Mazda MX-5 with a Turbo 1UZ V8
Dennis Köhler and his Mazda MX-5 have continued to develop since our last article. In 2016 the MX-5 was powered by a 4.0 L 1UZ V8 with a BMW ZF manual transmission and BMW rear end. For the 2018 seas...
Dennis Köhler and his Mazda MX-5 have continued to develop since our last article. In 2016 the MX-5 was powered by a 4.0 L 1UZ V8 with a BMW ZF manual transmission and BMW rear end. For the 2018 seas...
Jean Fourie has spent the three years designing and building the V8 Stealth Beetle at his company 3L Engineering in Cape Town, South Africa. Jean started with a 1965 Beetle body that sits over a cust...
This unique Ford SportKa was built by Gari Cottrill to compete in UK Time Attack. Gari replaced the turbocharged Zetec inline-four with a turbocharged 2.0 L 4G63 inline-four from a Mitsubishi Evo 4....
One Lap Heroes is back with another update on Konstantinos Sidiras’ 1991 Mazda MX-5 project. In the previous video he explained the roadster was receiving a 3.6 L LFX V6 and manual transmission from ...
Nathan Hulkes made consistent 10-second runs in his 1998 Camaro at Santa Pod Raceway for Doorslammers 2018. The Camaro is powered by a stroked 6.9 L (419 ci) LSA V8 with forged internals. The engine ...
Back in February we wrote about JFC Racing taking their custom twin-turbo 2.8 L V8 to the dyno and made 730 horsepower and 462 lb-ft of torque on 12 psi of boost from two BorgWarner EFR 7163-Fv turbo...
This 1965 Mustang fastback was built by Roadster Shop in Mundelein, Illinois. The project called “Vapor” rides on a modified chassis with Roadster Shop’s FAST TRACK front and rear crossmembers giving...
Driftworks is back with another video on Phil Morrison’s BMW E30 M3 project. The E30 will be powered by a 4.0 L S65 V8 from a E90 M3 connected to a DCT transmission. In part 2 Phil shows off the body...
Luke Oxley from FullBoost and Paul “Broomy” from Rotary Race Cars teamed up to build a 1982 Mazda 626 they call Project Redline. The goal was to build a 9-second quarter-mile race car using a 1.3 L 1...
David Lee stopped by Jay Leno’s Garage to talk about his 1972 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS. The project called “Monza 3.6 Evo” was built by built by Andy Cohen and Kevin O’Rourke at Mototechnique in England....
This 1956 Lincoln Continental Mark II was built by Chris Ryan at his company Ryan’s Rod & Kustom in Ninety Six, South Carolina. The project called “Scarlet Lady” won a Great 8 Finalist at Detroit Aut...
Driftworks company director Phil Morrison started a new project in 2017. Phil and his talented coworkers are building a BMW E30 M3 for the track. The E30 will be powered by a 4.0 L S65 V8 from a E90 ...
This 1980 Datsun 210 Deluxe was purchased without an engine and transmission for $180 to compete in the Grassroots Motorsport $2018 Challenge. The project is called Datsaniti because it uses the powe...
For several years Italian drifter Massimo Checchin has competed in a 1997 Subaru Impreza GC8. The compact sedan was powered by a turbocharged 2.0 L EJ20 boxer that made 500-520 horsepower. However he...
Comhghan Locke’s RX-Hate project gained a lot of attention since its debut in 2016. Comhghan and friends spent that year installing a Cummins 5.9 L 6BT inline-six into a Mazda RX-8 and 2017 learning ...
Speed Academy is back with another video on their Nissan 240SX S14 project. The goal is install a 2.4 L K24 inline-four with a BMW ZF five-speed manual transmission. In this episode the team installs...
The Skid Factory is back with the wrap-up episode on their 1993 Nissan R32 Skyline project. The team recently finished installing the twin-turbo LS1 V8 and which made 438 horsepower to the wheels on ...
Clive Halligan-Davies is building a Porsche 962C replica at his company Dragon Prototypes in Canada. The race car is powered by a 3.6 L flat-six from a 2007 997 GT3 RS that makes 409 horsepower (305 ...
This BMW 1 Series E87 was built by GNG Motorsport in Nieuweroord, Netherlands. The five-door hatchback is powered by a 4.0 L S65B40 V8 from a BMW M3 E92 that makes 453 horsepower on 98 Euro RON fuel....
Reto Meisel brought his Mercedes-Judd SLK340 built by Meisel Motorsport with a new livery to Rampa da Falperra in Braga, Portugal. The car did great thanks to Reto’s skill and its 3.4 L Judd DB V8 fr...
This 1974 Datsun 260Z was built to drift by Alex Grimm. The 260Z was previously powered by a 13B-REW that made 280 horsepower connected to a R15M-D transmission from a RX-7 FD. However he swapped the...
Stefan Wiedenhofer competes in hillclimb racing with his R5 spec Mitsubishi Mirage. Under the hood sits a turbocharged 2.2 L 4G63 inline-four that makes 750 horsepower and 720 Nm of torque on a MoTeC...
B is for Build continues working on the 1973 Datsun 240Z project. The goal of the project was to restore the 240Z and install 5.0 L S85 V10 and SMG transmission from a 2007 BMW M5. In the episodes be...
Marcin Blauth and his 1968 Camaro made the trip from Poland to England to participate in Doorslammers at Santa Pod Raceway. While there Marcin drove the Camaro to a new personal best of 7.7439 sec at...
Bad Obsession Motorsport is back with another episode on their Project Binky. It has been seven months since we last saw the team working on the modified Mini with a Toyota Celica GT-Four powertrain....