Anyone have info on this car? V8 RWD PT

[cleverklutz]

Wouldn't you be able to use the tunnel for the exhaust? I would think if the engine bay is large enough it would be doable, but a different front clip would have to be grafted in and a different rear setup. The firewall also has a cutout for the catalytic converter, not sure if that would be enough space for a tranny. I really doubt it could be done without moving the firewall.

I wouldn't want a V6 setup as there's no headroom with that, it's just an engine that's it. All you could probably get in there is the 3.8 and that doesn't have much power. It also can't stand up to turbocharging, Dodge tried in early years and their test results were, "the engine blew itself apart at moderate amounts of boost." The 3.5 is a better engine but is extremely wide, I wouldn't expect it to fit.

The reason I'd like a V8 is largely due to the physics of a RWD car. It will naturally hook up better and be quicker. I'm sure that people have also explored the option of an AWD setup swapped out of a Caravan too. I suspect that setup would be too weak if putting say 300HP down.

Just dreaming...

Ben

[Bluenoser]

I would like to order the orange 2 door ,with matching seat color

[lakersfan1]

Originally Posted by cleverklutz

Wouldn't you be able to use the tunnel for the exhaust?

You need space for an exhaust AND a driveshaft in a RWD though.

A conventional V6 FWD setup would actually fit just fine since the V-arrangement of the cylinders actually makes the engine less wide (only the width of a 3 cylinder engine) and we have enough room for a little wider engine. But the Chrysler V6 engines are hardly performance engines, and pretty much all come with automatics in FWD. Who wants a portly engine with a slush-box? The turbo-4 just makes more sense.