Tired of the same old stuff in the hot rod community, Yannick Sire set off to create on something unique. Something that would combine dragster type power with the Rad Rod aesthetics. He also required it to be comfortable and dependable to drive.
The engines are two Chevy 350 ci with AFR heads making about 450 horsepower each. Since all the accessories are attached to the rear engine, the car can still operate with the front engine gone. Custom headers relieve the 16 cylinders and also create...
Nelson Racing Engines was showing off a monster twin turbocharged 572 big block powered 1969 Camaro. The engine is good for 2,000 horsepower.
Adam Carolla talks to Tom Nelson about this Camaro.
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When completed this will be one really unique 1969 Camaro. Under the hood will be GM’s supercharged LS9 crate engine and a custom built Viper based T-56 transmission. The frame will consist of an Art Morrison subframe and a custom built rear frame that will be built to handle 1,000 horsepower. A Detroit Speed & Engineering Quadralink rear end will be used to hold the power to the ground. The body will be widened five inches (2.5″ on each side) to accommodate Forgeline 18×10 up...
SEMA has begun and we wanted start off the engine swap goodness with this baby, an off road buggy that appears to be built by Speed Technologies and is powered by a Viper V10 engine.
Source: CarDomain Blog
At some point a S2000 lost control and wrapped the back end around a tree or pole. Unfortunatly the body was lost but the S2000’s heart got a second chance. The 247 horsepower F20C found a new place inside the engine bay of a 1965 Ford Cortina. The F20C is using all factory wiring and ECM. Also installed is a full roll cage and upgraded suspension to help this classic iron in the turns. The car currently weights 1,800 lbs which is roughly 1,000 lbs lighter then a S2000.
Source: Jalopnik
This 1st Gen. Toyota Celica is owned by Daijiro Inada and was built by Garage Boso. Out went the original four cylinder and in went a Nissan SR20DET with a five speed transmission. The entire front suspension is swapped from a S13 and there are future plans to swap the rear suspension from a S13 as well.
Source: Speedhunters
Don’t worry its not a real Ferrari F40 but a F40 Silhouette kit car. I would have expected far too many F40 owners’ to spontaneously combust had it been real. Now I know this technically doesn’t fall under an engine swap since kit cars are not intended for a specific engine but I felt it was too cool pass on. Instead of a twin turbocharged 2.9L V8 which Ferrari choose to power a real F40, the builders decided to go with a 700 horsepower twin turbocharged 4.0L 1UZ-FE Toyota V8....
We are going to try to open up a for sale section to help others with buying and selling engines, transmissions, engine swap kits, etc. If you have something related to engine swaps for sale please email us [info at engineswapdepot.com] with the link where you are selling it at (ebay, forum post link, craigslist). We will see how it goes and start off posting every week.
After racing this 1991 NSX for six years in mostly NASA & NSX-only events, Ms. Badwrench Racing decided to build what they call “the Ultimate NSX Hybrid“. They were going to take the factory Honda C30A V6 and replace it with a GM LS7 V8. Their goal was to make a streetable car that resembled a Daytona Prototype or ALMS GT-1 racecar.
The LS7 engine will produce 750 horsepower and 700 torque running on E-85 ethanol. The engine will be similar to the one that Katech builds for the...
Originally the owner had a Ford 302 and C6 tranmission. But the setup didnt produce the power the owner wanted. So out went the Ford and in went the bowtie. A LS1 and 4160e was gutted from a 1998 Camaro. The owner also decided to boost the power through a single turbo conversion.
Source: LS1Tech
Mancini Racing is liquidating the assets of one of Chryslers outside engineering facilities. If you are really interested make sure to keep checking back because they will be adding more parts and engines.
Here are a few examples
2.2L Turbo Maserati for $7,500
2.4L Turbo & Manifold for $600
426 Hemi Bare block for $2,500
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This is a 1959 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite with a Honda S2000 F20C swap. Not much information on this particular swap. As always if anyone knows more about this project please let us know.
Source: BritishV8 via ESD reader Steven
Just a few engine swaps from the Spindles Car Club 2009 Auto-Fest meeting at Marshfield Massachusetts.
1969 Road Runner with 6.1L Hemi
1985 Monte Carlo SS with LS6
Plymouth Cuda with Viper Engine
Source: BangShift