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Friday Fun: RWD Scion xB with Chevy V8 power!

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    Friday Fun: RWD Scion xB with Chevy V8 power!

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    click above for more high-res iamges of the V8-powered Scion xB

    Forget about body kits, custom fiberglass enclosures for your woofer and LCDs in the headrests. This is the only way to make the Scion xB entertaining in our humble opinion. Oh yeah, Scion wants you to think its cars are more fun than a box of rocks, but like Flava Flav said, don't believe the hype. We'll even forgive the fact that there's a big, dumb carburetor sitting atop the Chevy-based small block. This first-generation xB is owned by a guy named Rick, who apparently knows his way around plasma cutters, nibblers and welders. It's not quite finished yet, as evidenced by the photos showing a stripped interior and lots of zip ties, but Rick's Scion is already quite the sleeper.

    Peering inside the engine bay, it's the tidy dimensions of the small block FTW. A transmission hump/center tunnel had to be added, and the chassis was converted to rear-wheel drive, too. Keep in mind, this is the smaller, original xB. The overinflated second-generation would have even more space in the engine room for this sort of chicanery. There's obviously some time and money spent to give this ho-hum little box a big infusion of epic cool, and we bet that's all worth it when you can take in the looks of discongruity as you blow the doors off the unsuspecting.

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    cgreen38 Common sense, p

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    Do want.
    cgreen38, Jan 25, 2008
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    There's going to be an xA of similar, errr, configuration around here fairly soon. It's not going to be Chevy powered though.
    ShallowPockets, Jan 25, 2008
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    rolla_7AFE hmong

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    thats nice, wouldn't mine having one
    rolla_7AFE, Jan 25, 2008
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    Mayur Biggest trd whore in the whole wide world

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    As I always like to say, heart transplants out of different makes is just not right...
    Mayur, Jan 25, 2008
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    But it sure beats an underpowered Echo motor! :D
    GSE21tuner, Jan 25, 2008
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    Mayur Biggest trd whore in the whole wide world

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    True but there are many other options for swaps into the xB than the smallblock v8.
    Mayur, Jan 25, 2008
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    SaberJ2X Lurk MOAR

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    I would have chosen a 3s GTE or a plain blacktop
    SaberJ2X, Jan 25, 2008
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    aww now the xb has a 10x grearter chance of breaking down.
    JspeXAE102, Jan 25, 2008
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    Mayur Biggest trd whore in the whole wide world

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    Yup for the amount of money spent on that swap, he could have probably been able to do a 3sgte and probably even achieve more hp with half the amount of cylinders :lol
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