepid donor for a project. You saved me some coin.

Were not the engine block a generic thingy?? I thought I didn't like the kits because too much generic stuff. Thx

Posted
8 hours ago, Dave Van said:

Were not the engine block a generic thingy?? I thought I didn't like the kits because too much generic stuff. Thx

I just looked at a Taurus block and it is definitely not generic. Looks like a Ford. Oil filter location, timing cover/water pump, starter location all look Ford.

  • 2 weeks later...
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It did have a nice set of Dodge on it , and with a little creative fudging the Chevy is easily turned into a Dodge, one need only to look online for pictures to see what you need to move around, dimensionally they weren’t to far off of each other!

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