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HotRod.com<\/a> has a good 9 page overview<\/a> of swapping a Chevy, Ford, or Chrysler engine into older cars. This is in no way a step-by-step guide but it offers a good overview and tips for someone thinking of swapping an engine into another car. It also goes into giving suggestions as to which older cars the engine goes into easier and listing some aftermarket products which will help with the swap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HotRod.com has a good 9 page overview of swapping a Chevy, Ford, or Chrysler engine into older cars. This is in no way a step-by-step guide but it offers a good overview and tips for someone thinking of swapping an engine into another car. It also goes into giving suggestions as to which older cars… Read More »V8 Swap Overview Article<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engines"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3447,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3447","url_meta":{"origin":19,"position":0},"title":"Speed Academy\u2019s Integra K20A Swap Guide","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Speed Academy created a two-part series on swapping a K20A into a Acura Integra. 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