Jon Swift stopped by Jay Leno’s garage to talk about the history behind this very unique custom 1972 Oldsmobile Cutlass. Vic Hickey was a GM engineer and created this off road racer for GM. The car b...
This Datsun 280Z is for sale in Austin, Texas. The engine is a 5.3 L iron-block LM7 V8 which is usually found in GM trucks and SUVs. The engine has an LS1 intake and JCI LSx swap headers. The updrage...
The Trabant was a small car made by VEB Sachsenring in Eastern Germany from 1957-1990. For almost it’s entire production (expect for the last few years) it came with a 600cc two-cylinder two-stroke e...
The driver of this third-generation Mazda 323 tries his best to keep it straight but the power coming out of the 13B rotary engine is making it very difficult. The engine is a Promaz Racing built Maz...
Mad Mike is getting ready to add another wild Mazda to his stable. Called Project RADBUL, it’s a third-generation (NC) Mazda MX-5 with a twin-turbo four-rotor 26B engine. The beast of a rotary engine
Aaron Roberts has experience using Mazda rotary power in Volkswagen vehicles. There are plenty of videos of his incredible 20B powered VW Bus doing wheel stands at the drag strip. So when Aaron wante...
Sylvain Erickson has spent the past five years building his very unique rally Hyundai Accent. It can be difficult enough to dial-in a rally car using the factory drivetrain but only
Grant Fraysier likes to take his Hummer H1 and drag race it on dirt and sand. To get this beast moving as fast as possible he is having a new motor built by Steve Morris Engines. The engine is a 615 ...
Rotary engines are not known for their torque but in a car that weighs only 1,600 lbs it really doesn’t matter. This is a 1959 Fiat 600 with a 220 horsepower Mazda 12A rotary engine from an early gen...
Mercury sells cars and aero kits in Japan and to promote their newest body kit for the Fairlady Z Z33 (350Z) they built a professional drift car for Formula Drift Japan. Since the drift circuit has t...
Peter from SwapBlogRU posted a video update on his “Volvexus” project car. Someone had already swapped the factory 90 horsepower 2.4 L diesel engine out of the 1979 Volvo 244GL for a Toyota 1UZ-FE V8...
Tom’s Turbo Garage has started a new project building a LS3 powered Mazda Miata. In this episode Tom continues to remove the interior and engine bay and also breaks down the Miata
This 2004 Mazda RX-8 with a LS1 and T-56 six-speed transmission is for sale. The seller is located in Texas and is asking $16,000 obo. The AC works and it is daily driven. The LS1 was installed using...
This is Jim Mosher’s twin-engine Bonneville Indian motorcyle that he designed, built and races. The bike weighs 500 lbs and features two 955cc Stroker Scout motors. The engines use Carrillo rods, cus...
I wrote about JUN’s Subaru BRZ with a Synergy V8 project before when it was unveiled at TAS 2014. I couldn’t wait for a video showing off the performance and sound of a V8 made from two
Travis Doherty’s Ford Ranger desert truck runs a Toyota 1UZ-FE engine from a 1990 Lexus LS400. When Travis needed more power he turned to NS Fabrication. Because of space limitations and low-end torq...
Jason Len is the President of XKs Unlimited and has over 30 years restoring classic Jaguars. He recently stopped by Jay Leno’s garage to show off his custom 1951 Jaguar XK120. The engine is a 3.8 L E...
Some people enjoy going with a popular engine choice while others enjoy something different. This 1971 Corvette falls under the latter. The Corvette originally came with a LS5 and four-speed but when...
Watch as Bisimoto’s first generation Honda Insight with a 1991 F22A NA engine puts down 430 horsepower to the wheels at the track. The car is capable of low 9 second passes and in this video you see ...
If you live in an area where snow is an issue and would like a winter project to break up the boredom maybe you should do like these fine gentleman from Sweden and stick a 900cc Kawasaki Ninja motorc...
Tom’s Turbo Garage is starting a new project building a LS3 powered Mazda Miata. Every step to this build will be recorded and new episodes will be released every two weeks. The basics of the project
A friend pointed me to this incredible 1967 GAZ-21 Volga project from Russia. The drivetrain consists of a 2JZ-GTE and A340 automatic transmission from an Toyota Aristo. The rear suspension and LSD i...
Studebakers are usually not the first choice for a restomod/pro-touring project but that’s what makes this build so great. A builder has taken a 1981 Avanti II, which is based off a Studebaker Avanti...
This beast is made from a 1948 Ford F-5 body sitting on a 1992 F800 chassis. The engine is a Ford diesel six-cylinder connected to a Eaton five-speed transmission and a Marmon-Herrington transfer cas...
Wreck Racing is a student run automotive club at Georgia Tech that enters the Grassroots Motorsports Challenge every year. Each year since 2012 they have entered a 1969 MG Midget powered by a 2JZ. Th...