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Jan 30, 2008 | 07:09 PM

durtysc300

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V8 S10

what do you think about putting a v8 in an s10?

cool?
bad?
gonna be quick as hell?

and if anyone can, give me some insight on this swap because im very tempted to do it with my S10

Jan 30, 2008 | 07:13 PM

Woogie

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I had a few friends in high school who had that setup. Their S10s were super quick.

Jan 30, 2008 | 07:28 PM

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Two words... "Traction" + "Problems"

Jan 30, 2008 | 07:47 PM

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I read as "V10 S8" and I was thinking Audi S8.

Jan 30, 2008 | 08:40 PM

gengar

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Quote:

Originally Posted by STIG

I read as "V10 S8" and I was thinking Audi S8.

Haha, I was thinking new BMW M engine a la S85/S65/S54/etc.

Jan 31, 2008 | 12:45 AM

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Traction is an issue. I had a guy put a Super-charged V8 in his S-10 but also weighed his bed down with a complete system+carpet, put a color matched camper on top and dropped the truck a couple inches. It was pretty nice and his traction was alot better than what it started when he first swapped it.

It was a beast of a mini-truck.

Jan 31, 2008 | 07:18 AM

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Jan 31, 2008 | 08:50 AM

97-SC300

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Quote:

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I read as "V10 S8" and I was thinking Audi S8.

LMAO, I thought the exact same thing, then I read the first response about someone's highschool buddies doing it.... I'm like what is this? your buddies must've been either master techs or filthy rich. Lol!

Jan 31, 2008 | 08:59 AM

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i say drop some tubos in the SC300 and make it into a "Supra Killer"

Jan 31, 2008 | 09:15 AM

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My friend with an S10 Xtreme has been talking about doing this for the past 7 years now, he's never pulled it off though. Another option is to supercharge the V6