Coyote swapped cars for sale

LSG said:

Angry, I'm just not feeling it on the Coyote. I'm looking at head flow as an easy illustration. 351C-4V- 295~300, do some quick bowl blending and you're at 325. Coyote is 285, alttle porting and you've got 315 cfm. Power potential is roughly 2.2 times cfm for a V8. So.....LOTS of painful surgery to install an engine with LESS power potential than I already have ?? why ?! And thats with old, iron cylinderheads designed in 1968. Some of the newer aluminum heads, like CHI in Australia, flow EVEN MORE. AND they almost drop right into the chassis as it is now. A TKO is also an easy fit. A C, an FE, or a Lima can all be built to spin 7500. Been there, done that. I just don't see the need. A well built early V8, with a lower rpm limit in mind, like 6500 or so, will easily yield a much more driver friendly experience. At least, they do for me. Before I retired, I got to get my hands dirty on all knids of stuff. But we didn't do alot of 4.6 build - ups. Folks just weren't interested. There were a couple, but the only one with close to the power of the early ones was a guy with a supercharger. I'll stick to the mid to late sixties designs, thanks. BUT if I see any cheap coyotes for sale, I'll tell y'all. But I will also try to talk you out of it ! LSG

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AZ_Ryan said:

The engines worth more than the car. That's just silly.

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LotsOf68s said:

I am a staunch die-hard lover of classic pushrod muscle. The huge majority of cars I've owned and the absolute majority I work on now are pushrod, carbureted, raw fuel swilling, classic engines with all of the unique character and excitement that so many of us love. But there is simply no denying the improvements that have been made in technology in the 50-60+ years since most of these old engines were designed. Comparing port flows does not begin to tell the story, of all the differences between a classic pushrod engine and a modern engine like a Coyote. You cannot begin to get the same level of refinement out of a carbureted 385 series or especially an FE as you can something modern Coyote. Effortless daily drivability and reliability in all conditions and temperatures, butter smooth and whisper quiet idle if that's what you're looking for, superior fuel mileage, and true daily drivable power levels that far exceed what you can do with any of these beloved old engines. No, they are NOT the same. Some people simply do not want that for their classic cars, and I understand that completely. I usually agree. But there is simply no denying that modern engine swaps like these provide a level of refinement and drivability that is simply not possible with a classic pushrod engine.

They aren't for everyone, nor are they for every car. I would never replace a 428CJ with a Coyote, for example. But I absolutely might replace a mundane 302 with a Coyote, if that's the direction I or the customer wanted to go with the car. They're two completely different directions for two completely different purposes. That's why I own a bunch of vehicles. No two of them are the same. I have newer cars, and I have older cars, and some way older cars. I have one older car with a complete modern chassis and drivetrain swapped in. It's not necessarily "better" than I could have built it had I kept the stock chassis and drivetrain, but it's very different, and the direction I wanted to go with it instead. It's a truly daily drivable car that I would not hesitate to take cross country and it can keep up with any modern traffic easily and comfortably. I don't think there's very many people here who would say the same about their mostly stock Mustangs, and even fewer who actually do it. So that's the difference. Most people who do modern drivetrain swaps are used to the ease and daily drivability of their modern cars, and want some of that for their classic car as well, while keeping the classic look and some of the classic character of their old car.

But it is quite false indeed to make comparisons between what you can do with a classic pushrod engine and a modern high tech engine with modern engine management, and what you can do with them.

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