Chevy V8 in my E21?

[mcjjordan]

Ok so my mechanic has a small block chevy sat in his workshop spare
He keeps asking if he can fit it in my 316!
I was talking about going the m50/m52 route and he thinks the chevy would be an easier conversion as no ecu etc
And should have a few more ponies
But has anyone done it or heard of doing it ?
My worry is the weight of the thing - id imagine its a heavy engine

[Eddie.]

Small blocks don't weigh that much do they?

[Microang]

DO IT! That's all there is to it.

With alloy heads it won't weight too much more than an m20 I imagine. If I had access to an engine like that I'd do it myself.

[TopCat]

Best engine in the world with nearly 100 million made since 1955

Go for It!

Huge selection of aftermarket alloy heads- I would go for a set of Edelbrock with matched manifold from Real Steel- go small Holley a 390 would do the trick. If you want to show me the engine code- if it is an older one I can decode it to tell if it is a 307 base or a 302 screamer, or a boggo 350.

You can sort out an MSD blaster coil - all requires no ECU programming etc

[mcjjordan]

How much do they weigh?
How much does m20/m50 weigh?

[mcjjordan]

Think it's std as it's the old unit he took out of his street rod - the replacement is supposed to be 450bhp.

[TopCat]

The Chev will of course weigh more but will be more set back than the M20 which has at least 2 cylindars in front of front axle line

can't help without codes........................

a good Goodwrench crate engine makes 360 bhp out of the box