Volvo 244 With A Toyota 1UZ-FE V8
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...
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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...
If a “regular” motorcycle just doesn’t do it for you anymore, might I suggest a V8 powered one by Tom Novak. He calls these the hot rods of the motorcycle world because they are uncomfortable and rid...
Nulon and Impossible Fabrication recently finished their Civic project car. They started with a 1992 Honda Civic and replaced the factory engine with a 2.0 L SR20DET from a Nissan S15 and converted i...
Someone in South Africa is building one of the most unique 2007 Lexus IS250s in the world. The project is not finished but so far the builder has installed the 1GZ-FE V12 engine and a Harrop/Eaton HT...
We came across this nice Suzuki Samurai with a turbocharged Volkswagen diesel getting some turbo/exhaust work. I tried to find a build thread and what model VW engine this was but couldn’t find much....
Sparrow Automotive produces a kit which allows the Citroen 2CV to run a modern oil cooled BMW R series flat twin engines. You can use either the single or twin spark versions ranging from 850cc to 12...
This is ZCars’ Lotus Elise development car. It was used to design a kit to run a Hayabusa engine in the Elise. The engine has been upgraded to handle 250 horsepower and is controlled by a DTA S60 ECU...
If you like classic big truck looks and diesel torque you might be interested in this 1949 Dodge 4×4 truck. The engine has been upgraded to a 12v Cummins diesel from a 1990 Dodge D250 truck. The truc...
Anytime a project mixes manufacturers it runs the risk of upsetting some. Tommy Pike of Tommy Pike Customs doesn’t seem concerned with any of that. His Quaker State sponsored 1969 Ford F-100 runs a s...
This is Renovo’s all electric Shelby Daytona. It runs on a genuine Shelby American CSX9000 chassis with twin sequential axial flux electrical motors. The motors combine to produce 500 horsepower and ...
This 1981 Toyota Corolla (E70) is listed weighing 1,885 lbs (855 kgs) but I am guessing this one weighs a little less. Add that with the bottom-end torque of a LS1 and this car must be a blast to dri...