sierra_alpine
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Hello fellow Sunbeam owners!
I have a 65 Sunbeam Alpine that runs has a very nice 1725 motor in it but I have grown tired of the plucky little 4 cylinder. My next door neighbor growing up had a tiger and I would like to emulate that in my own Alpine with a sbf v8 and a t5 trans for highway cruising.
I am looking for a well documented conversion but seems like all those folks that have build v8 alpines didn't take extensive notes or blog their progress.
This will be my first hot rod build so having extensive advice and instructions would be welcomed.
As it stands I was in the progress of pulling the trans and installing a replacement I bought on the forum right before the pandemic hit. I then got distracted by going back to school and becoming a dad 😁.
I have a 65 Sunbeam Alpine that runs has a very nice 1725 motor in it but I have grown tired of the plucky little 4 cylinder. My next door neighbor growing up had a tiger and I would like to emulate that in my own Alpine with a sbf v8 and a t5 trans for highway cruising.
I am looking for a well documented conversion but seems like all those folks that have build v8 alpines didn't take extensive notes or blog their progress.
This will be my first hot rod build so having extensive advice and instructions would be welcomed.
As it stands I was in the progress of pulling the trans and installing a replacement I bought on the forum right before the pandemic hit. I then got distracted by going back to school and becoming a dad 😁.