Engine conversions, another option?

[Mike LaRosa]

I have a buddy at the office with a colorado pickup,
it has that motor, the 3.5 liter I5.

His truck has decent low end grunt,  but when you get
the revs up past 3k,  the thing really flies :)

Mike,

--- TWFAUST at aol.com wrote:
> Don't mean to belabor a previous thread, but I just
> noticed that Chevy has 
> been knocking out an I5 for a couple of years. Not
> bad specs, aluminum head and 
> block, DOHC, 4 valves per cylinder, 3.5 liter, 220
> horse. It is easy to say 
> "sounds like a chipped MC1". But, it seems that
> Chevy has now announced a turbo 
> option. Now, it is easy to say "a cheap RS2".
> 
> Part of the reason I mention this is that I assume
> that it retains the Chevy 
> bellhousing pattern. that means that the Kennedy
> adapter would work.
> 
> Personally, I would be more interested if they
> turboed the 4 cylinder 
> version. That would permit moving the radiator to
> where it belongs and freeing up a 
> lot of engine compartment.
> 
> Too much time on my hands, I suppose.
> 
> Tom Faust
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