1969 Opel Commodore With A BMW E46 M3 Engine
Heikki Mattila is the owner/builder of this 1969 Opel Commodore and contacted us to share about this purpose built race car from Finland. Since this was built purely for racing everything in the
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Heikki Mattila is the owner/builder of this 1969 Opel Commodore and contacted us to share about this purpose built race car from Finland. Since this was built purely for racing everything in the
949Racing is installing a Honda K20 engine into their project car and explaining everything as they go. The engine will be built by Hytech and produce an estimated 260 horsepower to the wheels. The e...
When this 2000 Mustang was purchased with a blown V6 motor it was originally only going to get a V8 swap but things have gone in a different direction since. The power plant now is a de-stroked 2006 ...
Someone is selling the 2008 Yamaha WaveRunner powered by a General Electric T-58 turbine which made its debut at SEMA 2008. The engine is estimated at 1,400 horsepower but has been setup to propel th...
Tom’s Turbo Garage has released part 8 on Project Thunderbolt. In this episode the Tom installs the braking components, wiring harness, shifter, fuel tank, fuel pump,
Some engine swap projects do all the necessary things to get the foreign engine to work and nothing more. Then there are projects like this 1967 VW Double Cab where the builder went above and beyond ...
In the latest episode of Hot Rod Garage the crew begins a new project involving a 1974 Chevy delivery van. Inside this short wheelbase quarter-ton van they are stuffing a
The owner/builder of this Porsche 914 has stuffed a LS6 V8 and Porsche G50 five-speed transaxle behind the seats. The car’s suspension is from a 2004 Porsche 996. The owner took the car out for a qui...
Nelson Monteiro set out to build a V8 powered 240SX to use for drifting without breaking the bank. Instead of going the LSx route he choose to use a Ford V8. In a single garage he was able to swap a ...
This 2009 Mazda RX-8 had it’s factory 13B two-rotor Renesis engine replaced with a Promaz built 20B three-rotor engine. The engine produces 551 horsepower on 16 psi of boost from a Garrett GTX42R tur...
A very talented Russian builder has taken a 2003 Porsche Cayenne and replaced the factory engine with a Toyota V8. The engine is a 4.3 L 3UZ-FE and the transmission is a A650E five-speed automatic bo...
This 1980 Volkswagen Vanagon Camper is being sold on eBay out of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. In the back of the bus the factory engine has been replaced by a 1970 Porsche 911E flat-six engine. The van ...
Edelbrock is giving away a supercharged Chevy small-block V8 to celebrate the engine’s 60th anniversary. The 350 ci engine is rated at 518 horsepower and has a retail value of $20,000. This would mak...
Famous motorcycle racer and builder Andreas Georgeades has been building motorcycles with unique engines for a long time. His custom motorcycles have used engines from a Ferrari
This is Todd Holdren’s 1953 Buick that he uses to tear up autocross courses. The Buick sits on a Art Morrison chassis with RideTech suspension and is powered by a 6.2 L L99 V8 and 6L80E automatic tra...
I try my best to cover as many swaps as I can but there are plenty that slip through. For example this 1969 Camaro made its debut at SEMA 2013 and I never heard of it until now. It was built by Ameri...
I have come across many S2000 projects using a variety of engines ranging from a K24 to a Viper V10 but I have never found one using a RB-series engine… until now. This is Shawn Hall’s 2000 Honda S20...
Alexander Lundborg is building a Nissan 200SX with a 3rd generation 8.3 L V10 and T-56 six-speed from a 2004 Viper. He choose the V10 because he already built one with an RB-series engine and wanted ...
This 1969 Ford Mustang was built by Restomod Performance in collaboration with Valvoline Australia. The project kept the engine displacement the same but increased the power and technology by about 4...
Tom’s Turbo Garage has released part 7 on Project Thunderbolt. In this episode Tom applies seam sealer and sprays Lizard Skin to control sound and heat. Source: Tom’s
This very mean looking 1990 Ford Crown Victoria is for sale in Alexandria, Virginia and the seller is asking $7,700. The Police Interceptor’s factory drivetrain was replaced with a 6.8 L Triton V10 a...
I stumbled across this eBay auction from over a year ago while researching for another article. The auction was for a 1936 Nash Lafayette with just about everything under the body taken from the Toyo...
Team Raidopower Motorsport, a drift and time attack team from Sweden, just released pictures of their new Nissan S14 drift car. The car features a 3.2 L BMW M104.996 and a Turbobandit TB80 turbocharg...
This 1985 BMW 535i was built by Turbo Charging Dynamics. Several years ago they replaced the factory engine with a 5.3 L L33 V8 attached to a single turbo and T-56 six-speed transmission. The engine ...
TTS Roadsport took a Skoda Yeti and replaced the engine with a 2.5 L TFSI from an Audi TT-RS. You can see in the video how effective this swap was as it chases down several cars and even stays with a...