Sure . . . a fellow can do this way-go-back.
There once was whole books written on engine/transmission swaps.
But it is actually far from a drop-in easy.
Motor and transmission mounts with made up support brakets. And will you then have loaded RPM vibrations?? Custom made drivelines. Have loaded driveline whip??
Has been done. Can be done. But only by the Persistent. By Real make-it-happen fellows.
I for a decade or so in the 1990’s did a lot of electronic feedback carburetors change overs to fully mechanical. Kept the early 2nd generation factory distributor electronic ignitions. They were better.
And his saying strip out all of the underwood electrical harness and only need three wires - bogus bullshit.
Look up universal automotive wiring harness kits for stripped out vehicle rebuilding.
8 circuits minimum. The better with 12-14 circuits. The best with 21-22 circuits. $35 to
$347.
All of those circuits were in the original harness. Un-overwrap. Separate out the wires and cut out minimize. FREE. Skull sweat. Sure.
Steve Unruh
Or by kids in the mid-1960’s who were not yet programmed to believe they couldn’t do these things. But as proof of your second paragraph, I once put a 396 chevy with a turbo 400 trans midships in a 1962 ford econoline van for a buddy. Driveshaft ended up being about 2 foot long. Couldn’t get the geometry right and never got it smoothed out before he got drafted and sent to Nam. He never got home so I never knew what happened to that thing,
that is part of it. The other part is everyone was already wrenching on cars for things like tune-ups, and the cars only lasted half as long on the road. There were a lot more junkers to work on. Then they added both the fuel economy and safety regulations. One needs to cut weight, the other adds weight.
You used to be able to easily reach all the nuts and bolts, and now you need like 500 wrenches and a youtube video to change the air filter and spark plugs.
