crazy idea?!?!?!?!?!?

josh0092002 · Mar 13, 2008

hello, i was thinking today that i have a 86 5.0 motor that ive been meaning to rebuild for sometime now, an well i was thinking for some crazy reason of swapping that motor into my 93 nissan 2wd pickup. i was wondering if that was really possible without going through hell an back, an if anyone could point me into the right direction on where to find any info about such a swap. like i said it was just an idea. :TY: all for your help.

2REDSTANGS · Mar 13, 2008

i have no idea but that sounds like it would be super fun

2slo95fiveoh · Mar 13, 2008

hahahaha.. this thread makes me laugh... because right now a buddy of mine just bought a
93 or 94 nissan pickup he got for $200 with a blown motor, that he is getting ready to put
his 306 in.. he said there is a motor mount swap kit from summitracing that he got.. and i believe
he mentioned he will have to get a custom ds made. I had to double check your location and screename
to make sure it wasn't him.. small world

josh0092002 · Mar 14, 2008

lol i guess it really is a small world. hahaha. hell i would love to know any info he has found or even where to find that info. i just thought it would be really fun an cool to do one day, lol my truck runs fine, i was just wondering cause a friend of mine is droping a 350 into his s10, so it got me thinking why not ya know? lol

vermilion · Mar 15, 2008

dooo it. sounds bad ass. :knuppel2:

forcefed5pt0 · Mar 15, 2008

there was a company called advanced adapters that made swap out kits for stuff like thta, you might want to check them out, see what they show

smokeybear · Mar 17, 2008

A friend of mine did this with his Toyota. They do sell an adapter kit and you will need to change the front springs.We found that out after we put the motor in. the new engine was much heavier than the old 4 cyl

josh0092002 · Mar 17, 2008

what springs an shocks did u all use? an my truck is a manual, would a ford five speed have any trouble bolting up in there? an would the rear end be able to handle all that extra hp/tq??? starting to sound like this could be really ruff to do??? lol

brightwhite98GT · Mar 17, 2008

You could probably fit a ford 8.8 rear end, find a tranny (not sure if a t56 would fit, but that would def be cool), and then just make the drive shaft the proper length. You should be straight as far as the physical part of the swap, just gotta also adjust the linkage for the shifter so it will be positioned properly too. I don't know much about swapping (never done it), but it seems feasible.