Building a Mercedes C 230 with a Turbo VR6
A team of enthusiasts in Central Florida are working on installing a VW VR6 into a 2000 Mercedes C 230 Kompressor. The project started when the factory 2.3 M111 inline-four overheated and damaged the...
A team of enthusiasts in Central Florida are working on installing a VW VR6 into a 2000 Mercedes C 230 Kompressor. The project started when the factory 2.3 M111 inline-four overheated and damaged the...
This Toyota MR2 SW20 was built by BYP Racing and Developments in Australia. The little car still retains a four-cylinder engine however it was made by a competing manufacturer. The built 2.4 L K24 in...
This 1987 Suzuki Samurai is for sale outside of Portland, Oregon with an asking price of $2,500. These came from the factory with a 1.3 L inline-four however that was replaced at some point with a 1....
This 1984 Winnebego Lesharo WR220RD originally came with a 2.0 L turbo diesel inline-four that produced 75 horsepower and four-speed manual transmission. However during a recent restoration the facto...
The owner of this 1967 Camaro has been working on it for the past six years. The factory V8 was replaced with a crate 6.2 L LSA V8 that makes 556-580 horsepower and 551-556 lb-ft of torque. Behind th...
Die zweite Veranstaltung an diesem Sonntag befand sich bei unserem Eintreffen leider schon in den letzten Zügen. Es klafften bereits große Lücken auf dem Parkplatz. Glücklicherweise reichte es immer ...
This Nissan Skyline C110 is no longer powered by a inline-six but a 1.3 L Mazda 13B rotary. Unfortunately I do not know more details but if anyone does please contact us or leave a comment. Source: B...
This Mazda RX-8 is for sale in Cave city, Kentucky with an asking price of $2,600 OBO. Under the hoods sits a 4.5 L VH45DE V8 from a 1994 Infiniti Q45 installed by Swap Shop Garage in Paintsville, Ke...
The Build-Threads store is now re-stocked! Grab yourself a sticker and rep the brand you (hopefully) love. Hopefully more merch available soon, and as always, thanks for your support!
This 1968 Dodge Charger was filmed going 150.65 mph at 2017 Pikes Peak Airstrip Attack. It was able to accomplish this thanks to an all-aluminum Gen 2 HEMI V8 made from a World Products block and Sta...
Das warten hat endlich ein Ende, nach einer gefühlten Ewigkeit sind wir nun zurück in gewohnter Qualität. Dieses Mal haben wir wieder ein eigenes Projekt auf die Beine gestellt und sind natürlich mäc...
Tom’s Turbo Garage is back with another engine swap project. This time around Tom is replacing the the 2.0 L 4G63 turbo inline-four in his 1991 Mitsubishi Galant VR-4 with another 4G63 from an Eagle ...
And suddenly it has happened again. A bunch of old Porsche cars beat down one of the main streets of Düsseldorf, one by another spooled like jewelry and for sure everything within the legal rights of...
In our previous article owner Scott Girondo was still working on his very unique Porsche 930. Since then the project is complete and made its debut at Turn14 Distribution’s Open House & Car Show whic...
This 1961 Bentley S2 is for sale in Colleyville, Texas with an asking price of $18,500 OBO. At some point after it rolled out of the factory it was converted to Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II. Then the ...
Speed Academy decided to reward Peter’s brother by taking his Honda Civic and swapping the engine for a 2.0 L K20Z3 inline-four from a Civic Si. They told him they were going to use it for a high-mil...
This 1974 Chevelle wagon received a body-off restoration and was used by Holley as a test vehicle for their LSx products. The car is powered by a 6.0 L LQ9 V8 installed using their Hooker LS Swap mou...
In der letzten Zeit haben sich die thematisch festgelegten Veranstaltungen auf meinem Blog wirklich gehäuft. Auch heute waren wir bei einem Volkswagen-Treffen für Young- und Oldtimer. Zwar fanden sic...
Every now and then I get a bit of a “wow” moment when a build finds it’s way to my inbox, and this rally car restoration is definitely one of those moments. The thread first takes you through the com...
This Hyundai Excel X3 was built by Liam Hill in Melbourne, Australia to compete in the Australian Sports Sedan series. Liam has been racing it for several years and continued to make changes every se...
This 1986 Ford F-150 is for sale in Newberg, Oregon with an asking price of $5,500 OBO. The truck was built by an 73-year-old hot rodder from Eugene Oregon. The builder said the reason he made it was...
Professional drifter Steve “Baggsy” Biagioni always wanted a Nissan R35 however when he got his chance to build one, he went in a very unique direction. Steve started by sending an unmodified 2009 GT...
The famous Big Red Camaro went to compete in the Pikes Peak 2017. Rookie drive RJ Gottlieb took 4th place in the Open Class with a time of 11:08. The team switched from a supercharged 598 ci Chevy bi...
Tony and Lucky return to add more power to their 1966 Ford F-100 shop truck project. In the previous episodes the duo installed the truck body over a 2007 Crown Victoria police cruiser rolling chassi...
This 1974 Ford Bronco was built by New Smyrna Beach Performance & Offroad for Ken Block’s wife to celebrate their Anniversary. Under the hood sits a 5.0 L Coyote V8 that produces 450+ horsepower. A F...