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Has anyone considered dropping a 350 small block into the aveo? Or attempted it? My cousin and me were discussing how much space I have in the engine bay of my 2011 aveo and we already cut through the hood for a hood scoop (don't ask) but I was considering a 350 small block swap. I'm still looking at transmissions that mount to it. It's just an idea but If anyone has done it is like to hear
Do you plan on keeping it FWD or plan on going RWD? Either way, you are going to need some deep pockets.
consideration of a 350.
if i was going to a GM longitudinal RWD platform I would take the drivetrain out of a solstice or sky.
While the 350 would fit, with work.. post dating the car would be what tubbed with ladder bar rear end and a TH trans with a shift kit? might as well buy a chevette.
OP, can you weld?
Yea I can weld, an yea I know it makes more sense to buy a chevette, but I want to try something different lol. But I'm gonna make it rwd and swap out the power train. Do a full conversation
I know the cobalt swap is a common one, but are there any other engine swaps out there?
Im sure it can be done, but you will wind up needing to do a lot of cutting - goes without saying. The firewall will need to be moved back, and this may not be the most practical as you will lose most creature comforts. Comfort may be a low priority anyway lol Back in 97 I dropped a 355 into a 75 Chevy LUV truck, and only had to do a sub firewall to clear the distributor and exhaust. It was a blast to drive but was not very practical for daily driver duty with no heater, air, defroster, or power steering but the wipers still worked.
A pic for inspiration.. Enough cutting and anything will fit like a glove ;)
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With a screen name like the Art Junkie, I be they can weld. If you do this to an aveo then you will live up your name! HAR HAR HAR!Quote:
Originally Posted by TheArtJunkie
That's the whole point, I rebuilt the car from a crash that totaled it. Only thing left to do now is go overboard. I like trying new things it's fun
how are emissions laws and such in Arizona for a project like this?
If you are serious about doing it, if only for the RWD aspect, I would recommend other possibilities than a 350. But the performance options of the car are what matter. DRAG car, hard to beat your 350 idea.. all out race car than can turn, solstice or sky (if the GM thing matters to you). Best, closest platform for sticking something in there.. miata. Then you can still go V8, and follow those guidelines for a monster miata.. typically ford, but I have seen an LS1 or two, they use a ford thunderbird IRS rear, and such.. good reads.
For my car, if i still have it when its time to do engine work. I am going to do an R32 drivetrain. Not sure about the full AWD yet, as I am planning on selling it at some point.
Sound like a money pit ! :-(
And that you are just looking for heart ache and head ache !
But , its your $$$ . Knock your self out .
God bless
Wyr
Hmmm an r32 drivetrain thats different never would have even thought about that but thats a good one. Im all over the place now, at this point its either engine swap or turbo the 1.6l but I honestly haven't found anyone who knows anything about tuning the aver for a turbo.
Do it!, Use an modern all aluminum version LS7, to save weight on the front. GM solved the heavy V8 into light unibody issue with the "torque" arm rear suspension back in the 70's. That solution can be found on an 80's Camaro... uses twin railing arms like the Aveo and had a cast in mount on the diff, for the torque arm. But since your cutting up most of the floor anyways, might as well build a full tube chassis, shaped to fit in the aveo , and just place the shell over the frame after all was said and done. Poof...V* Aveo becomes AV8O lol.
#1 mad props to you for not listening to people saying it's pointless. If everyone did that the world wouldn't be fun.
#2. Here's my thought:
Don't go with a 350 or ls. Go with an lq4 or lq6. It's an iron block ls motor for Chevy trucks and you can get them waaay cheaper and easier than the ls.
Use a high rev cam in it to give it a little JDM style
Instead of going rear wheel drive, get a Muncie 4speed transversal out of a fiero. And yes they make whole kits to put ls engines with them
Or...
Go balls out and make it a 4 wheel drive!
I was thinking about how fun (and dangerous) a RWD aveo would be. Considering that the value of these cars has fallen off the face of the earth and plunged into a pit so dark and depressing you may as well set fire to the car and get more value out of it burning than bothering selling it, you may have a point on a swap. Any RWD set up could be fun, even a miata drivetrain would be good in my opinion. SR20 anyone?
Cheers