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I have a 1979 Fiat Spider 2000 CS2 in pretty good shape. I just bought it 3 days ago for $150 (canadian dollars too) delivered to my garage.
It shows 59,000 miles on it which the original owner says is accurate, a 4 speed trans (which is for sale but needs an overhaul). I have a piece of the motor... the block and thats it but this leads me to an engine swap idea.
I noticed immediately that the suspension crossmember will only allow for a front sump oil pan style engine so my first thought was Ford of course. Now I know a few people have installed (aka shoehorned) a 302 but I wanna be different and drop a 1967 Mustang 289 in the car with a 4 speed OD auto trans.
Now my main question is has anyone on this board done a swap like this? If so I wanna hear from you on clearance issues or any little things you may have run into.
My second question is will the rear end hold up to 200hp in stock form? Now I know this is a hard question to answer due to different driving styles but i'm looking more into keeping this car "driveable" then "raceable" (is that a word?).
Either way, this site looks great and i'm already in love with our new to us car.
I look forward to chatting with many of you.
Gordon
Alberta, Canada
It shows 59,000 miles on it which the original owner says is accurate, a 4 speed trans (which is for sale but needs an overhaul). I have a piece of the motor... the block and thats it but this leads me to an engine swap idea.
I noticed immediately that the suspension crossmember will only allow for a front sump oil pan style engine so my first thought was Ford of course. Now I know a few people have installed (aka shoehorned) a 302 but I wanna be different and drop a 1967 Mustang 289 in the car with a 4 speed OD auto trans.
Now my main question is has anyone on this board done a swap like this? If so I wanna hear from you on clearance issues or any little things you may have run into.
My second question is will the rear end hold up to 200hp in stock form? Now I know this is a hard question to answer due to different driving styles but i'm looking more into keeping this car "driveable" then "raceable" (is that a word?).
Either way, this site looks great and i'm already in love with our new to us car.
I look forward to chatting with many of you.
Gordon
Alberta, Canada