Search

1. American Iron with Swedish Power

Thursday, 11 August 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / American Iron with Swedish Power

... This will help performance by allowing the turbo to spool sooner. Robin’s Nova may have started with a wild idea but it has grown into something more. Robin remembers his Father telling him how great it would to own a fastback Nova some ...
... had an idea of combining two two of his favorite automotive companies into one really unique project. Although there were plenty of negative opinions he never let it stop him. Robin has always been part of a Chevy family. One of the last Chevy ...

2. Scion FRS with a 1,000 HP RB26 and Skyline AWD Drivetrain

Monday, 04 July 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Scion FRS with a 1,000 HP RB26 and Skyline AWD Drivetrain

... minds and decided to use a 2.6 L RB26 inline-six built to produce 900-1,000+ horsepower. Helping it achieve those numbers are a Garrett GT4294R upgraded by Forced Performance and a Haltech Platinum Pro ECU. If that didn’t make it unique ...
... minds and decided to use a 2.6 L RB26 inline-six built to produce 900-1,000+ horsepower. Helping it achieve those numbers are a Garrett GT4294R upgraded by Forced Performance and a Haltech Platinum Pro ECU. If that didn’t make it unique ...

3. Pro-touring AMC Gremlin

Sunday, 15 May 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Pro-touring AMC Gremlin

Pro-touring AMC Gremlin | You may not think AMC when talking about Pro-touring but Mark Greenisen sure does. This is Mark’s very unique Pro-touring 1972 AMC Gremlin built by Schwartz Performance in Woodstock, Illinois. Schwartz Performance ...
Pro-touring AMC Gremlin | You may not think AMC when talking about Pro-touring but Mark Greenisen sure does. This is Mark’s very unique Pro-touring 1972 AMC Gremlin built by Schwartz Performance in Woodstock, Illinois. Schwartz Performance ...

4. 1961 Mercedes Ponton with an Evo Drivetrain

Thursday, 17 March 2016 Content / engineswapdepot.com / 1961 Mercedes Ponton with an Evo Drivetrain

... unique Mercedes. To give you an idea of how fast this could be, the Evo VI could reach 0-60 mph in 4.2-4.5 seconds and complete a quarter-mile in 12.6-13.3 seconds from the factory. Source: Boix Performance FB page (build album) | 2016-03 ...
1961 Mercedes Ponton with an Evo Drivetrain | One of the best part of searching for articles is finding the wild combinations builders come up with. Take for example this project from Boix Performance in Funtana, Croatia. They have taken a ...

5. Mercedes 190E Wrapped Around a C36 AMG

Monday, 26 October 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Mercedes 190E Wrapped Around a C36 AMG

... looks match the performance the team has installed a 190 EVO 2 body kit. This includes fender flares, bumpers, side skirts and rear wing. I can’t wait for this project to be finished and racing around the track. Source: Piper Motorsport ...
... Mercedes 190E. Simply put they are dropping the body on a C36 AMG W204 chassis. The 6.2 L M156 V8 was developed exclusively by AMG. This engine shares very little with other Mercedes engines. The 4.02 in bore spacing and block design are unique ...

6. Mercedes 190E Wrapped Around a C63 AMG

Monday, 26 October 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Mercedes 190E Wrapped Around a C63 AMG

... looks match the performance the team has installed a 190 EVO 2 body kit. This includes fender flares, bumpers, side skirts and rear wing. I can’t wait for this project to be finished and racing around the track. Source: Piper Motorsport ...
... Mercedes 190E. Simply put they are dropping the body on a C63 AMG W204 chassis. The 6.2 L M156 V8 was developed exclusively by AMG. This engine shares very little with other Mercedes engines. The 4.02 in bore spacing and block design are unique ...

7. Morris J2 Van called The Slug

Thursday, 22 October 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Morris J2 Van called The Slug

... of money to build something unique, fast, and amazing to drive. Source: The Slug FB page and Owner/Builder Ryan | 2015-10 | Christopher Christopher | Article | engineswapdepot.com | Engineswapdepot | J2 | Morris ...
... decided on a supercharged 3.8 L V6 from a Holden Commodore. This offered really good performance for the price. The engine was upgraded with 1.9:1 high ratio roller rockers and the supercharger was ported and the boost was increased to 10 psi. ...

8. Honda N600 with a Interceptor Motorcyle Engine

Thursday, 24 September 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Honda N600 with a Interceptor Motorcyle Engine

... The goal for this project was to up the performance and handling while keeping the car as light as possible. Dean decided to power the N600 with a 782 cc 16v DOHC V4 from a 1998 Honda Interceptor (VFR800). This accomplished two things, increasing ...
... excited to see the project again in a recent Speedhunters article. The project started when Dean bought a very straight and rust-free Honda N600 body in early 2011. He had owned a N600 previously in college and loved its uniqueness ever since. ...

9. Renault Formula Powered Peugeot Rally Car

Thursday, 18 June 2015 Content / engineswapdepot.com / Renault Formula Powered Peugeot Rally Car

... that project, Alex has built a very impressive and unique race car. Alex started with a Peugeot Rallycross car. He used it to make molds off the body which allowed him to customize every panel. The only thing left from the original body is ...
... shifter or a sequential shifter. A Life Racing ECU was used because it can control the engine and gear shifting. Another inter Source: Kelsey Racing MC2 Facebook page, High Performance Academy, TEN8mediaNZ and/via MotoIQOriginal: Engine Swap ...

10. Project Honda City Turbo II – Teardown

Monday, 21 July 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Project Honda City Turbo II – Teardown

... IHI turbo with an identical core to our little RHB51. It was a real fluke. These little cores are fairly unique in that they don’t use water cooling, just oil. Externally the dimensions were identical. The flanges for oil feed and return ...
... second-hander is likely to be flogged and in need of reco anyway, that’s if we could find one. So I took the turbo to Advanced Turbo Performance. After a long chat with the bloke he went to his warehouse and miraculously dug out a bootleg ...