GT-R Crashes in USA: So Begins the Engine Hunt

No doubt modders have been daydreaming of using the powerful 3.8L twin-turbo VR38DETT in all kinds of cars since it was announced. Jalopnik has confirmed what appears to be the first GT-R crash in the United States. Unfortunately due to the power of this beast we are going to see more boo-boos resulting in some awesome engines coming up for sale to lucky swappers. Source: MyGTR via Jalopnik

19/09/2008

G-Force Design Concepts? Project Devious

Project Devious is a 1969 Camaro with a supercharged LSX block coming in at 440 cubic inches and running 25 lbs of boost. The iron block used is designed by GM Performance Parts and able to handle 2,500 hp. Seems like a block that can handle with some of the other top FI blocks. In [...]

07/02/2008

Gunbus: Motocycle Meets Airplane

When I first came across this article from Autoblog I thought it was very creative using an airplane engine in a motorcycle. After further reading I realized the engine was roughly 410 cubic inches! That is bigger then most automobile engines. The first image is deceiving and you get a greater understanding of how to [...]

07/11/2007

Greddy Turbo Install on RSX-S

Ironraven over at HondaSwap.com has posted a very detailed turbo install guide for his 2002 RSX-S. Ironraven included around 76 pics of his install with many having explanations detailing particular steps. There is so much detail we just couldn’t let this go by without passing it along. For anyone about to do a turbo install [...]

11/09/2007