Race Boat With A 1300 Horsepower Rotary Engine
The day after we post about a four-rotor engine powering a RX-7, we come across a race boat being powered by another four-rotor engine. It also happens to be built by the same guys over at Pulse Perf...
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The day after we post about a four-rotor engine powering a RX-7, we come across a race boat being powered by another four-rotor engine. It also happens to be built by the same guys over at Pulse Perf...
Many people know Mike Whiddett’s incredible RX-7. I have followed it since it was revealed in 2008. What I didn’t realize is we have never featured it on ESD. That ends today with Mike debuting the l...
A father and son team from Columbia, Tennessee is responsible for this amazing 2006 Saturn Ion Redline dragster. The turbocharged 427 ci LSx motor was built by Huntsville Engines and features Callies...
When I started researching the engine inside Ali Afshar’s 2013 BRZ drag car I saw everything from a 2.0L flat-four (FA20), a 2.4L flat-four, a 2.5L flat-four (EJ25), or a flat-six. But after finding ...
You don’t see too many Packards with LSx swaps. This one was spotted on the Hot Rod Power Tour 2014 and features a LS3/4L65E combo. Source: On All Cylinders
The Volkswagen Type 147 or more commonly called a Fridolin, was built for commercial work use in Germany’s Post Office. They came from the factory with a 1.2L or 1.3L flat-four engine. This modified ...
You are looking at Brody Goble’s new drift machine, a 240SX with a very powerful LS2. The GM V8 includes an 408ci Eagle stroker kit, L92 heads, COMP cams, FAST LSX-R plenum and 102mm throttle body, a...
This is “Little Miss Che-Vious”, a 1930 Ford Model A by Tony Lombardi from Niles, Ohio. It just recently won the Goodguys 2014 Tank’s Hot Rod of the Year award at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
This is the most brutal third-generation Pontiac Firebird I have ever seen. The Trans Am is owned by Paul Arvid Blytt in Bergen, Norway and has had many different engines over the years. The latest o...
Just how much muscle can you squeeze into a small car? If you regularly follow this site you will know that there is no limit given enough time and effort/money. This story of this Volkswagen Golf R3...
We posted about this massive Detroit Diesel hot rod before. Since then the builder posted a new video of it at a truck show. You can see the progress that has been made. The power plant is a twin-tur...
Don Stellhorn’s 1964 GTO race car has been featured in many magazines over it’s lifetime. The mean looking body modifications proves this car is serious about going around the track and so does the m...
John Wayland is famous for racing his electric 1972 Datsun 1200 coupe called White Zombie. The Datsun is powered by 355 volts of siamesed 9-inch electric motors and lithium-ion batteries. John’s best...
Pontiac was never able to get this kind of mileage from a Fiero. This 1988 Fiero has a VW 1.9L TDI diesel and automatic transmission from a 2000 Jetta in the back of it. Now the car gets up to 55 MPG...
Erik Hansson with the help of his sons took a Volvo Amazon 121 and turned it into something that could be considered a new car at least in America where very few Amazon’s exist. It took about five ye...
You don’t associate Ferrari and engine swap too much. I think we only featured one true Ferrari swap since we started this website. For many reasons you just don’t come across many. But the tv show U...
When this 2003 Crown Vic was a police cruiser it housed a 4.6L SOHC V8 which didn’t produce the numbers many would expect. That’s why the new owner decided to install something with a little bit more...
Dave Willis has built a very nice pro-touring 1968 Pontiac Firebird with the help of All American Speed Shop in Van Nuys, CA. The drivetrain consists of a 620 horsepower 6.2L LSA from a Cadillac CTS-...
Drive eO will debut their new PP02 race car at Pikes Peak 2014. The car is based on a Tesla Roadster but uses technology developed from their Pikes Peak 2013 PP01 race car. It features an upgraded 36...
The project involving swapping a Toyota Celica GT-Four into a Mini continues with episode six. This episode continues with internal and external metal work. Source: Bad Obsession Motorsports
Take a look at this incredible pro-touring 1973 Camaro. When the owner originally restored the car it featured a nice big block V8 but recently decided to go with a modern twin-turbo LQ4 V8 and two 6...
Volkswagen created this 1981 VW Caddy Sportruck by essentually taking a Golf MK1 and sticking a bed on it. Because of this it came with a small 1.5L-1.8L engine and FWD. Since that point this owner h...
Take the top half of a Triumph TR6 and the bottom half of a Corvette Z06 and smoosh them together like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. What you get is something just as tasty but with power and r...
I just came across this 1944 Mack fire truck which debuted at SEMA 2011. The truck is owned by Roger Brown and was built by his friend Tom Start of Precision Designs. The truck is called “Black Drago...
There are a few things that might tip-off someone to the potential in this 1981 Caprice, one being the cutout in the hood and the other being the beefier tires. Other than that, this car easily falls...