Just another terrible idea

[Mastasmash]

I was browsing through YouTube watching roadkill when I saw them mention a v4, i then decided to look them up only to find that the twin cam is just as good if not better than the Lancia V4. I then went on my usual thought process of looking up small engines and found the mazda k8, a small V6 engine that is relatively cheap to get my hands on and then a Buick 215 V8 which is rather odd. My terrible idea is whether or not I should even throw something like the K8 into my donor car to see if it's even possible.

[joelittel]

If you've got the time I'd say do it and start a build thread.

[ScoopMan]

The Buick 215 was an aluminum V8 from the early 60's, that turned into the English Rover V8. They made it in various forms until 2005. Find yourself a junked Land Rover and pull that lump out of there and put it to some good use

[klweimer]

I always thought a Mazda rotary would be a cool conversion. They're not too big and I think can generate a quite a bit of power. It's been many, many years since I road in a rotary powered car, but I remember it being pretty strong.
Kirk

[garion]

I know this is a bit of necro posting, but I've been off the board for a while..

I have a Range Rover (with a 4.2L, based on that Buick 215), as another project, next to my Spider. No way that engine is fitting in there.

[Shadoobie]

I always thought a Mazda rotary

I've talked to several spider enthusiasts who did this in the 70s and 80s, an in fact there was actually a guy who wanted to buy my scrap '70 spider for the sole purpose of putting a rotary in it.

[geospider]

Motors can fit into some funny places.
We put a small block 350 into a Vega back in high school. i guess we had nothing else to do

Geo