T 19 152/345 swap

[BANoriega]

I am going to be swapping a 345 into a 66 Scout 800. Before you start I know it will be a feat but there is sentamental value involved. It has a 152 4 cyl and a t18, will I need to swap the bell housing to adapt from the 152 to the 345? Will I need to change the flywheel and clutch assembilies? If if yes to either to these questions I would greatly appreiciate either some part numbers or some links pointing me in the right directions.

Thanks much

blake n

 

[stu simpson]

You cannot use the t18, clutch parts or bellhousing from the 4 cylinder application. The clutch pivot assembly is wrong too but it is possible to somehow make it work. I recommend you find a rolling v8 frame and fit your Scout's body to that frame. you have to do it anyway, and a v8-into-4 cyl Scout operation is challenging, expensive and time consuming, even if you are up to the technical aspects of the swap. The engine/transmission swap is only the very first in a line of modifications you must make to your Scout. Your steering, driveshafts, crossmembers, exhaust, body location relative to the frame, cooling setup, etc will all be different..........

There are a lot of good technical threads on this board and other boards that address all of what is or could be needed to accomplish this feat. This is a deep-pocket endeavor, unless you are an experienced fabricator.

If you absolutely must do this I recommend you find a t19/d20 combination from a Scout II. Make sure you get the v8 bellhousing, the flywheel and core clutch, and the correct throwout bearing sleeve. Chasing these essential parts backwards will be very frustrating, especially if you find out (the hard way) someone sold you the wrong part.

 

[BANoriega]

Awesome thank you very much for all of the info. My friend and I will have to figure something else out, maybe a manual valve body. But we are going to be keeping the origional frame under it just moving the cross member and building an engine craddle . I read into some threads of people doing it. And I am doing this for a class project since my Scout 80 and my II are either not in the state or require too much money while I am buying tools for when I am out of school. The class is motorsports and chassie fab in laramie wy all of my instructors in the class have had published projects, so I will have the know how and resources. Do you have any suggestions on things that will slow me down the most.