Are there a lot of Ecotec swapped S-10's out there?
not that i seen
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Just wondering because my dad has a turbo set-up in a Xtreme S-10. And he was kind of wondering if anyone else has done it.
Might wanna ask that on an S-10 forum.
Yeah, but if they need information on a Ecotec engine this is possibly one site they would be a member of.
i doubt it. most people that swap engines in S10's go for V8's. it would be interesting to see though.
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If I were going to swap an engine into an S-10 I would definitely go for a turbo eco
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Is there any other tranny besides the one out of a Chevy Colorado that would work? Solistice/sky i guess too..
the colo and solstice trans are the only 1's , and i think they are the same trans too
ive never seen a eco swap in a s10/15
there is a company who makes and adapter plate for the eco to run a t5 trans, I saw the link in a topic in the other cars forum. It was from a website that did older cars from the 30's-50's and they had products for swapping modern 4's into cars.....I cant remember the name of them though sorry
How would you do a FRONT WHEEL DRIVE to a REAR WHEEL DRIVE? or even W H Y??
Chef Dug wrote:How would you do a FRONT WHEEL DRIVE to a REAR WHEEL DRIVE? or even W H Y??
what?
its just an engine.. layout doesn't matter.. especially for inlines. some custom motor mounts and a trans adapter plate and you're done. if a v8 will fit, the eco will fit with little hassle.
He chose to put a Ecotec in it because he wanted to be unique. Everybody and their brother has put a V8 in a S-10. Its a pretty quick truck, its street legal and runs 10's.
Wade Jarvis wrote:If I were going to swap an engine into an S-10 I would definitely go for a turbo eco
No way.....SBC 350 ftw in a S-10 big time....reliable, straight forward, no difficult tuning issues.....theres no way somebody in their right mind with all the v8 swap info out there would waste time in putting a turbo eco in a s-10. Or rather at least shouldn't but theres always some people that miss the boat tho, maybe to be unique or "whatever" but if I heard a s-10 growling when pulling up I'd think it is way better than the s-10 with a blow off, just doesn't belong on a truck. To help those people who think I'm talking crap on the eco, the same goes for the almighty quad aswell
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I talked to a guy recently who was wanting to do the same swap. He was just wanting to do a 2.2 ecotec in place of his 2.2. He wasn't looking for huge power gains. He just wanted good reliability and economy with a little more power. I thought it would be neat for an economy swap. If I were going for performance, it would be an LS2.
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As a member of this board & s10planet.com (<-Not a link!), I can say clearly that there is interest there amongst members in swapping an Eco-tec into a dime. Which actually makes sense in this day of skyrocketing fuel prices. But I'm getting off track...
Aaron: That turbo setup on your dad's Xtreme isn't much surprise, as there's a place called turbos10.com (<-Again: Not a link!) that varying levels of LN2 (2.2L/2200)parts, build-ups & complete turbo'd LN2 engines capable of producing up to 600hp for for the S-truck (No lie!). That may be how he got his.
As for the Eco-tec/S-truck idea, there I'll be relaying what I heard here back to the other forum as there's still no clear answers to this question there either.
And before I go (For now)...
JUCINBST: Was the the name of the site Quad4Rods by chance? Because from what I've seen there before, that adapter plate definitely sounds like something they would have. I bet it could also be used with the Metric-pattern 4L60E automatic just the same.
Go beyond the "bolt-on".
Lol The engine parts on my dads truck are
FAR from bolt-ons. My dad personally knows Russ O'Blenes from GM Racing, Ray Bates from Bates Engineering, and Dave from FAST who now works for GM Racing.
For the record: I was right in my guess, quad4rods.com does have the Eco-tec/T-5 bellhousing that was mentioned here.
Aaron: Cool. Wish I had connections like that.
Go beyond the "bolt-on".
