Back in thee day engine swaps where a lot more common. Sometimes it was because that's what they had and needed to get something else running, like say a 292 Ford v-8 in a '66 Chevy pick-up (I suspect some alcohol was involved in that one). But other times it was a creative attempt to make something better. A few of the aluminium Olds/Buick V-8s found there way where 4 and 6 cylinder engines once lived, theory being they were the same weight or lighter and had a bunch more power, handy if say you wanted to pull a trailer with the van. Some where just to meet the challenge, I once saw a article about an early Porsche 911/912 that someone put a 425 Oldsmobile engine in with a turbo hydramatic 425 (Toronado engine & transmission), what a beast! To keep it tractor related how about a Massey Harris 33 that some how or another got an air-cooled Wisconsin V-4 engine installed? It raked hay and ran elevators during hay and ear corn season but wasn't much good for anything else. I was always tempted to paint it Deutz Green and see how many people could be made to believe it was a factory job.
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