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1. 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

... is mounted in the front and ducted through the nose and vented through the trunk. The gas tank is a stock 912 tank with the spare tire section smoothed out to allow for the radiator fitment (about 12 gallon capacity). The water lines are all ...
... wanted to keep the 911 motor and sold the roller to Rod Simpson. Rod didn’t have the money to purchase a 911 or 912 motor so Rod spent a year designing and fabricating his own parts that would allow a Chevy V8 work in the little Porsche. ...

2. Project Honda City Turbo II – Bringing the engine home

Friday, 24 October 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Project Honda City Turbo II – Bringing the engine home

... off with the engine… Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Teardown Part 3: Engine refresh Words by Ryan Lewis Next I went and pinched a bunch of parts off the white Honda City in the background of this photo. It’s about to be scrapped ...
... by the guy who owns the silver one but it has lots of stuff we can use. We really needed the handbrake cables, which I got, along with black interior bits and a few other spares. We actually saw this silver car for sale on Gumtree a while before ...

3. into the limelight

Monday, 13 October 2014 Content / lowtechblog.blogspot.com / into the limelight

... car painted by Mike was one of the best parts of the entire build« Jim remembers. Something that can’t be said about the restoration of the chrome parts as Jim had to go through three different chrome shops before he ended up with ...
... hadn’t stopped dreaming about a Nomad. For several years, Jim was living in the Big Bear region 100 kilometers northeast of Los Angeles. He was working as a firefighter and in his spare time he used to cruise up and down the small towns ...

4. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3

Friday, 29 August 2014 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration Part 3

... the original post into two parts, I really wanted to keep the Ferrari F40 LM Restoration in one large post, however it was proving too large to handle. For this latest update, I’ve decided to create a separate post. I’ve also split ...
... on? Dumb question-they’ve got it and you want it. Rumour has it that Classiche has warehouses of spares so they can promise their customers instant availability but for the rest of us it is never that simple. Keeps the business rolling ...

5. Project Honda City Turbo II – Teardown

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

... bunch of driveshafts, turbo diesel Pajero turbo and other odds and ends. More spares for the build. Looks like these radiators won’t work out so that’s on our list of things to source. The top hose fitting has broken off the original ...
... was cheap because: Not running. Came with a very dead turbo, no fuel pump and lots of holes where parts should be. Thankfully we also got a boot full of bits to be assembled including a head rebuilt kit and a turbo diesel Pajero turbo which ...

6. 1960 Aston Martin DB4GT ZAGATO

Wednesday, 16 October 2013 Content / build-threads.com / 1960 Aston Martin DB4GT ZAGATO

... & fabricated brand new. No expense was spared with new parts that were bought. Multiple disc’s will be provided with pictures. Actual receipts included. Custom arias pistons, brand new Borrani wheels. Tec GT engine management system with ...
... & fabricated brand new. No expense was spared with new parts that were bought. Multiple disc’s will be provided with pictures. Actual receipts included. Custom arias pistons, brand new Borrani wheels. Tec GT engine management system with ...

7. Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

Tuesday, 06 August 2013 Content / build-threads.com / Ferrari F40 LM Restoration

... it accordingly. So, we have stripped her down to almost a bare shell, and the aim is to upgrade all areas to full spec whilst leaving the engine as it raced, and we are lucky in that Michelotto has agreed to supply us with parts, specifically ...
... as Chassis No 84326, and was rotting away in a garage for 8 years before Tim snapped it up and sought about having it brought back to better than it’s former glory. This isn’t a made-for-TV hack job, this is a no-expense-spared restoration ...

8. Project 510 – Misc (overdue!) update

Sunday, 12 June 2011 Content / build-threads.com / Project 510 – Misc (overdue!) update

... have the choice! Sometimes I like to put some beats on, drop the revs down, slot the gearbox into 5th, and just cruise along at a leisurely pace. Que the audio shelf of the garage, boxes of left over parts I’ve accumulated over the years. ...
... being, the risk you take when buying without being able to physically inspect. This means they’re exactly the same as my current front wheels, so I’ve shelved them for now and might use one as a full-size spare and the other as a ...

9. V12 Twin Turbo Motorcycle

Friday, 28 September 2007 Content / engineswapdepot.com / V12 Twin Turbo Motorcycle

... built this bike off of spare parts lying around his shop. The bike is [...] What do you get when you mix drugs, alcohol, loud music and a Jaguar V12 engine? Well you get the Jagged Edge. The bike has only one gear and does currently tops out ...
... built this bike off of spare parts lying around his shop. The bike is [...] What do you get when you mix drugs, alcohol, loud music and a Jaguar V12 engine? Well you get the Jagged Edge. The bike has only one gear and does currently tops out ...