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1. 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 ...
... stock 912 transaxle has been rebuilt to handle the power of the built Chevy V8 by Performance Transmission in Nevada. No grinds and no syncro issues. Paired with a 4:10 ring and pinion and a short shift, this setup feels FANTASTIC. None of ...
... 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 ...

2. 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 ...
... manual transmission, front and rear independent suspension, and four-wheel Brembo disc brakes. Wheelbase: 2,286 mm The ultimate Cobra One of only 15 produced Massive power and incredible performance at 1,100 horsepower Capable of 0–300 km/h ...
... 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 ...

3. 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 ...
... but simply no longer have the performance.Any thoughts as I am leaning to the Toyos and so as to fir the suspension etc we need a tire? On the Tyre front, many thanks for the thoughts especially Paul and GV27 which means I might well ...
... 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 ...