Chevrolet decided the Matiz should be a gas efficient, small, light, grass growing accelerating automobile. To reach those goals Chevy stuck a 1.0L in-line 3 cylinder producing around 65 horsepower. B...
In the small town of Buford, Georgia lies a performance shop called Drift Emporium who is responsible for the Titan V8 G35. Because Drift Emporium figured the factory installed 3.5L V6 didn’t have en...
This 2003 Toyota Tacoma S-Runner has a little suprise under the hood. Instead of the factory installed V6 5VZ-FE it has a 2JZ-GTE from a 1994 Supra. The turbo setup has been switched from twin to a s...
A member off LS1Tech forums created a VW Beetle which has a turbocharged 5.3L V8 engine. The engine appears to be a LS4. The Bug sits on a custom boxed frame made previous for a smaller engine. There...
Jalopnik has posted a top 10 list of vehicles with a Viper engine swap. We left one out since it was technically a Viper with a body kit on it.
Dodge Ram VTS
Dodge Sidewinder Concept
Plymouth Barracud...
This 1970 Datsun 1600 Roadster was saved what I am sure would have been a horrible life to live again as a great piece of Nissan engineering. Located at the heart of this roadster is a S15 2.0L SR20D...
Sometimes someone takes it apon themselves to push the bar and I think CobraScott over at TurboForums has done so. Taking two turbochargers, the plumbing, a Viper 8.0L V10 and stuffing all that into ...
Piper Motorsports is taking the last steps to finishing up their Franken M3 project. Using a 1988 BMW M3, Piper Motorsports swapped the standard 192 horsepower 2.3L I4 for a 507 horsepower 5.0L V10 f...
The One Lap Camaro is a blend of 1st Generation Chevy Trans Am feel and Pro-Touring modern performance. The car was first bought off eBay in 2005 and as many stories that start this way the car was h...
This 1976 260Z has a new life with a RB20DET putting out 200 horsepower to the rear wheels. The transmission is the standard 5 speed and has upgraded brakes, suspension, and body mods. To hear more o...
Team Metro-Gnome’s Geo Metro is powered by a Honda CBR900RR motorcycle engine. Really not much other details on the build besides it looks like it will be lucky to survive the entire race. Source: Ja...
Farnbacher offers a Cayman with a Porsche 911 S engine. The 3.8L X-51 engine sports 395 horsepower. Farnbacher claims that since the Cayman is more balanced and has the ability to be better then the ...
This custom Toyota FJ45 has a swapped Nascar Toyota V8 which puts out 800 horsepower. The engine has a four speed manual transmission bolted to it. The bed was completely custom built to fit. The rea...
When Driftworks decided they needed a new car they decided to use the trusted S14 platform and the bulletproof Toyota 2JZ engine. This project was very difficult taking roughly 18 months. Just about ...
GM Performance Parts is debuting their LS9 crate motor at SEMA 2008. Jalopnik points out the current Z06 engine costs $14K so one can expect to pay more, possible a lot more for this motor. The great...
Carscoop has plenty to say about this 1975 Alfa Romeo 2000 GT Veloce. They point out the issues with the body modifications and the choice of a Mustang swapped engine. Of course we respect everyone’s ...
We mentioned on here before that EVS Motors was building a 2JZ-GTE powered 1967 Camaro. Well they didn’t quite get their intended horsepower level of 1,000. The video seems states the engine is runnin...
After some requests we made a shirt design that used our Crest logo without the name on it. This design just features the pistons and wrench. Check it out here.
Dodge is sending three Challengers to SEMA this year. One of the three is the Challenger SRT10 concept which has a swapped Viper V10 engine. The Viper V10 produces around 600 hp and 560 lb-ft of torq...
This 1990 Chevrolet Astro Van originally came from the factory with a 4.3L V6 engine. The Chevy Astro is a good choice for a LT1 swap since the 4.3L V6 is based off the Chevy V8 engine. Many of the s...
Originally this Z28 came with a 302 but had a 396 swapped in its place. The current owner decided the Camaro needed some more power and after careful consideration settled on the beastly ZZ 502 crate...
Ford Racing Performance Parts decided to take a Ford Focus RS and stuff a 5.0L Cammer crate motor. Ford decided to start with the RS version because of its sportier Euro appearance. The engine is a D...
Ann Arbor’s Washtenaw Community College has a pretty cool automotive program called Custom Cars & Concepts. It was in this program that a group of students took a Ford GT drivetrain and suspension an...