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1. Electric Mercedes 190SL

Thursday, 14 August 2025 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Electric Mercedes 190SL

Electric Classic Cars (ECC) converted this 1958 Mercedes 190SL to electric at their company in the UK. The car would have come from the factory with a 1.9 L inline-four producing approximately 100 hp (73 kW). Now it is powered by a Zonic 180 ...

2. Electric 1974 Mercedes 350SL

Tuesday, 21 May 2024 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Electric 1974 Mercedes 350SL

This 1974 Mercedes 350SL (R107) originally came with a naturally aspirated 3.5 L M116 V8. In 2019 the restoring company SLShop sent the convertible to Electric Classic Cars (ECC) for an electric conversion. There the company installed a HPEVS ...

3. Jay Leno’s Sleeper Toyota Drag Races Tim Allen’s Sleeper Ford

Tuesday, 06 September 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Jay Leno’s Sleeper Toyota Drag Races Tim Allen’s Sleeper Ford

Jay Leno’s Sleeper Toyota Drag Races Tim Allen’s Sleeper Ford | Jay Leno challenged his friend Tim Allen to a friendly drag race. Tim Allen brought his 1955 Ford Club Coupe powered by a supercharged 5.4 L V8 that produces 550 horsepower from ...

4. VW Touareg with a 2JZ-GTE

Monday, 05 September 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / VW Touareg with a 2JZ-GTE

VW Touareg with a 2JZ-GTE | If swapping engines for a living is a dream than this gentleman from from Saint Petersburg, Russia turned it into reality. It all started with his delivery van when the engine went out. Instead of replacing the factory ...

5. Swapping a 3.5 L EcoBoost into a 2012 Mustang – First Start

Sunday, 04 September 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Swapping a 3.5 L EcoBoost into a 2012 Mustang – First Start

Swapping a 3.5 L EcoBoost into a 2012 Mustang – First Start | DC Garage started a video series showing the process of replacing the factory 3.7 L V6 with a twin-turbo 3.5 L EcoBoost V6 in a 2012 Mustang. The twin-turbo V6 is finally running ...

6. BMW M6 with a Six-rotor Engine Update

Sunday, 04 September 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / BMW M6 with a Six-rotor Engine Update

BMW M6 with a Six-rotor Engine Update | One of our new favorite projects just had an update. If you are unfamiliar with this project Quinton Meyer in Pretoria, South Africa is installing a custom 3.9 L six-rotor engine into a BWM M6 E63. The ...

7. The 1939 Plymouth Radial Air Truck Visits Jay Leno’s Garage

Friday, 02 September 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / The 1939 Plymouth Radial Air Truck Visits Jay Leno’s Garage

The 1939 Plymouth Radial Air Truck Visits Jay Leno’s Garage | When we last wrote about the Plymouth Air Radial Truck aka P.A.R.T it had just finished and was moving under its own power. At the time it was a huge accomplishment for Gary Corns, ...

8. Building a BRZ with a 2JZ

Thursday, 01 September 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Building a BRZ with a 2JZ

Building a BRZ with a 2JZ | This Subaru BRZ race car is called BRZERK and was built to compete in track events such as World Time Attack Challenge. The car was previously powered by a turbocharged 2.0 L FA20 boxer engine but after reliability ...

9. Mini with a Mid-engine Turbo B18

Wednesday, 31 August 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Mini with a Mid-engine Turbo B18

Mini with a Mid-engine Turbo B18 | Minis have a long history of being amazing handling cars. A very popular modification to further their performance is swapping out the small factory engine for a bigger Honda engine. The owner of this 1970 ...

10. GAZ-24 with a Twin-turbo Ford V8

Tuesday, 30 August 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / GAZ-24 with a Twin-turbo Ford V8

GAZ-24 with a Twin-turbo Ford V8 | Vitaliy Chvanin is the Chief Mechanic and driver for Overpower race team. Vitaliy purchased a 1985 GAZ-24-10 in 2009 and has modified just about every component on it. The GAZ-24 originally came with a ...