Nulon and Impossible Fabrication recently finished their Civic project car. They started with a 1992 Honda Civic and replaced the factory engine with a 2.0 L SR20DET from a Nissan S15 and converted i...
Someone in South Africa is building one of the most unique 2007 Lexus IS250s in the world. The project is not finished but so far the builder has installed the 1GZ-FE V12 engine and a Harrop/Eaton HT...
We came across this nice Suzuki Samurai with a turbocharged Volkswagen diesel getting some turbo/exhaust work. I tried to find a build thread and what model VW engine this was but couldn’t find much....
Sparrow Automotive produces a kit which allows the Citroen 2CV to run a modern oil cooled BMW R series flat twin engines. You can use either the single or twin spark versions ranging from 850cc to 12...
This is ZCars’ Lotus Elise development car. It was used to design a kit to run a Hayabusa engine in the Elise. The engine has been upgraded to handle 250 horsepower and is controlled by a DTA S60 ECU...
If you like classic big truck looks and diesel torque you might be interested in this 1949 Dodge 4×4 truck. The engine has been upgraded to a 12v Cummins diesel from a 1990 Dodge D250 truck. The truc...
Anytime a project mixes manufacturers it runs the risk of upsetting some. Tommy Pike of Tommy Pike Customs doesn’t seem concerned with any of that. His Quaker State sponsored 1969 Ford F-100 runs a s...
This is Renovo’s all electric Shelby Daytona. It runs on a genuine Shelby American CSX9000 chassis with twin sequential axial flux electrical motors. The motors combine to produce 500 horsepower and ...
This 1981 Toyota Corolla (E70) is listed weighing 1,885 lbs (855 kgs) but I am guessing this one weighs a little less. Add that with the bottom-end torque of a LS1 and this car must be a blast to dri...
Patrick Motorsports took a 1978 Porsche 911 Turbo (930) and converted it to a 1973 911 RSR model. The drivetrain consists of a 993 twin-turbo 3.8 L and six-speed transaxle. The engine features Mahle ...
If Chevrolet was ever going to make a Chevy Colorado ZR1 Edition this would be it. Under the hood sits a supercharged LS9 outputting 612 horsepower and 547 lb-ft of torque to the 12″ ZR1 tires. The o...
This video documents Jeff Lutz and his son’s two twin-turbo 1957 Chevys and Jeff winning of Drag Week 2014. Each car runs approximatly the same 3,000 horsepower twin-turbo 692 ci V8s. The biggest dif...
Ken Prather had a strong desire to build a mid-engine hot rod. He found the basis for his project in a 1962 Volkswagen Type-2 Microbus in decent shape for sale. The first thing he did after buying th...
This amazing engine builder is back with more progress on his V12 being made from combining two Toyota Supra inline-six engines. Since our last update the builder has mated the engine to the transaxl...
A D1GP drift exhibition was held at Tokyo Auto Salon 2015 to kick off the new season. One special car there was OZ Motors Vertex Prius. This is a ZVW30 Prius model that has been converted to all elec...
In 1967 Andy Granatelli had a novel idea to install a turboshaft in his Indy 500 race car. He was only able to run turbine-powered cars in 1967 and 1968 and both years the car broke down leading the ...
Eric Olson has been running his 1993 Ford Ranger for many years. Over that time he has slowly upgraded the truck while lowering his quarter-mile times. The Ranger currently runs a 427 ci Windsor V8 w...
Watch as this Excel puts way more power to the ground than Hyundai ever intended thanks to a 360 whp V8. Source: Bangshift and Sharplinepaints Facebook page
LoveFab built an amazing NSX for Pikes Peak 2012 that featured a 1,056 horsepower monster 3.0 L V6. The car achieved a second place in the Unlimited class that year. Soon after that Paul Coffman cont...
ICON is building a one-off Aston Martin DB4 project. The car will run an Art Morrison chassis and lots of components including a V12 from a first generation Vanquish S. The 5.9 L engine in stock form...
Another video showing off high horsepower SUV uphill sand racing at Liwa UAE. This time around the videos are broken down to highlights, I6 and V8 only powered vehicles. Both classes are exciting to ...
Speedhunters reports a rumor this LFA will soon be running a TRD NASCAR V8 while Wrecked Magazine reports on another rumor it already has one. Either way it probably means when the D1 season starts, ...
Our friend Grant sent us an update on his 1958 Porsche 356. You can view our previous articles here and here. Grant was working on it in Hong Kong but his job got in the way and after a two year brea...
JUN Auto debuted a Subaru BRZ with a 2.4 L Synergy V8 at TAS 2014. The engine is made from two Kawasaki ZX12R heads and a custom V8 crank/crankcase. Because of the motorcycle origin it can rev to 12,...
We have covered many Nissan 240SX/Silvias running a 2JZ engine but what makes this S14 built by Caroline Racing so unique is its turbo setup. The 2JZ “under” this S14 hood is running four turbocharge...