A new option for you engine swappers...

[weq92f]

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My wife is in the Oil and Gas industry...whenever we see a Tesla I generally look at her and in a whimsical voice say "The Future..."

Well check this out...a SBC shaped/sized electric motor designed to replace an existing ICE V8 and mate to a manual transmission...

https://www.autoblog.com/2019/10/14/...v-conversions/

I don't believe it's possible to bolt on your front drive system and have this motor power your accessories though so this would require some additional planning to pull off. The technology is evolving still. Don't see that it would be too difficult to have a "crank" pulley equivalent sticking out the front there to power those accessories.

Still this is an option ( or will be when it hits the market ) and pretty dang cool in my book.

EDIT: More details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...h.6jynaot9cbnq

-klb

[Grumpy old man]

Not everyone views "the future" as a cool thing , There are so many things the younger generations will never experience that happened in the 60's /70's /80's even the 90's that defined us . Technology has exposed the young to miss just being a kid when 5 year olds already carry the latest cell phone . Don't be in such a hurry to toss the past . most learn later in life it all passes by faster than they can imagine .

does it come with a synthesizer to make the vroom vroom sound or will it just be totally silent as to not offend the masses ?

[richard2717]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

Not everyone views "the future" as a cool thing , There are so many things the younger generations will never experience that happened in the 60's /70's /80's even the 90's that defined us . Technology has exposed the young to miss just being a kid when 5 year olds already carry the latest cell phone . Don't be in such a hurry to toss the past . most learn later in life it all passes by faster than they can imagine .

does it come with a synthesizer to make the vroom vroom sound or will it just be totally silent as to not offend the masses ?

I agree

[truckster]

Most of us who drive classic Chevy and GMC trucks like the past.

My wife has a hybrid, but I'm not a big fan.

[Boog]

Thank you no. Not for me. I'd rather use a push scooter.

[Ol Blue K20]

I don't think it world handle mud bogs and such. I'm just getting used to the guys doing the LS swaps.

[Boog]

Yeah, the LS swaps have already become passe. Everybody's doing them. I have seen some vids of converted bugs and busses and others to electric. Don't make me want one though. Have you seen any of the formula E racing? Formula 1 cars with E power. Yeah they zip around pretty good but it's just not right without the internal combustion engine sound. Like Richard Petty once said about the Busch series cars running the V6 engines "they just don't sound like race cars".

Hmf. I think I'll go out and start up my truck with a gas burning 358 and let it run while I enjoy that V8 sound.

[Ziegelsteinfaust]

I think you will see exponentially more Ford engines in Hot Rod Fords before this takes off.

It so bad right now I personally shake the hands of every person who has a Ford engine in a Ford Hot Rod.

[weq92f]

Originally Posted by Grumpy old man

<snip>...
does it come with a synthesizer to make the vroom vroom sound or will it just be totally silent as to not offend the masses ?

Just gear whine and wind noise methinks! Maybe for us there'd be some chassis squeak too LOL

-klb

[davischevy]

Your wife's future is sound as long as I can pump 91 octane.

Electric motors are for cordless impact wrenches.

[Sheepdip]

Originally Posted by Ziegelsteinfaust

I think you will see exponentially more Ford engines in Hot Rod Fords before this takes off.

It so bad right now I personally shake the hands of every person who has a Ford engine in a Ford Hot Rod.

Can't shake my hand because my old Ford is SBC Powered.
Do you know why they put SBC's in old Fords?....Because they Fit!

[68bowtie]

I think these are all valid points and opinions. But they are also why this site sometimes bites. It can be a very negative group. I wouldn't put one in mine, but It'd sure catch my attention if I saw one!

[special-K]

I don't think this site gets overly negative as a whole. I don't see that happening right here. I think when you get any group of people together on a topic the trend tends to be comments following along with the first one or two, negative or positive. Then comes someone with a view from another angle and some slide on behind that one. We are a bunch of guys who enjoy owning and working on older vehicles that we have only ever known to run on fuel pumping pistons. We didn't decide it was time for something else. But that is how the tech industry is wanting to take things and with the blessings of those who have no preference in what they drive other than as an expense to get them from point A to point B, and politicians pushing the green ticket. I don't want to put an electric motor in my classic or hot rod just because it is offered. I am sure my budget would not allow it anyway. I'm not totally opposed to the idea, but electric powered vehicles will have to become way cheaper and way more sensible. My fuel expense is a major factor in my monthly expenses, but my electric bill is next. If I could drive an economy car I think my fuel bill would be about equal to my electric bill. Charging an electric vehicle daily, I believe, would bring my electric bill close my cost of driving a truck on gasoline... I mean ethanol.

[A1971Blazer]

There's really no way of knowing for sure..... because it happened before the advent of the internet and all the automobile sites and forums and such.....

