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Holden FJ with a BMW V12
Sunday, 24 July 2016
Content / engineswapdepot.com / Holden FJ with a BMW V12
... on display with a bare metal
body
which had been lengthened and widened. The entire powertrain comes from the BMW parts bin. The engine is a 5.0 L BMW M70 from a 750 that has two mirrored Nelson Racing turbochargers. Also taken from a BMW were ...
Holden FJ with a BMW V12 | Tony Morphett from Creative Custom
Cars
unveiled his custom Holden FJ coupe utility at MotorEx 2016. Although the project was not finished it was still creating a lot of buzz. Their impressive metal fabrication was ...
... on display with a bare metal body which had been lengthened and widened. The entire powertrain comes from the BMW parts bin. The engine is a 5.0 L BMW M70 from a 750 that has two mirrored Nelson Racing turbochargers. Also taken from a BMW were ...
2.
Home Built by Jeff – Porsche 911 [video build]
Friday, 08 April 2016
Content / build-threads.com / Home Built by Jeff – Porsche 911 [video build]
Home Built by Jeff – Porsche 911 [video build] | Meet Jeff. Jeff is just a regular Aussie bloke; a guy who wants to tinker with
cars
in his shed and share his progress with whoever wants to see it. I don’t know ...
... for the build. | 2016-04 | Anthony Crivelli | Article | build-threads.com | build-threads | Build Threads | Videos | 911 | Aircooled | home built | longhood | Porsche | restoration | rsr | video build | welding |
wide
body ...
... for the build. | 2016-04 | Anthony Crivelli | Article | build-threads.com | build-threads | Build Threads | Videos | 911 | Aircooled | home built | longhood | Porsche | restoration | rsr | video build | welding | wide
body
...
3.
MGB with a Mk1 Supra Drivetrain
Sunday, 28 February 2016
Content / engineswapdepot.com / MGB with a Mk1 Supra Drivetrain
... races and maintains various British race
cars
having competed in SCCA since 1972. Even though his love for these small
cars
runs deep, it doesn’t mean he is opposed to creating something different. It all started when a customer approached ...
... installed new body panels and fabricated new floors. He also installed extra bracing, a roll bar, reinforced the sills, and flared the rear fenders for the Supra’s wider rear end. To get the inline-six engine to fit, the air conditioning ...
... the car sat for several years until Lorne found the perfect recipient. That opportunity appeared when Lorne found a MGB that was going to be scrapped because it was not feasible to restore. After the
body
was stripped and sand blasted Lorne ...
4.
For Sale: The First V8 Swapped Porsche In The World
Tuesday, 08 December 2015
Content / engineswapdepot.com / For Sale: The First V8 Swapped Porsche In The World
... and has great turn in. Let’s continue to the exterior: -PAINT and
BODY
I love how much character this paint has. It is not perfect and nor is the fiberglass, but its filled with stories of road and track. Let’s remember, this is ...
... brakes paired with this huge rubber will literally make your eyes hurt when stopping. They are extremely strong! -STEERING Steering is very tight, no dead spots or play. And for as
wide
of a tires and track that is has, it very responsive ...
... competitive driver in the 24 Hour of LeMans, IMSA, 24 Hour of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, Can-Am and many other series, as well as being a Toyota factory race car driver. (Bruce Canepa, purveyor of all things important in racing and
cars
...
5.
Wreck Racing’s Honda Insight with a Subaru Flat-six
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Content / engineswapdepot.com / Wreck Racing’s Honda Insight with a Subaru Flat-six
Wreck Racing’s Honda Insight with a Subaru Flat-six | Georgia Tech’s Wreck Racing has been building amazing race
cars
for the Grassroots Motorsports Challenge since 2004. Some of their previous builds include a 2JZ powered 1969 MG Midget ...
... suspension the team used a subframe from a 2003 Crown Victoria. The advantage being it was aluminum with a double wishbone suspension and a wider track width. To get the subframe to fit the Insight front frame rails were shortened. The Insight ...
