Hello everyone! I'm planning on V8 swapping my old Volvo 240 wagon, and I was wondering: what would be the most affordable V8/manual transmission combo for a drift car? My budget would preferably be under $1k for the combo. Honestly not sure if that's feasible or not. I'm planning on keeping the V8 as stock as I can, only doing what's necessary to make it NOT explode (hopefully). That said, what would you suggest for being the cheapest combo I could get? There are no swap kits I can find for this kind of car (except for a Ford 5.0 swap kit from a now defunct business), so the decision shouldn't be swayed by the availability of one. Whatever I can get, I'm going to make work. Daily drivability isn't important either since the car is going to be used exclusively for drifting and having fun. I also don't have to do smog or emissions testing, thankfully. Buying a full car to pull an engine and trans out of is an option. In fact, I was thinking of looking for a mid to late 90's Mustang to gut for parts. If I do that, I can raise my budget to $1.5k Thanks for reading. I appreciate any help with this!
Alot of the swedes are installing Bmw m60/62 v8's. I've seen a lot of these swapped on Instagram so it must be straight forward enough.
Exactly, there's bound to be hundreds of options out there all GM/Ford based given how common those platforms are. It would almost be a waste of time considering BMW or any non US made vehicle as a donor You wouldnt have a hope in hell of getting a drivetrain of any sort for that price in the UK ! unless lucky enough to come across a scrap vehicle.
