[V8] V8 crankshaft bolt pattern

[Unka Bart]

Carlie Bentley said:


> Wait a minute, does the trooper have a V6 in it? if it does or did, it
> should be the anemic GM 60 degree V6, and the bell housing should be 
> the
> same as a Gm Small Block. Meaning it should be a simple matter of
> getting a Kennedy Small Block Adapter and, (Turning it around? Or
> wait....) Any way some of the troopers through that wonderful bastard
> cousin of a relationship with GM that Isuzu has, caused some of the
> Troopers to get Chevy engines and transmissions with Chevy 
> Bellhousings.
> You might be a lot closer than you think, it might be a simple matter 
> of
> finding a tranny from a V6 Trooper.
> I had a trooper, I broke a front control arm in "unpronouncable" Mexico
> once when the road just ended. 2 weeks it took to get a part. I'll 
> never
> look at fried chicken the same again.
> Later
> Carlie
> The V8's gone, but not forgotten, there's still pentosin on the 
> carport.
carport.

I have an '89 Trooper.  Before I decided to purchase Roger Woodbury's 
'93 V8Q and have brothers Keith and Bruce work their magic on it and 
convert it to a 5-speed, I thought about putting a v8 into the Trooper. 
  In my search for info, I found this site which anyone similarly 
interested should see:

http://myweb.cableone.net/bcanderson/trooper/AuroraSwap.html

I've got my second 2.8L chebby V6 in the trooper (first one threw a rod 
at 174K miles) and one term you would never use in conjunction with the 
trooper is "Zippy."  "Stout" and "Bulletproof" apply, but "Zippy?" 
Never!

It will barely out-accelerate my '61 GMC 4106.  Of course the 4106 does 
have a V8.  As it, Detroit Diesel 8V71... and weighs over 23,000 lbs.  
Did I mention that it was a Greyhound in an earlier life...?

yer kindly ol' Unka Bart