That sounds fun. Thanks for watching

We’ve got more content on this car coming soon!

@@MuletownSpeedandDyno looking forward to it!

Piggyback?

@@jamalcole1985 yeah haltec will run the ignition and fuel etc... my le5 has electronic throttle on it and haltec does not support that and you can't put a drive by wire on it. So the factory ecu will still control that

@@8.2deck Do you know how many of the different ecotec engines use drive by wire or if it's a pretty universal feature of these engines in general?

For sure the bottom ends are crazy. Timing tensioner and guides are the most likely failure point from people that let these motors run too low on oil. Get a good timing chain kit and keep oil in the motor and it is strong. Sometime the internal Pcv can get blocked up and these engine especially with turbo will start drinking oil based on my experience.

We have a video coming up that walked through a ion supercharged car with different pulley sizes and throttle body and ported blower to shop all the different hp gains. So stay tuned to the channel. We had to take a pause but I promise more content coming soon

@@MuletownSpeedandDyno Years ago, Hot Rod Magazine did a write-up on modding the LSJ, and with cams, a TVS blower, bigger TB and 60# injectors, they got 370HP from it. At that point, the intake manifold/intercooler was the biggest restriction to making more power. www.hotrod.com/articles/hrdp-0907-gm-ecotec-bolt-ons/

The answer is no

You will need a solstice bellhousing to mate the Colorado trans to the Saab motor. Those are getting harder to find but there are people who throw them out when they build a Colorado trans to go behind their Supras. So you can look at supra forums. (This will likely be the hardest part to find) you might be able to get an adaptor made but at the time of our building it was easiest to get a solstice bellhousing. If you want more than about 250 hp you will need to change out the stock Saab turbo. I am working on a cheaper solution to this right now. Hopefully get a video out on it soon. But the new set up will use a cheap 120 dollar eBay gt35 turbo and 55 dollar external wastegate. Hoping for about 600 hp Depending on what size turbo you go and what fuel you run you will need injectors. For e85 at 400hp we were running the 80 lb injectors (from eBay set of 4 was 40-50 dollars) For 600, we are still testing but will likely need upgraded fuel pump and bigger injectors. Depending on what car your swapping into I would suggest just getting a modern plastic fuel tank from a junkyard that fits and has a decent fuel pump in it to begin with. Our Pontiac g5 fuel tank supported up to 400 hp with no issue and for us it was free sitting in the yard from previous race car parts car.

Muletown Speed and Dyno Thanks for the Reply. Great info. Really enjoyed the original video too so looking forward to more. I am trying to build the car for the $2000 challenge put on by grassroots Motorsports magazine . Seems like you guys could do a killer build, for that. I am swapping into a 1993 Mercedes 190e, that I bought from a salvage auction. It has a odd gas tank location so I am going to try to use the stock tank but has an external pump already so I can upgrade if I need too. I am not looking for much more than 250HP to start with. This is my first swap so it is really nice to be able to follow along in your video. I was able to pick up a solstice bell housing too, from someone using the AR5 behind an LS.

Muletown Speed and Dyno getting further in on my swap. Did you guys have to cut the bellhousing to get around the oil cooler? Or run remote cooler?

Thanks for watching! Ill check out your wagon.

@@MuletownSpeedandDyno thank yall guys I appreciate it I'll be tuned in

We love our American engines too and tend to stick with them, but I wouldn't put it past us to something oddball like a BMW engine in a Camaro or something weird like that. The main reason we don't is cost.

good point

Power to weight is power to weight. Doesn’t matter what’s providing the power.

@@Backon4 What do you mean by that? I could put a 572 big block in a miata and get 4mpg , whereas a 2 liter would get 25. I could also put a 572 bb in a c10 and get 4mpg. where i would get 25 with a 2 liter. It certainly does matter whats providing the power.