Stirring up a hornets nest
I guess the reason I ask the question is that lately I have had so many people telling me I should put a real motor in it and have some fun.
Uh-huh. And are all these random people offering to spend the money, time, and effort to put a "real motor" in? Is it even their car? No. Tell 'em to buzz off, you're having plenty of fun. Or just smile and nod and say "Thanks for your input". Or chuckle politely and say "Right". Seriously, if they're so all-fired certain they know what's best for your car, they can jolly well buy the car and do the swap their own dang selves. Oh, the car's not for sale? Then I guess it's
your car to configure and have fun with the way
you want.
You think you get a lot of these kinds of thoughtless remarks with a 273 Commando? Try having a Slant-6! Hurr hurr hurr, you should get a real motor. Hurr hurr hurr, you should put a V8 in it. Hurr hurr hurr. And yet, my car gets more attention than theirs does whether it's in traffic, in a parking lot, or at a car show, because it's one '62 Lancer with the aluminum slant-6 engine versus eleventy million B5 blue 360 Barracudas and an equal number of 440-swapped Dusters, each of them pretty much the same as the rest of them. The owners of those cars are just as welcome to build their B5 Barracudas and their 440 Dusters if that's what makes them happy. They are not entitled to dictate what makes me (or you) happy with my (or your) car. And that really is the end of the discussion.
