whats the biggest engine you can drop in a chevy: camaro, chevelle, NOVA?

 

Well, are looking for comfort or hp? I could fit a Rolce Royce Turbine Jet engine in one, but it depends if you actually want to sit in the car or on the car while you drive.... That and if you want it to look like a Camaro when you are done...

 

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The turbine is a bit of overkill, but sounds interesting. However; I am kinda partial to the 1710 CU (28L), 3200 HPAllison V12. Problem is you will have to drive from the back seat, but it has a ***** of a cooling fan. LOL
[align=left]The V-1710 is a conventional overhead cam liquid cooled Vee-type engine with 4-valve pentagon roof combustion chambers using two 6-cylinder monoblocks bolted to a split crankcase. The engine has a propeller reduction gear or extension drive on the "grunt" of the engine as defined by Allison and an auxiliary case on the rear. Cylinders were numbered from the rear, with the bank to the left when viewed from the rear (auxiliary section) called the left bank and the other bank the right. Unlike automotive engines, the cylinders were numbered 1L to 6L on the left and 1R to 6R on the right, 1L being the the cylinder next to the auxiliary drive on the side of the coolant pump, the 1R cylinder being located next to the auxiliary section above the oil pump.[/align][align=left]Type:[/align][blockquote][align=left]12 cylinder 60° Vee liquid cooled[/align][/blockquote][align=left]Cylinders:[/align][align=left]Bore 5.5 in (139.7 mm), Stroke 6 in (152.4 mm), Displacement 1,710 cubic inches (28 liters). Compression ratio 6.0:1 (other versions typically use 6.65:1). Two cylinder blocks of six cylinders each comprising a cast aluminum-alloy cylinder head, six hardened steel cylinder barrels and a cast aluminum-alloy cooling jacket. Barrels held in head by a shrink-fit and are enclosed by coolant jacket. Jacket secured to head by studs and to cylinder by nut threaded over each barrel (and torqued to 2,200 ft-lbs!). Each cylinder-block secured to upper half of crankcase by 14 studs extending through the head. Combustion chamber has two intake and two exhaust valves and two diametrically opposed park plugs. Steel intake valve inserts, forged steel stellite-faced exhaust valve inserts.[/align][align=left][/align][align=left]Pistons:[/align][align=left]Machined from aluminum-alloy forgings. Three compression rings above piston pin -- one keystone ring in the top groove and two conventional rings, and two oil-control rings in a single groove below. Floating piston pin retained by snap-rings at each end.[/align][align=left][/align][align=left]Connecting Rods:[/align][align=left]Fork and blade type made from steel forgings machined and shot-peened. Connecting rod bearings consist of two flanged steel thin shells lined with nickel-silver-tin, and clamped in the forked end by two bearing caps. Center portion of the outside diameter of the bearing is covered with an overlay of nickel-silver-tin which acts as journal for the blade rod. Blade rod fits around the overlay and is held in place by a single steel cap. Bronze bearing pressed into the small end for the piston pin. Big-end bearings lubricated under pressure from crankshaft, small-end bearing lubricated by splash.[/align][align=left][/align][align=left]Crankshaft:[/align][align=left][size=2]Counter-balanced six-throw seven-bearing type. Each end of the shaft has a bolt flange which provide mountings at the front for a flexible splined coupling for driving the reduction gear pinion and at the rear for a dynamic torsional vibration balancer. Splined to the hub of the dynamic balancer is the outer member of a hydraulic damper. An inner member is connected to the outer rigid member by a flexible quill shaft and reacts against the outer member through a hydraulic fluid to minimize single-node

 

I think a T-700 GE Turbofan engine would fit and you could still keep your frontseats in place. a guy from California,put an older Vietnam eraversion in a new VW Bug last year and he still kept most of his interior stock

 

Those are all such very good suggestions! But I'll bet he may be looking for sumpin that willdrop in the hole he already has. How big you wanna go has to do withhow much you wanna spend. As an example, at Summit you can get a complete 572 big block crate motor for a measly $12k. But don't forget that the rest of the drivetrain (trans, driveshaft, rearend, suspension), has to be built up to take the high h.p. All in all, you should be able to do it for somewhere in the$20k range! Now you still wanna gobig?

 

ive always thought it would be cool to put a duramax and twin turbo it in a chevelle or nova or something.. just sounds cool to me i guess..

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4BrHzlOOQg ....buck heres an impala runnin duramax lol...its pretty sweet

 

guys im really starting to like the 1710 CU (28L), 3200 HPAllison V12. [sm=badidea.gif]. you people are out of your damn minds. lol. 1. i dont have that kind of money and 2...... maby i should try it....lol[sm=icon_rock.gif]

 

Here is a 55 Chevy powered by a Merlin V12, very similar to the Allison V12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIj2GVfua84

Tractor with 3 Allison V12 in tractor pull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7kJF...eature=related