RE: [DMCForum] Automatic, or 5 speed... That is the question.

[Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx>]

The ducts are made of fiberglass, so they are now part
of the body of the car.

Even with the modification to the frame, and pedal box
swap... I think it is less work than moving the
engine, and intercoolers to another car.

I was thinking of going to the tech day in Ohio in
March...  Thought of doing the swap that weekend with
the use of Ken's building.


--- timnagin <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> In a sense, it is still a conversion.  I don't think
> that choice of wording
> in anyway degrades the car.
> 
> I thought the rear of the frame was different for
> the manual and automatic.
> If you simply did a transmission swap, wouldn't you
> also have to do the
> frame, pedal box, and other things as well?  It
> seems like it would be
> easier, and much more cost effective, to just swap
> the engines.
> 
> Can the ducting in the pontoon not be moved to the
> other car or duplicated?
> This is a project where I wish I was closer to where
> you live.  I would love
> to work in this with you.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc Levy [mailto:malevy_nj@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 8:21 PM
> To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Automatic, or 5 speed...
> That is the question.
> 
> 
> 
> "conversion"?  I must admit, while I know 1860 was
> not
> a "Legend Car", and therefore would not demand the
> same price as 502 due to the lack of historical
> value,
> I don't know if I agree with the term conversion.
> This engine was designed for this car, to me the
> term
> conversion means a engine was installed in the car
> which was not intended to be there by the engineers.
> 
> From a technical point of view, I prefer 1860 over
> 502
> due to the inter-cooler setup.  From a historical
> and
> value point of view, 502 will leave 1860 in the
> dust..
>  :(
> 
> With the fiberglass...  I already have a spare set
> of
> pontoons I got for the purposes of patching up the
> holes in 1860, that was not what stopped me from
> moving the Legend engine to 6068.  But there was a
> fiberglass duct added in the rear wheel wells that
> takes the air from the scoops in the ground effect
> and
> forces it up through the inter-coolers.  The setup
> is
> effective, so I would keep it.   For me to transfer
> the ground effects to 6068 is no big deal, but then
> I
> would need to fabricate the ducts in the wheel
> wells.....  After evaluating all of the work
> involved,
> it seemed more practical to just swap the
> transmission
> in 1860.  It would be less work, and less money...
> and
> much less down time for the cars. (Swapping engines,
> fiberglass work, and so on).
> 
> So, that brings up back to my first question...  Do
> I
> leave 1860 the way it is, or put a STD in it?
> 
> 
> --- timnagin <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >
> > In trying not to use the word "rare" due to recent
> > events, having the auto
> > transmission does make it more interesting.  Since
> > the car was a conversion,
> > I don't think you would effect the value any by
> > doing a swap.  To me it just
> > seems like it should have a manual transmission
> > behind that engine.  I
> > always wondered why people bought Corvettes with
> > automatics.
> >
> > Anyway, if you did swap the engine over to another
> > car, and installed the
> > inter-coolers, you could use the cut outs to
> repair
> > the other car thus
> > bringing it back to original.  If you are careful
> in
> > your measurements and
> > cutting, you should be able to just 'glass it into
> > place on the other car.
> >
> 
> 
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