Ok, I know I'm gonna start a whole lot of crap with this, but what about putting a Ford into a Buick? I have a '66 Skylark and an EFI Mustang 5.0. I've got everything to install the fuel injection. So, how about it? Jason Just stirring things up.
C'mon, everyone puts a Chevy in a Ford, figure it's time for some payback. Besides, I don't know squat about GM engines and I know a lot about Fords.
OK back away from the Buick ... now find a nice little Mustang, the 5.0 will be very happy there. ...
Ok, Ok, calm down. I just wanted to see everyones reaction. It has a very good running 300 in it with the 3spd column shift. I have no intentions of changing that,....yet. I gonna restore the body first and paint it, then decide on motorvation. JasonR
Jason.... :Smarty: here's the perfect solution to make all of us happy.... Take the fuel injection off of the 302 Ford and adapt it to the 300 Buick. Just make sure you remove the Ford logo!!!..... Any complaints????? :laugh: A 5 speed conversion would be cool too!.....Buick did use the Ford toploader 3 speed in some of the early GS's. So it's not totally sacriligous. :bglasses:
Before I decided to keep my Riv about 15 years ago, I almost put the 425 into my '79 country squire wagon........fit became a major issue so I decided to put a 351 Windsor in there instead.........it had more guts than the 302, but I wonder how fast that thing would have been with the Nailhead in it? :Brow: :bglasses:
Ford in a Buick? I wish I had me a couple of them Furd motors, winter is coming and I could use some weight in the back of my GMC truck. See that , there is a good use for almost anything!!! No hate mail please, I ain't too crazy about Mopar,Ramblers or ricers either.
Eng swap Jason, Well , I have messed with Fords and Buicks for a long time but I never mixed them. But I wonder what a good 427 with dual holleys would do in a 65 gs body. I am an old certified Ford mechanic and have run and raced Buicks for years. I have run and raced Fords also, and beleive it or not Buick and Ford do a lot of things alike. :Smarty: That said, if you keep the same kind of engines in cars you swap engines in they will gain value rather than losing value like half breed swaps do. BTW as I am always saying the 300 can produce respectable performance for not much money if you do it right. :Brow:
Dont fight It.... Embrace it! You know people on this site are for the most part really decent folk. That is why it is difficult for some to chime in on something like this. Since you asked, here is my opinion. Just as when you were a teen, and were tempted to cheapen yourself with scandalous liasons with women of low virtue, you must resist! Just as when so called "friends" would offer, liquor, cigarettes and narcotics, you need to hold fast to your values. When you think you cannot further resist the satanic lure of low dollar, but uncultured engine swapping, you must hold on longer! When your addiction to cheap acceleration and tawdry tire smoke attracts you. You have to Fight! Only when you are wrapped in true, pure, virtuous Buick sheetmetal and compelled forward by the righteous and irresistable torque of a devine Buick powerplant will you ascend to your ultimate expression as a human being! No short cut will provide the true union of man and machine that David Buick intended for you. There are no quick fixes, no discount coupons for this undeniable truth. You were created and lured to this site to surrender yourself, your wallet, your credit rating, most of the skin on your knuckles, your misguided Ford, Chevrolet and Mopar friends, and perhaps even your marriage in pursuit of the ideal Buick experience. Do not resist your destiny child embrace it! Do the right thing! .......now what was the question again?
I would try and see if you could sell the Ford 5.0. There are a lot of Mustangs out there and surely someone could use that motor. Then, I would look for a newer Dodge truck that has been wrecked really hard and buy the "HEMI" out of it and put THAT in the Buick. We ALL know how FAST the "HEMI" is!!!!! That would be the BEST solution!! Can you say "HEMI"?????
