Or that is at least what 62 motoring journalists, from 30 countries has thought since 1999. The International Engine of the Year started in 1999, votes on the 14 categories including the most coveted category Engine of the Year. For the past 9 years an American company has made it twice and it was in the Best Concept category for Daimler Chrysler’s Necar 4 and GM’s AUTOnomy. Wiki article of all past winners. GM’s LS9 was nominated for this year’s competition.
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Lateral-G’s April Car of the Month was Jeff Hanson’s incredible 1969 Pro-Touring Camaro. Most of this car has been upgraded with just about everything Detroit Speed & Engineering has to offer stuffed into it. Jeff swapped an LS7 with a Katech Cam Kit, headers, and a custom dry sump oil system. Of course a T56 six speed was included along with a McLeod twin disc clutch. The paint is a sick 3 stage red with custom air brushed carbon fiber SS stripe. A ton of customization went into...
Well it has been a while but GM has finally released details on the ZR1 Corvette with the new supercharged LS9.
Since the engine wall has been strengthened the LS9 engine could preform better then previous LSx models for turbocharging. Tech sheets show it is 20% stronger then the LS3 engine. I am sure many are waiting anxiously for someone to wreck a ZR1 near their house. I wonder how long it will be before we see a LS9 swap?
Viczcar.com has just published another great article on Austin Hoke’s 1971 Datsun 240Z with a L28ET swap. The L28ET engine out of his previous ride, a 260Z, which was involved in a decent accident. He also upgraded just about everything else on the car including the Z32 five speed transmission and clutch. Along with the upgrades Austin spent a fair amount of time on body work since the car was apparently eaten through with rust.
His next step is replacing the L28ET with a 2004 VQ35DE....
Take a Hayabusa 1300cc engine and put it a couple of inches off the ground on a go-kart chassis and you get something really fast. Depending on what year this engine is it has 151 hp - 171hp. I don’t know what the weight of this go-kart is but I would assume it has a very sick power to weight ratio. Creators website. The videos speak for themselves.
Source: Jalopnik
Gas2.org has posted an article about Engine RePower, a site which advocates swapping an engine instead of buying a new car to reduce the amount of energy used to recycle your old car (because of blown engine). I do not know enough about the recycling procedures for current cars so I am unable to say [...]
I doubt you can fit many groceries in the back of this Caravan anymore or at least any you don’t want shredded and toasted. Looking at this video one might think the propulsion is from the exhaust but this is a shaft driven turbine. So all the power is actually being driven to the wheels. [...]
On Stacey David’s GearZ TV show he puts a Ford 302 into a 1st Generation Mazda Miata. The inspiration for this was based off people asking him to do a cheap project. What is better then a small car with a big engine. Stacey prices this project at $20K or less.
There is a kit from [...]
This 1974 DeTomaso Pantera has a 412 cubic inch aluminum engine with stainless steel headers and twin Turbonetics turbochargers. With 18 psi boost the owner was hoping for 1K HP but has only been able to get 600 HP due to some bugs. Other upgrades include adjustable control arms, Willwood brakes, custom 12 gallon Fuel [...]
It seems Jalopnik writer Ben Wojdyla has some issues with Ralf Becker’s 1971 Pontiac LeMans. If you remember Ralf swapped the OEM engine with a Supra 7M-GTE. Sometimes you have to chock these type of posts to comment bait. Our take has always been there is no taboo in engine swaps. Remember variety is the [...]
JGYCustoms has taken the 1983 Mustang LX and dumped the original 4 cylinder motor for a Nissan RB25DET, making it one of the most unique Mustangs around. Currently the Mustang is getting roughly 550 HP from 21 lbs of boost. Modifications besides the engine swap where switching from a 4 lug to a 5 lug, [...]
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Lateral-G’s April Car of the Month was Jeff Hanson’s incredible 1969 Pro-Touring Camaro. Most of this car has been upgraded with just about everything Detroit Speed & Engineering has to offer stuffed into it. Jeff swapped an LS7 with a Katech Cam Kit, headers, and a custom dry sump oil system. Of course a T56 six speed was included along with a McLeod twin disc clutch. The paint is a sick 3 stage red with custom air brushed carbon fiber SS stripe. A ton of customization went into...
Viczcar.com has just published another great article on Austin Hoke’s 1971 Datsun 240Z with a L28ET swap. The L28ET engine out of his previous ride, a 260Z, which was involved in a decent accident. He also upgraded just about everything else on the car including the Z32 five speed transmission and clutch. Along with the upgrades Austin spent a fair amount of time on body work since the car was apparently eaten through with rust.
His next step is replacing the L28ET with a 2004 VQ35DE....
I doubt you can fit many groceries in the back of this Caravan anymore or at least any you don’t want shredded and toasted. Looking at this video one might think the propulsion is from the exhaust but this is a shaft driven turbine. So all the power is actually being driven to the wheels. [...]
This 1974 DeTomaso Pantera has a 412 cubic inch aluminum engine with stainless steel headers and twin Turbonetics turbochargers. With 18 psi boost the owner was hoping for 1K HP but has only been able to get 600 HP due to some bugs. Other upgrades include adjustable control arms, Willwood brakes, custom 12 gallon Fuel [...]
JGYCustoms has taken the 1983 Mustang LX and dumped the original 4 cylinder motor for a Nissan RB25DET, making it one of the most unique Mustangs around. Currently the Mustang is getting roughly 550 HP from 21 lbs of boost. Modifications besides the engine swap where switching from a 4 lug to a 5 lug, [...]