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1. Mini with a Mid-engine Turbo B18

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

... Mini Cooper had a plan of building one with incredible handling and speed while still keeping a factory appearance. He would achieve his goal using a Honda engine but with a twist. The owner started the project with a good friend. Together ...
... Mini Cooper had a plan of building one with incredible handling and speed while still keeping a factory appearance. He would achieve his goal using a Honda engine but with a twist. The owner started the project with a good friend. Together ...

2. Nissan Skyline R31 with a SR20DET

Wednesday, 11 May 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Nissan Skyline R31 with a SR20DET

... to work on and surely more unique. After searching in vain for a decent R32 Skyline he found a 1990 Nissan R31 Skyline in good condition with a 3.0 L RB30E inline-six and Holden Commodore VL manual transmission. These engines came from the ...
... Nissan SR engines into R31s he knew what had to happen. Under the hood sits a 2.0 L SR20DET “Redtop” and transmission from a Nissan 180SX. The engine runs on a custom wiring harness built by his friend and is fed by a AEM fuel ...

3. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 5

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

... a few favours from friends all over Sydney. We had an aim to get it painted, all fitted up and ready to wire the Haltech within the week. With the ute making its way back to Porters garage it was time to start stripping the chassis to ...
... it will be going black cage with silver cabin. The entire car will also end up silver, but for now we just want to get it running so we can give it a good shakedown. Kicking the family cars out of the garage and covering the entire place with ...

4. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 1

Friday, 22 April 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 1

... says, “If you want more friends, buy a ute” as they are extremely practical when you need to pick up that big spit roast or move house in a hurry. Another great use for the Australian built ute is to have a part in the tray, a very ...
... of a turbo ute with the sole purpose of building a crazy track car that would not only make heaps of power and do a skid, but be well-balanced and run good times at both race tracks and drag strips alike. So let’s take a look at the strengths ...

5. the swiss chocolate box

Wednesday, 13 April 2016 Content / lowtechblog.blogspot.com / the swiss chocolate box

... They confirmed that the Shoebox was a great driver in very nice shape and it was ready to go. A good friend of Ramon is an airline pilot and with his help, they arranged to get the Shoebox from California to Switzerland as air cargo. So, in ...
... They confirmed that the Shoebox was a great driver in very nice shape and it was ready to go. A good friend of Ramon is an airline pilot and with his help, they arranged to get the Shoebox from California to Switzerland as air cargo. So, in ...

6. the ultimate mild kustom

Tuesday, 16 February 2016 Content / lowtechblog.blogspot.com / the ultimate mild kustom

... a car club called the East L A Road Knights. When I was about 9, I had a friend whose dad had a couple of early Chevys that he was always working on. He finished one of the cars and I remember riding in it to an indoor car show. I was instantly ...
... the seller had all the documentation from the restoration down to the last bolt. It was too good to pass up!« Since the seller of the car, Chuck Fischer, already had bought the Mercury from a previous party, the Mercury’s history ...

7. Top Ten Articles of 2015

Sunday, 10 January 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Top Ten Articles of 2015

Top Ten Articles of 2015 | I want to thank all our friends, fans, and readers for making 2015 one of our best. With your support we were able to publish 429 articles. This was more than the past two years combined. I hope 2016 is even better. Honorable ...
... need to make your project stand out from the rest, a second engine is a good choice. 9. Building A Porsche 914 With A LS6 This project is following the old formula of small nimble chassis upgraded with V8 torque. 8. Subaru BRZ With A Synergy ...

8. made my year

Wednesday, 30 December 2015 Content / lowtechblog.blogspot.com / made my year

made my year | Good ol' 2015 is about to say farewell. And tradition dictates it's that time again when we should look back and aknockledge all the things that went right during the past twelve months.Of course, first and foremost it's my friends ...
made my year | Good ol' 2015 is about to say farewell. And tradition dictates it's that time again when we should look back and aknockledge all the things that went right during the past twelve months.Of course, first and foremost it's my friends ...

9. <div>Build-Threads Project Garage: Plumbing & Driveway</div>

Monday, 21 December 2015 Content / build-threads.com / <div>Build-Threads Project Garage: Plumbing & Driveway</div>

... have the place clean, organised, and purposeful. One day. Before we could finish the insulation, I spent a day with an electrician friend to start wiring the place up. Fast forwarding again… With the thermal break done, we began placing ...
... the garage to the curb, where the water needs to go, so the bigger piping helps to move the water. X marks the spot. This was the day before the excavator arrived, goodbye old crappy driveway, you will not be missed. The next few days saw ...

10. 1988 Ford Ranger with a RB20DET

Sunday, 20 December 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / 1988 Ford Ranger with a RB20DET

1988 Ford Ranger with a RB20DET | Jesse Davis took the engine from a 1988 Ford Ranger to use in another project. After that the truck sat for a year until he made a deal with a good friend to buy it but only if Jesse swapped a non-factory motor ...
1988 Ford Ranger with a RB20DET | Jesse Davis took the engine from a 1988 Ford Ranger to use in another project. After that the truck sat for a year until he made a deal with a good friend to buy it but only if Jesse swapped a non-factory motor ...