Engine conversions: early engines into late models and late engines into early models.
You'll also find these posts cross-referenced in their manufacturer categories.
But wait - there's more. This time the SHO engine is put into a Cobra kit car. It's not a real Cobra, so what the heck...? On the other hand, the engine is far more modern than any of the iron lumps originally offered. And it looks the part of a true exotic - the SHO engine is an engine which you would be proud to SHOw.
Follow the link in the title of this post for more images.
We've been posting nearly every SHO engine swap we've seen - but to date there hasn't been as clean and professional a swap as this one. The SHO engine looks like a factory option under the hood of this 1972 MBG. Follow the link in the title of this posting to the owner's site for full details.
Following up to my previous post, suggesting that a Nissan/Infiniti VQ35 engine would make a great swap into an early Z, I've found a site where the owner details exactly that. The donor engine is from a late model 350Z. The recipient is a 240Z.
Great site: follow the link above to read lots more.
And thanks to the author of that site, I'm starting to see how my own Z project could happen...
Another great find today: a SHO V-6 swap into an early Z.
As my readers know, I'm a fan of the early Zs because of the driving dynamics and all-time classic styling. They were a masterpiece in their time... and they remain as such.
However... the original engine would be difficult to bring up to modern performance expectations. It's pretty pointless, unless you are doing a restoration for concurs.
When it comes to performance enhancements for early Zs, you can't beat a GT-R engine. Except in price. So unless you can find one, much less afford it, a Nissan/Infiniti V-6 would be the next best thing. Failing that a Ford/Yamaha SHO DOHC V-6 engine would be the next choice.
And why not? It's a top quality engine, it's capable of even more power, it's reliable, it's available, and a transmission is easy to find.
Continue at the link above for a full set of pictures.
SHOing that you can't keep a good engine down, here's another SHO engine refugee finding a good home in another very unlikely recipient. This time it's a mid-50s Healey.
Continue at the link for extensive imagery and text.
Here's a quote from the site which explains the rationale for saving your SHO engine and finding a good home for it: "The most unappreciated engine ever used in an American car. Idles smoother than a BMW and screams like an Italian exotic at 7000 rpm, as well as being a piece of art to look at with its 12 intake runners."
Here's a good swap: out with the boat-anchor and in with a state-of-the-art Yamaha SHO V-6 engine.
An interesting and detailed account of the swap can be found at the link above.
The majority of swaps into the TR-7 were V-8s, both in British and Australian displacements of the formerly-Buick all-aluminum engine. Some were even done by the factory until the V-8 was properly engineered and offered as a production option: first with a carb and later with the much more desirable fuel injection.
I don't know how or why there are so many available Supra twin-turbo engines… without their Supra. This time one gets transplanted into a red Corvette. In Kuwait.
2 parts to this series:
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Right turns might be a bit of an issue... see if you notice why:
The ‘vette apparently survived Saddam's invasion…. although not entirely unscathed.
The continuing popularity of the SHO never ceases to amaze me. 19 years after the car was first put into production, there are more enthusiasts than ever modifying them and even tracking them. Follow this link to read my own experiences with SHO ownership: SHO versus SHO. I wrote it in 1998... I may need to update my experiences with a SHO project car one of these days. I have looked at a few recently...
Did you know that I have a SHO-specific Blog on my site? Use these links:
Following up to my previous post, suggesting that a Nissan/Infiniti VQ35 engine would make a great swap into an early Z, I've found a site where the owner details exactly that. The donor engine is from a late model 350Z. The recipient is a 240Z.
Another great find today: a SHO V-6 swap into an early Z. 
SHOing that you can't keep a good engine down, here's another SHO engine refugee finding a good home in another very unlikely recipient. This time it's a mid-50s Healey.
Here's a good swap: out with the boat-anchor and in with a state-of-the-art Yamaha SHO V-6 engine. 
