SVX and XT6 both under $1600 total - ATL - NMNA

This would be a fun swap. Wonder if the XT6 5-speed would hold up to the 100 extra hp?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/286100659471261/

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/326921011674385/

Damn atlanta

How many times do I need to say that 3.3L doesn't need to go in the LMP360 to convince myself not to Email..

In reply to nocones :

I'll hold it for you. They bolt right up to EJ trans. Wreck Racing won the Challenge with that combo in 2017.

Been making some calls. Both sellers are legit. Apparently the XT6 just fired up the other day and still drives. Uh oh. And the SVX seller says it would definitely drive home and runs great. Uh oh.

I have driven a 3.3L powered XT6 on the Tail of the Dragon.  It was a riot. 
 

I was able to keep up with an NSX. He'd pull away in the straights, but I'd catch him in the curves. Every time. 
 

Yes, it had the original XT6 5 spd. Yes, it bolts right up.  

It was one of the most fun vehicles I have ever driven. 

I was waiting for you pipe up. And I was hoping you'd say it won't work, it's a bad idea, etc etc. That sounds so awesome.

That is a fantastic idea and you'd be silly not to buy them. 

In reply to maschinenbau (I live here) :

Nope.  Sorry.  This one's on you!

BTW, a 3.3L powered XT6 is exactly the car I would have built for my 2nd Challenge car (in 2005). I never found one budget worthy.

I've never even heard of an xt6

In reply to yupididit :

They were rare even new and you were like what 2 when they came out?

In reply to yupididit :

What I remember is they had a weird shifter, steering wheel, and cockpit in general; and some models had suspension that would raise & lower. 

In reply to Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) :

That's correct. The cockpit was much more like an airplane than a car. 

Stampie (FS) said:

In reply to yupididit :

They were rare even new and you were like what 2 when they came out?

I was born in 89 

This one has the air ride, but apparently it's broken from sitting too long. 

I'm going to see it tonight. May need to exercise my AAA card.

Sick!!! Do it do it do it!

maschinenbau (I live here) said:

This one has the air ride, but apparently it's broken from sitting too long. 

I'm going to see it tonight. May need to exercise my AAA card.

Doesn't matter. You don't want the air ride. It was a novelty. You want new coil overs. 
 

And you probably want to lower it. They sat pretty high. 

Y'all talking about swapping the good engine into the XT6...I'm over here thinking about what engine to put in the leftover SVX roller when you're done.  

I could do the inverse swap to the donor and have two running challenge cars sharing the same budget. 

In reply to maschinenbau (I live here) :

Trans is shot on the SVX. Not worth it. 

I'm thinking mid-engine V8 in the SVX. Still powering all four wheels somehow. 

In reply to slowbird :

It wouldn't be much fun. To build or to drive. 
 

I've had 5 SVXii. I won't say it's impossible, but it sure seems like it would be. 

BTW, that's not an AWD SVX. It's FWD. 

SVreX (Forum Supporter) said:

BTW, that's not an AWD SVX. It's FWD. 

So rear mounted V8 driving the front wheels.