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1. Mazda Miata with a Cummins 4BT

Thursday, 30 June 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Mazda Miata with a Cummins 4BT

Mazda Miata with a Cummins 4BT | Pistonhead Productions unveiled their diesel powered 1990 Mazda Miata drift car at Gridlife. Several months ago they held a crowdfunded campaign to gather enough money to build it and then in June held a 48 ...
Mazda Miata with a Cummins 4BT | Pistonhead Productions unveiled their diesel powered 1990 Mazda Miata drift car at Gridlife. Several months ago they held a crowdfunded campaign to gather enough money to build it and then in June held a 48 ...

2. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 1

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

... This time they’re doing us Aussies proud by not only starting with a local car – a Ford Falcon – but also choosing a UTE! You’ll have to continue below to find out their plans for this hauler… All text and images ...
... sector falling to its knees over the past few years and shutting down. We could harp on all day about this but the sad reality is we are losing a huge piece of history in the Australian car culture when Ford and Holden cease production in Australia ...

3. the devil's in the details

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

... from Sweden that had inspired him to build his own roadster. The paint guy from the Carrosserie Soland in Lucerne quickly provided him with a sample, but in the meantime Jürg had made a fateful discovery: He had removed the Ford emblem ...
the devil's in the details | Even in his wildest dreams, good ol’ Henry would have never imagined this: More than 80 years after production ending, his 1932 Ford Roadster is still highly sought after. And it actually is so desirable, that ...

4. Help Fund a Drift Miata with a Cummins 4BT Diesel

Thursday, 26 November 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Help Fund a Drift Miata with a Cummins 4BT Diesel

... team will spent the next year drifting the car all across North America and after that the car will be auctioned off with all the proceeds going to their local Huntsville High School Auto Shop Program. If you can’t donate money the team ...
Help Fund a Drift Miata with a Cummins 4BT Diesel | Pistonhead Productions in Barrie, Canada started a Indiegogo campaign to help with building a 1990 Mazda Miata with a Cummins 4BT. The team will begin the project in the summer of 2016 and ...

5. Audi TT Clubsport Concept Has A 2.5 TFSI Inline-five

Wednesday, 13 May 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Audi TT Clubsport Concept Has A 2.5 TFSI Inline-five

... lb-ft of torque is availible between 3,000-7,000 rpm. Development chief Dr. Hackenberg said the “technology close to production readiness.” Source: Audi USA (press release with many details) and Audi Media (photo gallery) via ...
Audi TT Clubsport Concept Has A 2.5 TFSI Inline-five | Audi just unveiled their TT Clubsport Turbo on the Wörthersee Tour in the Austrian town of Reifnitz. The car features a 2.5 L TFSI and twin electric turbos capable of producing 600 Audi ...

6. Trabant With A Honda Engine In The Back

Tuesday, 24 February 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Trabant With A Honda Engine In The Back

Trabant With A Honda Engine In The Back | The Trabant was a small car made by VEB Sachsenring in Eastern Germany from 1957-1990. For almost it’s entire production (expect for the last few years) it came with a 600cc two-cylinder two-stroke engine. ...
Trabant With A Honda Engine In The Back | The Trabant was a small car made by VEB Sachsenring in Eastern Germany from 1957-1990. For almost it’s entire production (expect for the last few years) it came with a 600cc two-cylinder two-stroke engine. ...

7. Peak Power Vs Torque Curve

Sunday, 17 August 2014 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Peak Power Vs Torque Curve

... a production LS1 intake. With the long runner manifold, the engine did produce more horsepower but it moved the torque […] [...] This article is a nice reminder that picking parts based purely on highest horsepower number doesn’t ...
Peak Power Vs Torque Curve | This article is a nice reminder that picking parts based purely on highest horsepower number doesn’t always produce a faster car. The author took the example of a tall, long runner EFI intake manifold versus ...

8. What I’m Watching: Bamse’s Turbo Underpants

Thursday, 31 July 2014 Content / build-threads.com / What I’m Watching: Bamse’s Turbo Underpants

... much more serious engine build. Check out the Eetzi Productions channel here. CLICK HERE for Season 1 CLICK HERE for Season 2 CLICK HERE for Season 3Original: Build Threads | 2014-07 | Anthony Crivelli | 2015-06 | Chris Stegemann | Article ...
... exhaust popping, tyre frying burnouts that you’ll see. These guys are very entertaining, you get a real sense of comradery from the group from how they all band together to work on cars and just hang out with each other. Season one starts ...

9. Spectre Performance’s Cadillac Big-Block Powered Silverado

Monday, 21 July 2014 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Spectre Performance’s Cadillac Big-Block Powered Silverado

... which gives the truck about 1,425 horsepower and 1,671 ft-lb of torque. The engine features a production block and crankshaft, Eagles rods, Venolia pistons, factory heads with port and valve work. The engine was built by Cad Company. These ...
... guys are known for building high horsepower Cadillac engines. One of their engines was powering a 415mph record-breaking streamliner. It ran only a single 472ci Cadillac motor. Source: Speedhunters and CarCraftOriginal: Engine Swap Depot | ...

10. NA MX5 nut-and-bolt OCD rebuild

Friday, 21 February 2014 Content / build-threads.com / NA MX5 nut-and-bolt OCD rebuild

NA MX5 nut-and-bolt OCD rebuild | Imagine for a second that you just bought a car, but that car was located 1800 miles away, meaning you had to travel that distance to collect the car, and then drive it all the way back home. Now, keep your ...
... a replacement car and rebuilding it piece by piece, ensuring no dirty or unpainted/polished product so much as touches the car. It culminates in one of the cleanest MX5′s on the planet, better than when it rolled off the production line. Click ...