Re: [AMC-List] Metropolitan Swap

[Mark Price <markprice242@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wasn't really serious about the Met swap. I just wanted to stick something in there AMC related!
Mark Price
markprice242ATadelphia.net
Morgantown, WV


---- Don Johnson <donjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> >>>" To keep it somewhat on topic, would this swap into a Metropolitan???!!!!<<<
> 
> >>>with enough money anything's possible...  i'd sooner go for a mgb 1.8
> swap myself.<<<
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> If you're gonna swap another engine into the Met, why pick the only engine out there that's probably more intiquated than the original.
> The MGB is a pushrod engine, with electrics by Lucas (the prince of darkness) that is reliable if it doesn't rain within 200 miles.
> There are a bunch of DOHC 4 bangers out there that bolt right up to 5 speeds and would move that Met down the road smartly.
> Get something with a carb so you don't have to change the fuel system and wire in a computer.
> Cheapest thing I can think of is a Fiat 1.8 DOHC with the Weber carb and 5 speed tranny. Probably pick up everything you need for $500.
> Don
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