4000q v8 swap ?

[Mike Arman]

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>I am looking for anyone with any information on a 3.6 v8 swap into my 4000.
>I mainly need ideas on how to do the exhaust and if i am going to nead more
>hoses or different hoses for the swap. Also I have heard that i only need to
>make one new engine mount and that i nead to create both side mounts. any
>comments? All opinions and Ideas are appriciated. Thanks!



It sounds to me like someone has a V8Q engine they want to unload on you . . .

This is going to be a HUGE job, and you'll need all kinds of stuff. You 
really should start with a complete V8Q car, because there are about a 
bazillion black boxes, sensors, wires and other doo-dads needed to even 
make the engine start. Then you'll have to adapt the tranny to the engine. 
I note you say the car it is going into is a 4000q, which means manual 
transmission - so you'll need a flywheel, clutch, throwout bearing, etc., 
for a V8 engine, and those are hard to get and expensive. I'm also not sure 
the 4K transmission bolts up, although I think the very late 5K might.

If you have a 4000 automatic, the V8 engine will absolutely explode it the 
instant it fires up for the first time - but this won't be a problem 
because the itty bitty 4K slushbox won't bolt to the V8 engine anyway.

The V8 engine is rather heavier than the 5-banger on the 4Q and *much* 
heavier than the 4 cylinder on the 4K.

There *are* some listers putting 3.6 V8s into UR-Qs, but it is a big, big, 
cost no object job.

Sorry, but new and different hoses are the absolute very least of your 
problems.

Have you sourced an engine yet? have you *heard* it run? Does it need a 
timing belt? (answer - "yes")

I'm not trying to knock either you or the idea, but when I hear "am I going 
to need more than a few hoses?", I really have to shake my head sadly and 
say, "Yes, you probably are . . . "


Best Regards,

Mike Arman
V8Q, 5KS, 5KQT, lotsa trick motorcycles, and an airplane . . . and yes, 
I've done a few engine swaps, and NONE of them are easy, fast or cheap.