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1. Toyota 86 with a VR38DETT

Thursday, 14 July 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / 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 ...
... the engine will be 1,000+ horsepower to the wheels running on E85 fuel. With most of the powertrain sorted the only thing left was the rear end. StreetFX decided to use a Ford 8.8″ Mustang differential with 4.11 gears. It will be installed ...

2. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 5

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

... you spend on prep the better the paint job will end up, so if you ever take on something like this in your shed or garage, spend as much time as you can prepping. Hot Tip number 5: Child labour is real and very affordable. We paid Zac 16 cents ...
... 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 ...

3. Corvette C2 Sting Ray

Sunday, 01 May 2016 Content / radical-mag.com / Corvette C2 Sting Ray

Corvette C2 Sting Ray | The Real Thing Wir wissen jetzt auch noch nicht so ganz genau, wie wir das machen wollen. Doch wir widmen diese Woche die «US Daily» der Chevrolet Corvette C2, besser bekannt als Sting Ray, gebaut zwischen ...
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4. Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 2

Saturday, 23 April 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Ford Falcon XR6 Turbo Ute – Part 2

... and doesn’t need reinforcing. Things are getting serious when you cut holes to add metal, not take it away. Speak to anyone that has driven a cage than protrudes from the cab to the strut tower, they will tell you how much stiffer this ...
... but also comes through the back to link the 300zx rear end. The main ingredients for part 2 is roll cage tube and man hours. Once the boys gave the cab a bit of a clean out, it was time to start measuring the main hoop. This is very important to ...

5. the swiss chocolate box

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

... built several custom Harleys together with his buddy Carmelo under the flag of their company Hot Cycle Pilots. Several of their builds got featured in international motorcycle magazines but Ramon felt it was time for something new. He not just ...
... built several custom Harleys together with his buddy Carmelo under the flag of their company Hot Cycle Pilots. Several of their builds got featured in international motorcycle magazines but Ramon felt it was time for something new. He not just ...

6. the ultimate mild kustom

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

... of traditional kustoms again. Actually, it’s hard to explain why kustoms ever got out of fashion. There are few automotive styles that are as timeless as a traditional kustom. There’s nothing overdone, it’s all about elegance, ...
the ultimate mild kustom | The history of custom cars, or kustoms, as we prefer to call them, is a story with many ups and downs. It went from mild to wild and then back again. And at several points in time, it almost came to an end. Not a happy ...

7. Honda NSX Track Car

Tuesday, 12 January 2016 Content / build-threads.com / Honda NSX Track Car

Honda NSX Track Car | It’s time to kick off 2016 with a new build! The Honda NSX is a bucket-list car for many people, whether you’re a Honda fanboy, a lover of 90′s JDM, or maybe you have a case of the feels from the original ...
... with floor bars, bespoke centre exit exhaust, and plenty more. Towards the end of the thread we learn that a HPD LeMans-style engine looks to be in the car’s future, with a couple of turbos to really get things moving, I can’t ...

8. Top Ten Articles of 2015

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

... has a lot of things going for it – engine swap, wagon, 12 cylinders, and a lot of displacement. Chevy Truck with a 14.2 L Semi Truck V8 Update Those Scandinavians seem to love wild engine swaps almost as much as I do. Andreas Georgeades’ ...
... a cord with many readers. It combined the timeless bus design with a modern turbocharged flat-four engine. The final product had a very clean and updated look about it. You can view our other Top Ten lists here. | 2016-01 | Christopher Christopher ...

9. 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 ...

10. For Sale: The First V8 Swapped Porsche In The World

Tuesday, 08 December 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / For Sale: The First V8 Swapped Porsche In The World

... keep his 911 motor though and sold it as a roller. Being a young guy though who didn’t quite have the funds to put (at the time) a brand new 911 or 912 motor back in the car, Rod decided that it made much more sense if he engineered a ...
... competitive driver in the 24 Hour of LeMans, IMSA, 24 Hour of Daytona, 12 Hours of Sebring, Can-Am and many other series, as well as being a Toyota factory race car driver. (Bruce Canepa, purveyor of all things important in racing and cars ...