I posted this in the motor swap board as well as here since some people don't go to both forums.
This is pretty sweet,
More info here,
89 RS with Viper Motor



Cool motor swap.

 

he had a better motor in there to begin with. It's different, but stupid.

 

I wonder how he did his exhaust...

 

I give them a 10.0 for the insanity scale

 

thats silly
kinda a neat idea but I sure as heck wouldnt put a dodge motor in a Chevy. in a ford yes, chevy, heck no.

 

Thats freakin' nuts! If I was going to go through all that trouble, I would've done an LT5 swap and kept it all GM.

 

the guy had a blown and stroked small block chevy in there before that most likely put out more hp than that viper motor. In my opinion he just ruined that car.

 

that was a tunnel ram with a bug catcher air intake....no blower

 

oh well, he still had a stroked small block in that thing that i'm guessin was pushin a pretty descent amount of power. Even if it wasnt, he ruined a prefectly good chevy with that dodge motor.

 

****ing awesome! The only thing I would do is repaint the car to match the motor.

I myself am currently looing into putting a 2003 Cobra motor in my 91 Z28. The only way I won't do this is if the motor is too wide for the engine compartment. If it is I'll see about a Nissan RB26DETT or Toyota 2JZ. This is not about going faster, I just want a Camaro that nobody else in the world has.

 

Definantly should have done a LT5 swap instead Save the Viper V10 for a stripped out Dart

 

why would u put a cobra motor in when you could just blow a regular SBC??? Or go get one of those straight 6's from the new trailblazers and trubo that or something. At least keep it all GM. And where would you find a RB26DETT. Not like you see a lot of wrecked Skylines in the junkyards ya know.

 

Dart engine compartment is several inches to short for that.

 

I dont think the guy's really thinking when he wants to do that to a 91 z, what a waste

 

Once you consider the potential power/weight ratio you'd make it work It would still be allot cheaper than a HEMI Dart...

 

One thing i dont think a lot of people understand is different doesnt mean better.

 

I don't want to be like everyone and their mom. I know that for what I pay for an 03 Cobra motor I could build a carb'd smallblock with 100 extra hp. I don't give a crap though. I'm not on a budget and I'm not going for all out power. If I was I'd go big block.

I'm sorry but that motor does nothing for me.

Maybe if I was brand loyal, but I don't believe in that bs.

I know some guys in Japan that could hook me up, and if they die tomorrow there's always Motorex.

 

Well by making my car different from everyone elses I will enjoy it more and therefore it will be better to me. I don't care if it's better to everybody else in the world.

 

I think that is badass. It's not like it's a ford engine or something.

 

If I was gonna spend that much cash on an engine swap, it would be a northstar engine, not a freakin dodge pos motor... dodge sux :P

 

I have to disagree. I say northstars suck! haha.

 

that doesnt make sense. you say you want to be different meaning you want to stand out from the pack but you dont care what other people think. If you didnt care what other people think then you wouldnt care about having something noone else has.

 

Sometimes there is a reason why a lot of people have something. Usually it boils down to it being better. Ever wonder why certain company's products are so popular? Because every once in a while it is actually better. There are a lot of small block chevy motors out there because they are awesome engines. They can make tons of horsepower for a farely cheap price, sound awesome, have an almost unlimited supply of after market parts, and the list goes on. If you say money doesnt matter then why do you have an 84 camaro? If you truly doesnt matter and money is no option go get ureself a ferrari, something you dont see every day, not an 84 camaro with a different engine.

 

If I cared what everyone else thought I wouldn't even have considered these swaps for a split second. I want my car to be different because being the same is boring to me.

 

that is freakin crazy

 

The 3rdgen F-body is my favorite body style car of all time. That's probably hard for you to believe though because it isn't yours. I've wanted one ever since I was 5 years old. The 84 was the first one I could get my hands on. I now have a 91 Z, an 83 Z, an 87 RS and an 87 IROC if the cops ever find it. Never said I was Bill Gates though, I just said I don't need to worry about blowing a few thousand.

I don't want a Ferrari. I want a 3rdgen Camaro that is different from every other 3rdgen Camaro in the world.

