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1. Custom 1963 Corvette Mud Bogger

Wednesday, 04 May 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Custom 1963 Corvette Mud Bogger

... and then to two Dana 60 diffs. Then they took a highly modified 1963 Corvette Stingray race body and added badges, lights and trim to make it look authentic. They also lengthened the body and lowered the rear part of the roof so it would look ...

2. 1954 Chevy with a Supercharged 454 LSx

Monday, 11 April 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / 1954 Chevy with a Supercharged 454 LSx

... chassis made for Tri-Five Chevys. This gave the car a very strong foundation, lowered ride height, C6 Corvette spindle/hub assembly, and mounts to allow for a modern V8. They decided to go with a Magnuson supercharged 454 ci LSx built by Don ...

3. Ford Falcon with a Coyote V8

Thursday, 07 April 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Ford Falcon with a Coyote V8

... front clip with some rust and body damage near the brake light. He began by removing the shock towers and installing a Mustang II front suspension and rear leaf lowering springs. This lowered the Falcon three inches. But after cutting the fenders ...

4. the ultimate mild kustom

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

... since he didn’t want to bag it.« The solution was a Camaro sub frame, combined with 2” dropped spindles. The rear was lowered using 3” blocks and modified leaf springs. Steering clearance is perfected with Fatman narrowed ...

5. Custom Twin-engine Army Truck

Monday, 26 October 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Custom Twin-engine Army Truck

Custom Twin-engine Army Truck | This wild creation is some type of custom Army hot rod built from a M3 half-track. The body has been chopped and lowered on a Military truck chassis. The truck is powered by two 454 ci V8 engines and each is ...

6. Builder Spotlight: Matt Clark

Thursday, 22 October 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Builder Spotlight: Matt Clark

... was lowered utilizing lowering blocks for the rear leaf springs and CPP drop spindles for the front suspension (with new shocks on all four corners). The factory, mag-style wheels were replaced with dramatic, restored 16×9 vintage Epsilon ...

7. Volvo P1800 with a B8444S V8

Thursday, 15 October 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Volvo P1800 with a B8444S V8

... car an aggressive appearance the car was lowered and the grill was moved down and angled back while the front bumper was moved forward and down. Also a panel in the back was modified to give a venturi tunnel while the sides were shaped to follow ...

8. Jaguar XJ40 with a Twin-turbo Diesel V8

Monday, 07 September 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Jaguar XJ40 with a Twin-turbo Diesel V8

... The team recently contacted us again to share the rebuild of their diesel V8 and to inform us they are going to be testing the Jaguar soon. The engine is a 7.3 L Ford IDI diesel V8 with lowered compression, Bosch inline injection pump, bigger ...

9. Hale’s Speed Shop 1969 Camaro

Thursday, 21 May 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Hale’s Speed Shop 1969 Camaro

... pinstriped hood, lowered suspension and While writing a previous article on Hale’s Speed Shop I came across this 1969 Camaro they had worked on. When you contrast the clean 406 ci small-block Chevy V8 in the engine bay with its weathered ...

10. A Tale of Three Lotii

Monday, 11 May 2015 Content / build-threads.com / A Tale of Three Lotii

... red bits make the car go up and down (I suck at captions). Result! This is the ‘driving height’, and can be lowered further. CLICK HERE for the full build thread. The final installment of the Lotus trio is this red Elite, originally ...