[Dave at Pelican Parts]

Sammy, adding 10%+ to the weight of the car is not "nothing", as you seem to be trying to say. It will affect the handling. In fact, going from 1/4 tank of fuel to full does affect the handling, and if you've been driving the car for a while you can feel it. (I'm sure it'll take me a while to get that feel back if I ever drive my car again...)

The extra weight and speed pretty much require better brakes. If you never use the speed that the V8 is capable of, the stock brakes may be OK for a little while--but if you never use the V8 speed, why do the conversion in the first place??

I also think the $2500 price tag Sammy quoted is really, really low unless you want a hack-job. Or unless you can buy one that is partly-done already--then you can really make out well financially.

rice_killer, the only 2.0-displacement Type IV motors that I know of that put out 200 HP are spinning at 7,000 RPM. And their lifespan is measured in hours. (Quite a number of hours for the lower-powered "endurance" versions, but still hours.) And they cost much more than $3000 to build. You can quite evidently get a 150 HP Type IV from Raby for about $5K-$6K, but it is not 2.0 liters.

--DD