pinchvalve
pinchvalve GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/6/14 8:18 a.m.

What would be the worst motor swap ever? Dropping the motor from a 2CV into an F-350?

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
2/6/14 8:28 a.m.

No. Cutting a hole in the floor of a rocket ship.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/6/14 8:31 a.m.

When I saw the thread I was expecting a Kei car motor in a muscle car but yours is much worse...

But how about this: Ninja 250 swap into a semi

Bobzilla
Bobzilla PowerDork
2/6/14 8:33 a.m.

Nah.... a Cummins large truck engine into a Capuccino.

bravenrace
bravenrace UltimaDork
2/6/14 8:42 a.m.

This is a silly question with silly answers.

ProDarwin
ProDarwin UltraDork
2/6/14 8:50 a.m.

<img src="http://www.rx7club.com/attachments/general-rotary-tech-support-11/380524d1269191366-2002-protage3-fwd-rotary-conversion-possible-misc024-jpg" />

rotary engine -> civic (still FWD)

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
2/6/14 8:50 a.m.
ProDarwin wrote: rotary engine -> civic (still FWD)

You missed a dot.

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
2/6/14 8:53 a.m.
Bobzilla wrote: Nah.... a Cummins large truck engine into a Capuccino.

That would be good for many lolz! (and burnouts)

N Sperlo
N Sperlo MegaDork
2/6/14 8:56 a.m.

Is this really a necessary conversation? I believe Kia has already done it wit the Rondo!

foxtrapper
foxtrapper PowerDork
2/6/14 9:01 a.m.

OK, then lets kick it up a notch. No theoretical worse ideas. Pictures of the worse operating swap you can find on the web.

This is my nomination.

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/transport-theory/record-setting-motorcycle-runs-on-vegetable-oil/

He took a decent good gas mileage motorcycle and made it a pathetically slow, slightly higher gas mileage...thing.

Zomby Woof
Zomby Woof PowerDork
2/6/14 9:07 a.m.

I'd love to have that clean Datsun pickup in the background.

fujioko
fujioko Reader
2/6/14 9:08 a.m.

Geo metro engine in a Miata?

MadScientistMatt
MadScientistMatt UltraDork
2/6/14 9:10 a.m.

I would vote for taking a '57 Chevy with the 327 Fuelie and swapping it out for a mid '80s 305 TBI. The result would not be as terrible to drive as some, but it would set a high point for shear pointlessness as an engine swap that's not even good for annoying people or as an exercise in lunacy.

ArthurDent
ArthurDent HalfDork
2/6/14 9:10 a.m.

There was a Honda S2000 powered Jeep a few years back. I can't seem to find it now though.

yamaha
yamaha UltimaDork
2/6/14 11:41 a.m.

I think this one should be pretty high up there.....it was also slow.

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