Question regarding the Revell Chevy LUV - engine

[Jonathan]

Greetings all.

The ol' Revell Chevy LUV kit has a "custom" V8 engine in it, and to my knowledge, has never been issued with a stock 4 cylinder.   What might be some sources for a 4 cylinder for this kit?  I know the Revell Pontiac Fiero has a 6 cylinder that might work for a "small" engine, but wondering if some other kit - or the aftermarket - might have something more appropriate.   Thanks!

[Tabbysdaddy]

The Chevy Luv has an Isuzu 4 cylinder stock.

[slusher]

all came with aluminum 4cyL engines..

[stavanzer]

2 hours ago, Tabbysdaddy said:

The Chevy Luv has an Isuzu 4 cylinder stock.

The Chevy LUV is an Isuzu pickup....

[Jonathan]

Thank you - I understand that the Chevy LUV was an Isuzu and had an Isuzu engine  - what I'm asking is there a scale engine that would be appropriate for the Revell kit? 

[Tabbysdaddy]

1 hour ago, stavanzer said:

The Chevy LUV is an Isuzu pickup....

Yes, and an Isuzu Hombre is an S10. 

[Russell C]

Back in 1988 when I built my Mercedes 500 SEC NASCAR stock car as a lark, part of the assorted jokes in it was an exact replica (almost) of the engine in my 1:1 daily driver at the time, a '73 Chevy LUV. It was made of scrap parts, and if I remember right, what I used as the basis was a 1/35th scale Italieri Opel Blitz 6 cylinder block and transmission, but with quite a bit of extra work to make it resemble the Izuzu 4 cylinder. I had to settle for just decal letters to spell out the name instead of the raised letter on the valve cover.

[Rbray47]

I used the block from the MPC Ram 50. I had to scratchbuild the head, valve cover, and intake. A sbc long tube header hooked right up. 

[Jonathan]

18 hours ago, Russell C said:

Back in 1988 when I built my Mercedes 500 SEC NASCAR stock car as a lark, part of the assorted jokes in it was an exact replica (almost) of the engine in my 1:1 daily driver at the time, a '73 Chevy LUV. It was made of scrap parts, and if I remember right, what I used as the basis was a 1/35th scale Italieri Opel Blitz 6 cylinder block and transmission, but with quite a bit of extra work to make it resemble the Izuzu 4 cylinder. I had to settle for just decal letters to spell out the name instead of the raised letter on the valve cover.

 

Thank you!  I had not considered starting with a smaller scale engine.

[Jonathan]

10 hours ago, Rbray47 said:

I used the block from the MPC Ram 50. I had to scratchbuild the head, valve cover, and intake. A sbc long tube header hooked right up. 

 

That looks great!  Thank you for sharing.