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@autoobsessivegarage asks-

Would you rather...own your dream car with the engine swapped out from a turd box, or own a turd box with an engine swapped from your dream car? 

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Ryan Durbin

For me 100% the engine because a crap car with an amazing engine is still a hoot!

John Greco

First off I acknowledge that some would say my dream car is a turd box powered by a dream car engine - C4 ZR1! So I’m starting from a place where one person’s turd box is something I dig. So yes, I’m trying to do turd box with a dream car engine. Can we all agree a Chevy Vega is a turd box? Because I’d have that with the C4 ZR1’s LT5 engine. Or maybe a Cosworth Vega with a dreamier Cosworth engine, like the one from the 190E 2.3-16? Admittedly, then we aren’t as firmly planted in turd box or dream car land.

Nick Allain

Turd box with a dream car engine. It's obvious. Lexus LFA V10 mounted midship in a Mitsubishi Mirage hatchback (the current one, not the cool one).

Jon Jessee

Good engine in a crappy car is basically my MO.

Paul Kramer AutoKennel

dream car with swapped engine...in fact, my dream car is a Countach. No engine would be fine also and I'd use it as my office/desk.

Jacob Inman

I think it would be more exciting with having a turd box with a motor swapped from my dream car. Albeit I don’t really have a “go-to dream car” so between the 1st gen Ford GT or the 993 GT2 motor. I went into Craigslist to search cars between $10 and $2000 ($10 min to filter out the ads) and found a 2001 Volvo V70 which I think would be a fun sleeper build with the ford V8 for a highway cruiser. Or maybe shove the GT2 motor into a R53 mini to rip around in the mountains. Sorry for the two car answer, cheers 🍻

Joe DeBattista

Crappy car with good engine for sure. Always better. That way you are cool guy, haha the other way you’re a poser.