... Craigslist ad for $275. They received a great deal because the car had been hit by a tree and came without an engine and transmission. The Insight was chosen because of its all aluminum
body
. With the car completely stripped the
body
only weighs ...
6.
1957 Lancia Aurelia B20GT S6 Outlaw
Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Content / engineswapdepot.com / 1957 Lancia Aurelia B20GT S6 Outlaw
1957 Lancia Aurelia B20GT S6 Outlaw | Thornley Kelham is a restoration shop specializing in classic
cars
and they love working on Lancias. When a client approached them to build a unique one-off Aurelia B20GT in a way Lancia might themselves ...
... have built, the team couldn’t resist. The team started with a Series 6 version and began working on
body
modifications that would be honest to the period. The roof was chopped and the belt line and fenders were widened. This gave the car ...
... have built, the team couldn’t resist. The team started with a Series 6 version and began working on body modifications that would be honest to the period. The roof was chopped and the belt line and fenders were widened. This gave the car ...
7.
Lexus LS430 Upgraded To LS620
Friday, 12 December 2014
Content / engineswapdepot.com / Lexus LS430 Upgraded To LS620
... the owner of this LS430 decided to go that route he took it to Daft Innovations who have lot of experience swapping LSx engine into Japanese
cars
like the 240SX, Miata and IS300. There they made custom mounts, headers, and wired the GM ECU into ...
... was good for 480 horsepower and 450 lb-ft of torque without a proper tune. Future plans for the car include installing custom 20″ rims,
wide
body conversion, new paint, and a supercharger. It will be exciting to see how it looks and performs ...
... the Lexus system so everything would work like factory. The backup camera even works when you shift the car into reverse. The engine features Precision Race Components Stage 3 heads, upgraded cam, and a FAST 102mm throttle
body
. This combination ...
8.
EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Rear suspension & driveline
Monday, 22 September 2014
Content / build-threads.com / EG Civic / S15 Silvia – Rear suspension & driveline
... we had enough clearance to trial fit the rear end and see where these mounts needed to be placed. We already knew that the rear end is almost the exact same width in both
cars
, this made our job slightly easier (but not much). What we are checking ...
... guys have been busy over the past week, We had a clear goal in mind. Get the rear end in the car and keep it rolling, we don’t even know if the rear end will fit the stock
body
, so the sooner we got it in we could see how much we need ...
9.
Weineck Cobra with 12.9L Engine
Tuesday, 04 February 2014
Content / engineswapdepot.com / Weineck Cobra with 12.9L Engine
... 427 Cobra
body
style and installed a modern independent suspension to cope with the sheer amounts of power and 1,760 Nm of torque that its drivetrain is capable of. The coil-spring suspension, combined with specially engineered Brembo brakes, ...
... performance fantastic, but it was also one of the best looking sports
cars
to come out of the 1960s. As a result, an original Shelby Cobra is often outside of most enthusiasts’ budgets and many companies offer replica versions for those looking ...
... from 0–100 km/h in less than 3 seconds. The chassis was built on a MIG-welded, self-supporting, four-inch tubular frame that provides a high amount of torsional rigidity to handle the power and torque of the engine. Weineck utilised the wider ...
10.
Ferrari F40 LM Restoration
Tuesday, 06 August 2013
Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration
... that as far as supercars go, I’d have a Could this be the holy grail? The best car ever featured on Build-Threads.com? For those of you who are keen followers of the Facebook page, you’d be well aware that I’m quite the Ferrari ...
... loads placed on the suspension through both the wider tyres, slicks cornering and braking loads, not only were the wishbones bespoke and strengthened (for sale if anyone is interested), but even the pick up points have all been beefed up, front ...
... than at first glance. A few more images as the beautiful
body
is removed to show the mess beneath. The strengthened wishbones which now are to be replaced with all new Michelotto ones, the modified front assembly still with its vestiges ...
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