Originally posted by Speed Demon: according to my friends ford cd, the v8 out of the lincon continental (which is transverse mounted) should fit, the engine bays are roughly the same size (radiator to firewall and strut tower to strut tower... ditch the battery and dump the washer reservoir and move the brake reservoir etc and it could work... stronger transaxle too
If you park a Continental next to a Contour with the hoods open (I have), you can easily see that the Continental engine bay is wider. My observation is that there is room for the V8 engine, but not room for both the V8 engine and a transmission.
But what the heck, if you can find a shoehorn that will do the job, more power too you. The car will look a little silly though with the tires sticking way out of the front fenders because there is no longer room under the wheel wells.
if your gonna spend that kinda money, might as well upgrade the rear wheels to stick out more, and then turn around and use a wide body kit, pretty sure you must design it, as the c27 kit kinda fell, and the fenders aren't offered i believe. (not to sure, don't listen to me on that part). anyways If you had a wide body kit and moved the rear wheels out, then nobody would even notice.
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