Engine swap: Milwaukee Eight into a 2015 FW?

[RedOregon]

So I love my 2015, customized it a lot already, hearing a lot of great things about the new engine. Anyone know if they're compatible... could I plunk down a few bills and get one of those bad boys plunked into the '15?

 

[vito]

So I love my 2015, customized it a lot already, hearing a lot of great things about the new engine. Anyone know if they're compatible... could I plunk down a few bills and get one of those bad boys plunked into the '15?

Anything's possible. We used to stuff Hemi's into 32 Fords. Question is "Is it practical?".

I just swapped a 2015 for a new 17. Cost me right at $8500. Dealer's shop swapped everything but the luggage rack which would have left holes in the 15. So I had to buy a new rack. Basically anything that can be unbolted and moved is OK. And it comes with a 2 year warrantee.

I doubt one could buy a new M8 motor and have it installed $8500. Naturally, YMMV.

Good luck.

 

[Mykneesbehurtin]

Get the heads done with a piston swap to increase compression and a cam change and you will have more hp and torque than a M8 for a lot less money.

 

[vito]

Get the heads done with a piston swap to increase compression and a cam change and you will have more hp and torque than a M8 for a lot less money.

And one could do the same for the M8 and ....

 

[Mykneesbehurtin]

And one could do the same for the M8 and ....

This is very true but it would still be way cheaper than an engine swap.

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The engine cases are different because of the counter balanced engine not sure if they will fit in a 16 and down frame.

 

[Jack Klarich]

And one could do the same for the M8 and ....

Sure it will fit if u have the bucks the frames are the same the drive train is ALL new

 

[Gorilla]

I looked at a new TRI "17" sitting next to a new TRI "16" today and it APPEARED (no one at the dealer could tell me for sure) but the trans looks slightly different between them and also the combination motor/trans sits slightly off set to the left in the 17. It looked like even though the frame maybe the same either the mounts are different or the mounting tabs might be different. So my UN-Official opinion is that they are not interchangeable except maybe with serious modification. Just what I observed.

 

[Jack Klarich]

I looked at a new TRI "17" sitting next to a new TRI "16" today and it APPEARED (no one at the dealer could tell me for sure) but the trans looks slightly different between them and also the combination motor/trans sits slightly off set to the left in the 17. It looked like even though the frame maybe the same either the mounts are different or the mounting tabs might be different. So my UN-Official opinion is that they are not interchangeable except maybe with serious modification. Just what I observed.

I think it will retro fit but It is on your dime JMO