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1. GAZ-24 with a Twin-turbo Ford V8

Tuesday, 30 August 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / GAZ-24 with a Twin-turbo Ford V8

... 2.5 L ZMZ-402 inline-four but Vitaliy swapped it for a 4.7 L ZMZ-511 V8 with a supercharger. Eventually the 4.7 L V8 ran out of room for power so he swapped the motor once more to a Ford 302 Windsor V8. The engine has been upgraded with Lunati ...
... 2.5 L ZMZ-402 inline-four but Vitaliy swapped it for a 4.7 L ZMZ-511 V8 with a supercharger. Eventually the 4.7 L V8 ran out of room for power so he swapped the motor once more to a Ford 302 Windsor V8. The engine has been upgraded with Lunati ...

2. Baja Karmann Ghia

Friday, 19 August 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Baja Karmann Ghia

... for another motor for racing. Sometime between 2013-2015 the racing motor was replaced with a dual port 1600 cc flat-four to be a little more friendly on the street. The car won a Coolest Off Road award at Sacramento Bugorama 2013 in the September ...
Baja Karmann Ghia | This 1964 VW Karmann Ghia (chassis #6337581) was built in the late 70’s to compete in the 1979 and 1981 Baja 1000. It originally came from the factory with a 1200 cc flat-four but was upgraded or completely swapped ...

3. Unimog with a Mercedes M123

Wednesday, 03 August 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Unimog with a Mercedes M123

... 80 horsepower. Javier decided to swap the motor with a 2.5 L M123 inline-six from a Mercedes W123. The engine is stock except for a Fueltech EFI and Holley Avenger carb which helps the motor produce around 150 horsepower and 150 lb-ft of torque. ...
... 80 horsepower. Javier decided to swap the motor with a 2.5 L M123 inline-six from a Mercedes W123. The engine is stock except for a Fueltech EFI and Holley Avenger carb which helps the motor produce around 150 horsepower and 150 lb-ft of torque. ...

4. Toyota 86 with a VR38DETT

Thursday, 14 July 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Toyota 86 with a VR38DETT

... using a Full Blown Motorsports conversion kit. When completed the 86 will still retain a full interior, stereo and include an aftermarket AC system from RenCool. It will be used for a combination of time attack, roll racing, and street. Full ...
... achieved was 545 horsepower to the wheels on E85 fuel. To produce more power StreetFX turned to Tim and Dave from GT Auto Garage in Slacks Creek, Australia. The solution was to swap a 3.8 L VR38DETT from a Nissan R35 into the little 86. But ...

5. Toyota GT86 with a Ferrari V8

Friday, 08 July 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Toyota GT86 with a Ferrari V8

Toyota GT86 with a Ferrari V8 | Some of the most interesting engine swap projects come from professional and amateur drifting. Part of the reason is the limited rules and the other is the desire to stand out. Formula Drift driver Ryan Tuerck’s ...
... new race car will raise the bar for being different. Ryan sent a Toyota GT86 to Huddy Motorsports in San Diego, California to stuff a 4.5 L F136 FB V8 from a Ferrari 458 Italia into it. The direct injection, dry sump engine produces 562 horsepower ...

6. 1993 BMW E34 M5 with a M70 V12

Tuesday, 28 June 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / 1993 BMW E34 M5 with a M70 V12

... powertrain consists of a Getrag 560G six-speed manual transmission connected to a Quaife LSD. The swap was performed by Brett Anderson at Koala Motorsport in Cleveland, Ohio in 2008. The brakes have been upgraded to UUC Motorwerks four-piston ...
... powertrain consists of a Getrag 560G six-speed manual transmission connected to a Quaife LSD. The swap was performed by Brett Anderson at Koala Motorsport in Cleveland, Ohio in 2008. The brakes have been upgraded to UUC Motorwerks four-piston ...

7. How To Swap a 3S-GE BEAMS into a Toyota AE86 Video

Wednesday, 22 June 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / How To Swap a 3S-GE BEAMS into a Toyota AE86 Video

How To Swap a 3S-GE BEAMS into a Toyota AE86 Video | Backyard Built has put together a swap overview for installing a Toyota 3S-GE BEAMS inline-four and J160 six-speed transmission into a Toyota AE86. The guide goes over the modifications and ...
... parts you will need to get the engine installed and running. Basic Overview motor mounts transmission mount increase firewall/transmission tunnel width one-piece driveshaft header modification cut transmission tunnel for shifter location front ...

8. Lexus IS200 with a 3S-GE BEAMS

Monday, 23 May 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Lexus IS200 with a 3S-GE BEAMS

... a 2.0 L 1G-FE inline-six and four-speed automatic. So Jaewoo swapped in a 2.0 L 3S-GE BEAMS 5th-generation “black top” inline-four controlled by a AEM EMS-4 ECU. The engine has been stroked to 2.2 L thanks to a Toda stroker kit and ...
Lexus IS200 with a 3S-GE BEAMS | This Lexus IS200 was built by Jaewoo Kim from Motor Klasse in South Korea. Although Lexus did produce a version of the IS200 with a 3G-SE it did not come to South Korea. Instead they received a version with ...

9. Smart Fortwo with a Turbo Hayabusa Motor

Wednesday, 18 May 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Smart Fortwo with a Turbo Hayabusa Motor

Smart Fortwo with a Turbo Hayabusa Motor | This 2008 Smart Fortwo is owned by Tom Raba and built by AFR Autoworks in Alberta, Canada. Tom might have started with the cheapest Fortwo he could find but after a lot of effort it has transformed ...
... with a Vi-PEC V44 standalone ECU and data is displayed through a Plex SDM-300 dash display. A custom subframe and Sinister Sand Sports swap kit were used to install the Hayabusa engine into the Fortwo. The kits range in price from $12,699 ...

10. Nissan 350Z with a Turbo VR6

Wednesday, 04 May 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Nissan 350Z with a Turbo VR6

... to install a turbocharged VR6 in its place. Unfortunately there are no engine swap kits for VR6 engines into 350Zs so the owner was going to have to make a lot of custom work. The 2.9 L VR6 was installed with a pair of custom engine mounts. ...
... asking price of $25,000. He is also open to trades of equal value. Source: My350Z (build thread) and SEO Motorsports FB page via ESD readers Chris and Ñathanael | 2016-05 | Christopher Christopher | Article | engineswapdepot.com ...