Mystery Swap: Rolls-Royce with Nissan V8
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...
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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.
Here we have a chap with a TVR Cerbera with a LS 416 stroked motor putting out 513 horsepower and 510 ft.-lbs. torque. Source: LS1tech
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...