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1. VW Touareg with a 2JZ-GTE

Monday, 05 September 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / VW Touareg with a 2JZ-GTE
VW Touareg with a 2JZ-GTE
... and produces 321 horsepower. Since the SUV was converted to RWD the transfer case, front differntial and axles were removed. Everything else has been kept unmodified including the suspension, subframe, rear end, steering, cooling system, and ...

2. Toyota 86 with a VR38DETT

Thursday, 14 July 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Toyota 86 with a VR38DETT
Toyota 86 with a VR38DETT
... It was almost three times taller than the FA20 engine. The solution was to use a Dailey Engineering kit to switch the engine to a dry sump oiling system and convert it to RWD by removing the front differential. This reduced the height by six ...

3. RWD 2016 Civic with a Turbo K24

Thursday, 28 April 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / RWD 2016 Civic with a Turbo K24
RWD 2016 Civic with a Turbo K24
RWD 2016 Civic with a Turbo K24 | I recently had a chance to talk to professional Norwegian drifter Stian Jacobsen about his newest project. Stian is currently building a rear-wheel drive 2016 Honda Civic hatchback. He says it is the world’s ...

4. Building a RWD Hyundai Veloster with a 2JZ Update

Tuesday, 26 April 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Building a RWD Hyundai Veloster with a 2JZ Update
Building a RWD Hyundai Veloster with a 2JZ Update
Building a RWD Hyundai Veloster with a 2JZ Update | The last time we wrote about Andre Olsen’s Hyundai Veloster it still needed a lot of work before it would see the track. Since then Andre and his father Kim have come a long way. If ...

5. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 1

Friday, 22 April 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 1
Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 1
... suspension pickup is spot on. There is only one man for this kind of project. Grubbo from Impossible Fabrications has had his fair share of rear ends in his time, he is the master mind behind the RWD Civic, front mounted V8 RWD Drift ...

6. Building a RWD Hyundai Veloster with a 2JZ

Monday, 08 February 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Building a RWD Hyundai Veloster with a 2JZ
Building a RWD Hyundai Veloster with a 2JZ
Building a RWD Hyundai Veloster with a 2JZ | This Hyundai Veloster is being converted into a rear-wheel drive monster by Andre and Kim Olsen; a father and son team from Norway. The car will be used by 17-year-old Andre in the Scandinavian Powerdrift ...

7. Building a BMW i8 with a Twin-turbo S63 V8

Monday, 07 December 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Building a BMW i8 with a Twin-turbo S63 V8
Building a BMW i8 with a Twin-turbo S63 V8
... three-cylinder in the back and an electric motor in the front. This gives the car it’s hybrid virtual 4WD system. GRT had no use for either of these systems since this car was going to be pure race inspired and going fuel and RWD only. GRT ...

8. Subaru Impreza 5.0 RWD

Thursday, 26 November 2015 Content / build-threads.com / Subaru Impreza 5.0 RWD
Subaru Impreza 5.0 RWD
Subaru Impreza 5.0 RWD | Let’s take it waaaay back to the start of 2011 (that’s over four and half years ago, wow!). That’s when, at the end of my Speedhunters guest post, I posted a teaser image of an upcoming build. That ...

9. For Sale: 2013 Scion FR-S with a Turbo 3S-GE

Thursday, 19 November 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / For Sale: 2013 Scion FR-S with a Turbo 3S-GE
For Sale: 2013 Scion FR-S with a Turbo 3S-GE
For Sale: 2013 Scion FR-S with a Turbo 3S-GE | When we last covered this FR-S it has just rolled off the dyno. The owner decided the factory 4U-GSE flat-four wasn’t the right fit for the this light RWD car so he swapped it for a Gen5 ...

10. Building a 1998 Beetle with Twin Supercharged V6 Engines

Wednesday, 23 September 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Building a 1998 Beetle with Twin Supercharged V6 Engines
Building a 1998 Beetle with Twin Supercharged V6 Engines
... the owner decided to use a Pontiac supercharged 3.8 L L67 V6 from a Bonneville SSEi he had sitting around to build a RWD Bettle. After cutting the rear floor and trunk out he then cut the floor and subframe out of another Beetle to mount in ...