Watch a professional driver race a 1970 240Z with a RB26 engine swap against a twin-turbo 370Z. Each vehicle competed in four race categories, zero-to-zero, hopkirk, autocross, and a road course. Che...
A 1952 Mercury with a 427 cubic-inch LSx motor. The symmetrical twin turbos are 72mm Nelson Racing (Turbonetics). The owner says it will make around 1,500 horsepower to the wheels on 98 octane gas. S...
This monster 1968 Dodge Charger called Maximus is being built by Scott Spock Racing and Nelson Racing Engines. Just about everything on this car is custom. The bodywork alone has 1,500 hours. In the ...
You are looking at ICON’s newest creation called the Thriftmaster. It is based off a Chevrolet 3100-series (1948-1953) pickup and features a 5.3L LC9 V8. This particular one features the Magnuson sup...
Here is a video of a guy with no fear using a chainsaw powered by a 253 cubic-inch Holden V8 to cut wood like it was nothing. Cheers to the operator. I am sure he is completely in control but somethi...
One of our Facebook friends gave us a tip about this buggy being powered by a Yamaha R1 motorcycle engine. Since the engine puts out 150 horsepower and the buggy weighs 551 pounds, we are looking at ...
As another glorious year filled with engine swaps comes to an end we look back at our most popular articles from 2013. 10. Corvette Z06 Fueled By Hate Anytime you mix Chevy and Ford on a project, exp...
I just found this video while wandering around on youtube. It shows a heavily modified Honda Civic with a 454 LSX V8. The owner claims the motor is good for 800 horsepower by itself and with the nitr...
Sit back and watch 24 hours and 56 minutes of engine swapping goodness. To recap David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan swapped a LS7 motor into HOT ROD’s Crusher Camaro Live on the PRI trade show floor....
San Francisco builder Jacques Andres wanted to build a competitive Mini for the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. He didn’t have the money to build a 500 horsepower engine so he decided to just install anothe...
A good friend pointed us to RaceLab’s amazing MR2 project. The powerplant is a turbocharged Honda K20 good for 890 horsepower to the wheels. That level of power stuffed in a 2,400 lb package equals o...
Austin Healey Sprites are very light. So it doesn’t take much power to make them bullets. The owner of this Sprite purchased it off eBay with a small-block Chevy V8. The owner says with the heavy iro...
Bob Brasfield owns the craziest 1988 Chevy Sprint on earth. Sitting on a custom Fatman Fabrication square-tubed frame is a 402 cubic-inch all-aluminum V8. The engine alone produces 954 horsepower and...
Hartley engines made jaws drop when they debuted the H1, a V8 engine using two Suzuki Hayabusa top ends mated to a custom bottom. They also developed a four-cylinder version called the H2. In March 2...
David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan are going to drive the HOT ROD Crusher 1967 Camaro from Los Angeles to the PRI trade show in Indianapolis for a heart transplant. In just three days (Dec 12-14) the...
This is Adam Monck’s very mean looking drift Nissan S14 with a twin-turbo LSx motor. I couldn’t find a lot of information on this car. If anyone can point me to a build thread please leave a comment....
This 1993 RX-7 was created to roast some tires as you can see in the video below. The 383 cubic inch Chevy V8 is hooked up to a Procharger F1C supercharger to produce 843 horsepower. For more informa...