Not to mention that a 4-cylinder is longer than the V-6. You may as well put a v-8 in there as far as installation difficulty. Dave S --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "B BENSON" <delornut@xxxx> wrote: > Your talking about taking an engine designed to be mounted transversely and > re-positioning it in a longitudinal running position. This has some obvious > problems as well as some hidden problems that won't become obvious until > later. > > Hi everyone. > > When I buy my DMC sometime in the near >future, I want to > > put a different engine in. Either a Ford 1.8 or 1.9 L >four cylinder > > engine, much like what I have in my 93 Escort. > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/