Thought I'd drop in to give a flashback to the days when hot rodders were dropping American V8s into British sports cars. Here's my Explorer motor almost ready for the install into my Austin-Healey 3000:
Legend has it that Carroll Shelby approached Donald Healey first for a V8 swap, but DMH refused as he was a loyal Brit who didn't want to see a Yank V8 in a British car. Here's the story of the rest of my build to date:
http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?13,8264