 

Actually the 91 to 92 camaros are my favorite looking cars in the whole world. Ive always wanted one ever since i could first drive and I have one also. My 92 rs I think looks better than any other cars on the road. I'm also a chevy man and would never ever put any other engine in my camaro than a chevy v8. That is one of the reasons i fell in love with those cars, that classic good ol chevy v8 under the hood. I'm just saying thats me. If you are gonna enjoy your car more with a nissan engine or some other jap car engine then go right ahead, but i would never even consider the switch.

 

I've seen a 32v northstar in a 4th gen. It was at texas heatwave in 2000. I was parked next to it and slightly talked to the guy about the swap. Not easy is what I was hearing.

I agree with doing something different. However, my cashflow is limited so I somewhat agree on keeping it "gm" which tends to be slightly cheaper.

That looks like a tight fit, but different.

 

Good G^od ! That is a monstrosity! The idea of putting a Dodge engine into a Chevy, but the fact that it is a Viper V-10 makes it a little better. I must say if I was going to do an engine swap, I would drop in the 572 BBC that GM released, has over 600 HP and TRQ I think.

 

Some people are just so busy trying to be "different" that they fail to realize they're like every other moron around, this is how the whole park bench wing things and retarded body kits started out.

 

Hahahahahaa he's in my area, forget viper hunting, im going RS hunting soon

 

That is awsome!!!! :hail: Maby if Chevy would have thought of that we would still be buying new Camaros! Put up some numbers when u are finished with the install.

 

Or if chevy wanted to stay in canada and produce imports we would still be buying new ones.

 

Except for the fact that the "park bench wing things and retarded body kits" stuff are often people faking they have something they don't, or doing it because it's "cool" and it's what "everyone else is doing"

What everyone else is doing <> being different from everyone else.

Why do you people care what he does to his car. I say rock on.

 

Maybe it will look better once completed.

 

For the love of *** I hope it turns out nice....

Seriously though....Why not just keep the Viper.....

 

why the crap would he do that?? why not put in a nice engine outta a Z06??

 

..or a silver '68 Charger like the one that was featured on the Popular Hotrodding tv show.

 

I had an 89 RS and id put any engine I could in there as long as its not that 2.8 .....but seriously I consider myself to be a GM guy but I dont think there is anything wrong with what there doing.....

 

I think its great.At least he isnt putting another LS1 in it

 

yeah he gets my vote for creativity!:hail:

 

let him have fun trying to pass emmissions!!!

 

I think its tight as hell. That car will smoke 90% of the cars here, including mine. He didn't "ruin" it by putting in a dodge motor. Some of you are just jealous.

 

The Dodge motor didn't ruin it, the fugly yellow Chevrolet sticker on the windshield did. BTW, why don't you try a BMW V12 engine. IIRC the Cobra motor will be way too wide for our engine bays. Chev actually tried the BMW engine in one of their cars as a project car once. Or rework the frame and drop in a hybrid drivetrain from a Prius or something.

MILT

 

wtf is up with that. He no doubt had a 305 or 350 he could of put in it, why waste your money on downgrading? vipers are slow as ****

 

They OWN the shop. and have a few vipers of there own. Hows it a waste of his $.

His dad pulled the stock motor for a stroked motor anyways..

 

if oyu think dropping a 305 in a camaro is better than dropping a viper v10 in one you need to be shot. and black84z28 a rb26dett in a third gen is just degrading the entire third gen community, and it'll still be slow, plus i wanna know how you plan on doing an awd conversion on a 91 Z

 

That's fantastic.

Right. A completely stock R34 is good for low 13's. The Z28 is over 500lbs lighter with a V8, it's more aerodynamic and it doesn't have the power robbing AWD drivetrain.

I don't. I'm gonna run an RB25DET transmission.

 

Incase nobody figured it out, I will be going with the Nissan motor. The Cobra motor is too wide, and I didn't see any good enough deals on the Toyota motor that would make me choose it over the Nissan motor. The Nissan motor complete with the wiring harness, ecu and tranny is only going to cost me 6 grand. That's ****ing cheap.

 

I tihnk this is "NON-TECH"