# this sure is an odd engine swap **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034 **Category:** Shift518 Automotive **Created:** [May 17, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034 "2013-05-17T13:58:37Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB) #### Post date: [May 17, 2013, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/1 "2013-05-17T13:58:37Z")
[http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/3799396770.html](http://albany.craigslist.org/cto/3799396770.html) ---
### Author: ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird) #### Post date: [May 17, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/2 "2013-05-17T14:27:19Z")
Because Whitehall. ---
### Author: ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB) #### Post date: [May 17, 2013, 2:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/3 "2013-05-17T14:36:49Z")
yeah, people are a little different out there. I had to go to a service call at a slaughter house out there a few months ago. ---
### Author: ![GATVILLE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gatville/32/6362_2.png) [@GATVILLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GATVILLE) #### Post date: [May 17, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/4 "2013-05-17T16:04:54Z")
saw that and wondered why would someone do that ---
### Author: ![Yetti\_VR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yetti_vr/32/6357_2.png) [@Yetti\_VR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Yetti_VR) #### Post date: [May 17, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/5 "2013-05-17T16:53:48Z")
šŸ˜‘ ---
### Author: ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird) #### Post date: [May 17, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/6 "2013-05-17T18:45:46Z")
> [@Why?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why/52768/6): > > yeah, people are a little different out there. I had to go to a service call at a slaughter house out there a few months ago. Champlain Beef on 4? Place reeks of dead cattle on a warm summer night. ---
### Author: ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB) #### Post date: [May 17, 2013, 6:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/7 "2013-05-17T18:54:26Z")
Thatā€™s it. People are assholes there and thereā€™s a million beaners working there ---
### Author: ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801) #### Post date: [May 18, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/8 "2013-05-18T02:58:55Z")
Im assuming the stock motor went boom, and the owner happened to have that one laying around or in a car in their yard and said fuck it LOL. ---
### Author: ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird) #### Post date: [May 18, 2013, 4:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/9 "2013-05-18T04:48:12Z")
> [@PJB"](#): > > Thatā€™s it. People are assholes there and thereā€™s a million beaners working there Place is sketchy as fuck. All the Mexicans live a few miles south of that place on 4 in an old brick farmhouse. Must be 20+ in that house. I think most of them work at the stone place down the road too. ---
### Author: ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB) #### Post date: [May 18, 2013, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/10 "2013-05-18T06:25:54Z")
Having to walk past/thru a ton of inside out cows to get to the scale was quite an experience too. They have a row of tables with mexicans lined up on both sides cutting up the cows ---
### Author: ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier) #### Post date: [May 18, 2013, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/11 "2013-05-18T09:41:08Z")
![http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/skierdood/2BBE7A93-3843-47A4-936D-7C6420766023-5852-000005640D4AE557.jpg](http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b28/skierdood/2BBE7A93-3843-47A4-936D-7C6420766023-5852-000005640D4AE557.jpg) ---
### Author: ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros) #### Post date: [May 19, 2013, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/12 "2013-05-19T07:52:45Z")
Lol I understand making something with what you have kicking around by wtf is the point of spray bombing the entire engine silver ---
### Author: ![d\_gage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d_gage/32/6321_2.png) [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage) #### Post date: [May 19, 2013, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/13 "2013-05-19T08:24:09Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/41834/13): > > Lol I understand making something with what you have kicking around by wtf is the point of spray bombing the entire engine silver Because, fresh paint :rofl ---
### Author: ![700xxmaniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/7/f05b48/32.png) [@700xxmaniac](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/700xxmaniac) #### Post date: [May 19, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/14 "2013-05-19T19:43:16Z")
well that motor will rust out of that truck before it dies lmao ---
### Author: ![Quattro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/quattro/32/6660_2.png) [@Quattro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro) #### Post date: [May 20, 2013, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/15 "2013-05-20T09:33:40Z")
I like at the end how he invites you to ā€œcome take a spin, you WONā€™T be disappointed.ā€ Pretty sure Iā€™d be disappointed. ---
### Author: ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB) #### Post date: [May 20, 2013, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/16 "2013-05-20T14:46:42Z")
even a pos 4.3 has more power than that thing would. Probably like 65 hp. ---
### Author: ![capitalcrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@capitalcrew](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/capitalcrew) #### Post date: [May 20, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/17 "2013-05-20T17:12:12Z")
Tires look decentā€¦ ---
### Author: ![Iant333](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iant333/32/6687_2.png) [@Iant333](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Iant333) #### Post date: [May 20, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/18 "2013-05-20T19:22:36Z")
I had to read some more to realize how weird it actually is. Dodge only made the 268 flathead straight 6 from 1930-33, I mean this engine was made during the fucking great depression, when WWII was going downā€¦ it was already old. And not to mention it only made a whopping 93 GROSS horsepower, it would be lucky if it would net 70. A modern 4 cyl econobox engine makes more power, basically about the same power as the tiny Honda D13. Also the fact that it isā€¦ uh 60 years older than the truck it was put in, and its already an old truck. ---
### Author: ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB) #### Post date: [May 20, 2013, 7:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/19 "2013-05-20T19:29:43Z")
it says the motor is a 1951 in the ad ---
### Author: ![jdaniels](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdaniels/32/6399_2.png) [@jdaniels](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jdaniels) #### Post date: [May 22, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034/20 "2013-05-22T12:49:29Z")
> [@FS: 2000 Audi TT](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-2000-audi-tt/49853/18): > > it says the motor is a 1951 in the ad Well, they didnā€™t make a 268 in 1951. This is the engine spec page from the 1951 Dodge 1 ton pickup brochure. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/this-sure-is-an-odd-engine-swap/267034.md?page=2)