Swaptastic’s LS1 Miata
Nathan Sumner has spent his life appreciating automotive performance and while at college decided it was time for his own performance project car. He decided to purchase a 1991 Mazda Miata due to its...
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Nathan Sumner has spent his life appreciating automotive performance and while at college decided it was time for his own performance project car. He decided to purchase a 1991 Mazda Miata due to its...
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Most might think shoehorning a Dodge Viper V10 inside a 1991 Jeep Wrangler would be enough but this owner apparently graduated from the school of excess. The engine was later twin turbocharged bringin...
Hennessey Performance is taking 24 2010 Camaros and shoving a LS9 from the Corvette ZR1. The new model will be called the HPE700 Camaro and claims it will produce 705 horsepower and 717 torque. Henne...
This 1985 Celica GTS has been a daily driver for the last three years. The owner has swapped the factory engine with a LS1 and T56 transmission from a 2001 Camaro. The engine has been been on a dyno ...
I believe this is a 1961-1964 Chevrolet Bel Air. Although I couldn’t find any information about this car it appears to have a LS7 swap going from the stickers. Also if I were take all the decals as b...
Vanaru is a shop which specializes only in Subaru engine swaps in VW Vanagons. The engines they offer are the EJ22, (2.2 liter 135 hp 4-cylinder), the EJ25 (2.5 liter 165 hp 4-cylinder), and the EG33...
Here is a RX-8 with a 2004 GTO LS1 swap. The RX-8 had a blown engine which is how this project began. They are using the stock 4.44 differential and a Camaro steering rack and oil pan. I know there i...
I am sure many will have issues with this swap and what fun would life be without something to argue over. Driftworks was getting overheating issues with the original RB25 and decided to switch to th...
This VW Beetle with a Mazda 13B NA rotary swap was seen at the Bug-In event at the Autoclub Speedway and did a mid 12’s run at the drag strip. Speedhunters pointed out how sleeper this thing is and I...
Fesler-Moss will be releasing 2010 Camaros with your choice of engines. I am sure most will be going for the package with GM’s superengine the LS9 from the Corvette ZR1. I sure hope someone is willin...
We are looking at Rolls-Royce probably a Phantom and apparently the client wants the V12 factory engine to be replaced by a 5.6L Nissan V8 engine. They would also like the engine to be twin turbochar...
Can’t wait until GM Performance releases the LS9 crate engine later this year? Well there is a very lightly wrecked Corvette ZR1 for sale on Ebay with a starting price at $75,000 and a buy-it-now pri...
Jeff Guillotte is the owner of this 1987 RX-7 swapped the rotary with a 5.0L Ford V8 and a Tremec 3550 transmission. Jeff is a grassroots drifter from San Diego. I don’t have too much performance num...
EVS Motors has put their 2JZ single turbo Supra engine powered 1967 Camaro on Ebay for a starting price of $150,000. The car is reported to have 1,000 horsepower and has a Pro-touring theme. It will b...
Prior to this turbo V8 BWM wagon, the owner had already installed a Chevy Gen 1 motor / T5 trans into a 1984 Mazda RX7, a LT1 motor / T56 transmission into a 1975 Datsun 280Z, a Chevy Gen 3 LM7 5.3L ...
This project started over 5 years ago to make a SCCA-spec car that would be street legal. So a 1971 240Z was completely stripped and a IROC Z28 V8 engine was swapped in. To fit the engine and get the...
BlackTrax has done its fair share of swaps and this 240Z is a great example. The original inline six was yanked out and was replaced by a KA24DE from a 1991 240SX. The engine was turbocharged using a...
We had to follow up on this project after getting so many reactions to it. HotRod Magazine has posted a 3 page article dealing with the 2JZ ‘67 Camaro. If you are interested in this project go over a...
LHT Performance has taken a gas sipping Honda Insight and swapped a K20A engine with a JDM 6 speed transmission. The original Honda Insight came from the factory with a 1.0L three cylinder engine and...
You are looking at videos of a twin VR6 engine Lupo we reported on before. Source: Jalopnik
Auszcar member Dimitri Vassiliou purchased this 1970 Datsun 240Z after the previous owner did a complete ground up restoration. Dimitri realized very soon the previous engine was to harsh to drive so...
Electric engines are no doubt the future and one man decided to get a started on his own EV. Replacing the Honda S2000’s factory F20C motor, drivetrain, and electronics for a dual-shaft Advanced DC FB...
Speedhunters has a great post showing off a bunch of engine swaps at the NA Nationals, such as a twin turbo Lexus powered Mercedes and a 2JZ powered RX7.