But I wonder if people expressed the same sentiments about the "small block chevy" engines being swapped into everything coming and going... as a lot of people do about an LS swap?

I'm sentimental about the past too....I think overall, it was a much less stressful and happier time...but I do have electricity, indoor plumbing and many other "new-fangled" gadgets that make life easier....

[GOPAPA]

I do see many 350 chevy engines in a lot of old cars and trucks no matter what brand,, but they do not fit in everyting because years ago I helped my brother-in-law put a 350 in a jeep truck and we had to cut the fire wall out where the distributor hit it .. Once it was in and had plenty of room for the dizzy ,,all was fine.

[Andy4639]

The electric car has it's place in our world. I for one would own one if the right one ever came up to buy at a good price. I have been working on electric golf carts for many years and don't laugh because the golf cart industry is what has pushed the battery company's into making a better battery for the auto industry.
When you can build a battery pack that can go for 100's of miles on one charge then you are getting some where. Less than 10 years ago the batteries wouldn't go 20 miles on a charge.

Would I put one in one of my classic's no but I would drive one for local travel around the house.
Just a coincidence my wife has been at our beach house for 2 weeks without a vehicle other than our golf cart and hasn't had any problems getting to where she needed to go.

[Ziegelsteinfaust]

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

Can't shake my hand because my old Ford is SBC Powered.
Do you know why they put SBC's in old Fords?....Because they Fit!

Yes I do, but I prefer my Chevys Chevy, and my Fords Ford.

Unless they have something like a Hemi or 427 Cammer. Then they get a pass.

[truckster]

I don't hate electric cars... One of the teachers at my school drives an all-electric Smart car. That's great for her. Her fuel costs are extremely low.

Here's the deal for me: When I get in my wife's hybrid and push the start button, it beeps when it's ready to go. Sometimes I shift before the car is ready, and then it doesn't go anywhere. In my Blazer and my Camaro, I have that nice V8 rumble that lets me know the car is ready to go. Since they're both convertibles, sometimes I leave the radio off and listen to the beautiful stereo sounds coming from the exhaust pipes.

If electric is your thing, good for you. But I intend to stick with my V8 rumble until I'm no longer able to drive.

[weq92f]

Originally Posted by truckster

<snip>...But I intend to stick with my V8 rumble until I'm no longer able to drive.

Electric isn't my thing for sure...although I do enjoy jibing my wife more and more often as they show up around us. Never driven or ridden in anything more exotic than a golf cart really so I'm a total EV nube.

I too will always insist on the V8.

-klb

[loosenutz]

I never thought I'd own one but last year we bought a Fiat 500e that just came off of a lease with 30k miles for $7000. I charge it with the solar panels on my house so the cost to operate is just registration and insurance. Will need some tires soon but pretty much maintenance free otherwise. It's perfect for around town but only has a 100 mile range so we can't leave the area with it. We have other gas powered vehicles for that anyway.

Originally Posted by Andy4639

The electric car has it's place in our world. I for one would own one if the right one ever came up to buy at a good price. I have been working on electric golf carts for many years and don't laugh because the golf cart industry is what has pushed the battery company's into making a better battery for the auto industry.
When you can build a battery pack that can go for 100's of miles on one charge then you are getting some where. Less than 10 years ago the batteries wouldn't go 20 miles on a charge.

Would I put one in one of my classic's no but I would drive one for local travel around the house.
Just a coincidence my wife has been at our beach house for 2 weeks without a vehicle other than our golf cart and hasn't had any problems getting to where she needed to go.

[jeffahart]

I get it, the future is coming. But, you'll have a hard time talking me into putting an LS in my classic 70 truck. That thing... get that thing out of here! That thing goes in a 2020 school bus or something.


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[jeffahart]

Originally Posted by Ziegelsteinfaust

I think you will see exponentially more Ford engines in Hot Rod Fords before this takes off.

It so bad right now I personally shake the hands of every person who has a Ford engine in a Ford Hot Rod.

Those Ford boys, tell them they don't need to sit on a 9" incher to have fun. Get a Dana60 T-shirt to wear to the hot rod shows, and steal their last bit of dignity!



j

[powerdriver]

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[davischevy]

Originally Posted by Sheepdip

Can't shake my hand because my old Ford is SBC Powered.
Do you know why they put SBC's in old Fords?....Because they Fit!

My girls grew up riding in the back of a 40 Ford Coupe with a SBC in it.

[davischevy]

Originally Posted by weq92f

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My wife is in the Oil and Gas industry...whenever we see a Tesla I generally look at her and in a whimsical voice say "The Future..."

Well check this out...a SBC shaped/sized electric motor designed to replace an existing ICE V8 and mate to a manual transmission...

EDIT: More details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...h.6jynaot9cbnq

-klb

Stick one of them in your truck so I can check It out at C10's in the Park next year. I was parked just down form you, but didn't realize until I got home.