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1. Carbon Fiber Alfa Romeo

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Carbon Fiber Alfa Romeo

Alfaholics is a company in Clevedon, England that specializes in Alfa Romeo 105 series parts and performance. The company recently debuted their newest project called the GTA-R 300 Carbon. The project starts with a custom carbon fiber body ...
Alfaholics is a company in Clevedon, England that specializes in Alfa Romeo 105 series parts and performance. The company recently debuted their newest project called the GTA-R 300 Carbon. The project starts with a custom carbon fiber body ...

2. 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 ...
... 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 ...

3. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 5

Monday, 02 May 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 5

... prep for paint. First step was to remove all the body panels, leaving a just a shell and all the bar work. The rear tub comes off with 6 bolts now, which makes it super easy to get access to the rear end. With one team working on removing the ...
... done on the car, we could turn the paint guns onto the suspension parts, including arms, hubs, knuckles and the diff. After seeing the results of the cage, going for black and silver suspension parts was the only option. It’s always ...

4. 1948 Studebaker with a Skyline Drivetrain

Tuesday, 22 March 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / 1948 Studebaker with a Skyline Drivetrain

... The rear bumper was also reshaped and moved closer to the body. Other parts of the body such as the area under the rear bumper and rear fenders had custom panels made to fill the recesses. A pair of Infiniti J30 fuel tanks found in a junkyard ...
... builder did a great job making the RB20 engine feel like it belongs. Using the Studebaker valve cover to cover the intake manifold was a very nice touch. To give the body a cleaner look the main hood ornament and front emblem were removed. ...

5. Wrapping a Firebird Around a Prius

Sunday, 06 March 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Wrapping a Firebird Around a Prius

Wrapping a Firebird Around a Prius | An engineer in Ohio has embarked on a very unique project wrapping the body of a 1967 Pontiac Firebird around a 2014 Toyota Prius. The owner first purchased the car in 1979 after graduating college with ...
... interest in the Firebird. After researching several different hybrid models he settled on a Toyota Prius V because their tire diameter, tread width, and wheelbase are very close. The owner is even using CAD to model exactly what parts of each ...

6. the devil's in the details

Thursday, 03 March 2016 Content / lowtechblog.blogspot.com / the devil's in the details

... for his dream, a freshly built roadster, consisting among other parts of an original factory 32 Frame and a Brookville steel body. The roadster had been built in Germany and changed hands several times before it ended up in Jürg’s ...
... it’s being reproduced – or at least most of its components. With only a few exceptions like the flathead V8 or the rear end. So, if you're longing for a brand new deuce roadster, it's only a couple parts orders aways. And a lot of ...

7. Building a 1964 Impala with a LSx V10

Sunday, 24 January 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Building a 1964 Impala with a LSx V10

... demand (DOD) along with a dual throttle body system allows the engine to run on only five cylinders in a inline-five configuration. KC Maxx was told the engine made 616 horsepower and 789 lb-ft of torque. To read more details on the engine please ...
... and Dodge’s SRT-10 truck. Then the engine was sold by GM in a group of assorted parts to a supplier. Then the supplier sold it to KC Maxx Performance. I am really surprised GM would sell this engine but I am glad since it will make a great ...

8. Drift Rod Created from a 1953 Ford Popular Body and a Saab B204

Tuesday, 19 January 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Drift Rod Created from a 1953 Ford Popular Body and a Saab B204

Drift Rod Created from a 1953 Ford Popular Body and a Saab B204 | Matt Urch runs his own shop called Urchfab which specializes in custom fabrication and engine installs/swaps. To gather attention for the company Matt decided to build something ...
... that would stand out at the track. The result was a custom hot rod built on a tiny budget out of a 1953 Ford Popular and parts sourced from a junkyard or custom made. The body sits on a custom tube chassis with a full roll cage. Powering the ...

9. VW 412 with a Porsche 911 Engine

Wednesday, 13 January 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / VW 412 with a Porsche 911 Engine

... the swap. After purchasing, the owner put in a lot of time and effort to turn it into a Porsche 911 with a classic VW body. Almost all of the main components were sourced from the Porsche 911 G-series (1974-1977). Power comes from a twin-turbo ...
... As if Porsche themselves had taken a Volkswagen body off the assembly line and used it to create their own performance wagon. The interior also includes parts from Porsche. The dash is from a 911 and the seats are taken from a 996. Recently ...

10. Top 10 Posts of 2015

Sunday, 10 January 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Top 10 Posts of 2015

... I can’t wait to see what he brings us next. 5. Project Ugly HorseWith my affinity for Fox Body Mustangs more than obvious, Project Ugly Horse was a shoe-in for a feature. This one differed from the usual forum-based builds, as ...
... humour. 9. GT3 Powered Porsche 962 Replica A classic endurance racer replica being built in a garage, complete with a slathering of CNC machined parts? It’s not hard to see why this one mad the top 10. With a GT3 road-car ...