Ok, I've seen some of the posts on outrageous engine swaps, like the v12 falcon, and stuff like that, which usually is all talk. I did see a post where someone put a viper engine in a camaro. I've also seen posts where people have put some pretty large big blocks in their camaro's. One guy was fitting a 502 under a stock trans am hood.

I'm interested in a serious answer on the number of cylinders and how much of a difference that makes in a swap. Most swaps I've seen on here tend to be v-8-v-8 swaps, and they get them pretty high up there in the HP area, but what would be the benefits of putting in a v-10 or a v-12 for this particular platform? Parts do seem to be more readily available for v-8's than for anything else, but I'm curious as to the answer to this question. Does the amount of aftermarket HP adders make the v-8 swap better than trying something outrageous like a v-12 from an escalade?

Anyways, this is a serious question, I don't know a ton about engines. I'm not one of those guys going out there talking nonsense about actually doing a swap, but I just want to know why people don't basically, or whether it would be worth it to do so.

Mathius

 

The biggest advantage of more cylinders is more torque and faster acceleration. The disadvantage is the additional room they require.

Generally V12 would require you to fabricate mounts and modify the engine bay to accomadate the larger engine. Most V8 swaps are a direct bolt in.

If you have the funding go for it. If you budget is less or you would rather put your money into the engine V8 swap is the way to go.

 

most people who do put a V-10 or V-12 in a 3rd gen and people who want to enter the car into a car show . there is alot of work to be done for you to do it remeber its not just the motor thay are swaping... its also the trans alone with it MOST of the time not all

 

I don't think the Escalade comes with a V-12 but that is beside the point.

One of the biggest advantages of the V-8 SBC is that they have been built probalby a few million times. In varying configurations. Being so common there is a huge aftermarket for them. They range from 150HP to 500+HP in power. All motor. Then when you factor in all the different power adders and the blocks natural strength and reliablity you can use N20 and a dozen other things to make power.

It is nothing more than a tried and true technology that has been evolving for the last 50 or so years. You can't go wrong with it. Considering most SBC's are a direct replacement for the engines that came with our cars it is easy to install them and be able to use our existing transmissions and mounts.