[quote] Hi
Just had one of those "duh" moments when Russk suggested I look in 12 Port News, the one place I hadn't looked and sure enough May/June 07, page 20, the Big Four, a 274 CID Mercruiser. You know it, the very article I could remember reading , but forgot where. I want to put it in a street drivable car and use it for daily transport, what say all of you, Pinto, Chevette, or some import econobox?
thanks guys, Bob [quote]
Depends what you want out of it, if you want economy, with some power I would get the engine, trans, computer, and harness out of a wrecked Solsice (or any of it's GM variants) and go from there.
If you want an engine that can pull stumps, then I would lean towards the built up Mercruiser.
FWIW the current news stand issue of Hot Rod has an article on how to get (IIRC) 374HP out of the Supercharged Ecotec, it involves replacing the cams and blower though, so not especially cheap (but they speculated on possible '30s' MPG depending on if what it's in is light enough).
