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Well, since everyone else I know is on this site I thought I would follow along and join too. Also since I am putting a 4g63 in to my 1941 chevy 2 door sedan I thought this place might be helpful and I wouldn't get yelled at as much for doing it. It wont be done till later this summer but already I am getting the engine dismantled and ready for some new parts. And as soon as my student loan comes in I will be looking for all sorts of parts to build this engine.

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Crazy! Welcome to the board.

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Haha, make sure to take LOTS of pics and start a project thread! Sounds wicked cool!

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That sounds nuts, but welcome local.

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You are correct, we don't hate on 4G63 swaps here.

Welcome to the site!

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It really wont be as nuts as you would think. Its not like i'm trying to swap in front wheel drive of anything. RWD is easy, you just fab two motor mounts and a tranny crossmember and you're pretty much done. Well the hard part of the swap will probably be wiring it all up. Plus I have to fix the floors and a few other places on the body, then take the body off and get the frame sand blasted and paint that up real good with some Chassis Black, then put a new front and rear end in it so it actually handles ok. Then it will be time for the swap. The whole premise of this car is to do something no one else is doing so this will become my daily driver. That means everything has to be protected from the evil salt as well.

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Welcome! Sounds like a heck of a project!

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I'm sorry but if you drive a classic 41 Chevy in the winter I will find you and slap you...




But seriously, a classic shouldn't be driven year round. Buy a Geo for winter.

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Welcome nick, cant wait to see this started.

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welcome! sounds interesting, good luck on the project.

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I say drive it like a new car. What I would do if I were you would be buy a complete eclipse and use the wiring harnesses for all that stuff, and plug it in like the chevy was a 93 (or whatever) eclipse. Really easy.

What trans are you using? D50 truck or an auto?

If you don't know who Bill Hincher is, you should learn. Google him and find his site, he makes bellhousings to adapt the 4g63 to popular transmissions.

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Sounds like a pretty sweet project! Lately I've been thinking alot about putting a 4g63 into a '32 ford chassis, Seems like it would be pretty easy, I just don't have the money or space to build one.

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Welcome to the site, great project! As others have said, don't drive it in the winter, what would the point of that be? Also don't listen the "other guys" at those "other websites". They would just have you put a piss ant 383 stroker in there and then you would have what everybody has; a piss slow cookie-cutter so called hot rod.

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Actually I am using a conquest trans. It a wide block out of a D50 that I am swapping a 1g head on to.

But the whole point is to be different, and driving a car like that all year round isn't something people do. Its not like I am going to letting rust away or anything, everything that can be powder coated will be by primo performance so I will stay nice as long as you wash it every once an a while. My dad drove his 1948 GMC to work 60 miles a day year round for 20 some years and is just now redoing some body work. It will be driven all year though, sorry! All though I do have to build it first.

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^Nice plug.
How much power you looking to make all said and done?
T56 would be awesome.
Its your car drive it how you want to, but its a shame that the salt will shorten its life.
But its a car that you love so drive it.

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Welcome and cool project

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Channel and chop and it would look sweet. What you planning for suspention?

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Well, hoping for around 350-400 crank, I'm thinking 20g turbo, custom header, stock internals, cams of some kind, obviously custom intake, injectors?, dsmlink, but willing to take suggestions as I don't know a whole lot about making power with this engine but I'm learning.

Yes it would but expensive and since I already have the conquest trans Im going to use it, always can change it out down the road.

Front will get a a Mustang II suspension, probably from Hiedts sp? Rear will be kept leaf springs for now with hopefully a posi 10 bolt

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An Evo3 16g will make more than your goals are on e85, and it'll spool much faster than a 20g ever could. That's the route I'd go.