Has anyone ever thought about a diesel swap? I realize there would be a ton of fab work but how unique would that be?

 

only diesel i would ever put in a sports car is a 6.6 duramax. you would have 2 strengthen up the body/frame a good bit if you plan on putting a high performance tune on it cause those engines cause make like 900ft/lbs of torque with nothing more than a tune.

 

It's been done

 

What would u have to do to support the extra weight? Aren't duramaxes like twice as heavy as our original engines?

 

Reinforce the frame and brace the **** out of it. There are smaller diesels out there though. Isuzu's, the 4bt Cummins, etc.

 

Funny I contacted Banks Performance about using my car as a SEMA demo for them, back when Ford was developing the 4.4 diesel for F-150 use. Unfortunately it got canceled and that went out the window. I was planning on painting it lime green, doing wide body fenders with custom Alcoa dually wheels, and smoke stacks running through the interior and exiting through the rear window

 

That would have been pretty bad ***. Would liked to have seen it

 

Minus the dually's and stacks, that would have been wicked.

 

Put a 12 inch lift kit and big *** muddin tires on also