Lingenfelter’s LS3 Powered Vista Cruiser
This is the first Pro-touring 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser I have ever seen. I came across it in an article about the 2014 Power Tour and while researching, I did not find a lot of details. I was ab...
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This is the first Pro-touring 1970 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser I have ever seen. I came across it in an article about the 2014 Power Tour and while researching, I did not find a lot of details. I was ab...
PAC Racing Springs found this 1949 Chevy 3100 truck in a Missouri barn back in 2012. Since then they have turned it into a very capable performer. The truck is called “Project Condor” and features an...
A video of Matt Farah driving a very nice original Pantera and the other the heavily modified Ringbrothers’ version. If you remember the project started with a busted 1971 model and created a version...
Speedhunters is asking for V8 swaps for their upcoming Readers’ Rides article due out in July. If you have a V8 swap you would like them to feature go to this link for more details. Submission deadli...
This project proves you don’t need a lot of money to build a very capable pro-touring classic. The owner claims it was “built cheap” with a lot of the hardware purchased from a junkyard or Craigslist...
Almost everything in this Mustang has been transplanted from an Audi A6 donor. Along with the turbo 2.7L V6 engine, the builder is swapping the automatic transmission, AWD system, wheels, steering wh...
The 2014 Engine of the Year Awards were just released and below are the results. Congratulations to Ford for taking two awards including the engine of the year award. One thing to note is the majorit...
Your looking at someone’s mistake being turned into another’s dream. The owner purchased the Cayman with a blown motor and wanted to swap a GM LS3 or a Audi V8/V10. The owner decided to go with the L...
Someone in Canada is selling a 1993 Toyota Supra that is powered by a Nissan RB26DETT. The five-speed transmission is also out of a Skyline. The current asking price is $12,900. Below is the descript...
New rumors are out and it seems GM will follow Ford’s lead and offer a turbocharged inline-four for the 2016 Camaro. Automobile Magazine claims it will be a version of Cadillac’s turbocharged 2.0L. T...
The day after we post about a four-rotor engine powering a RX-7, we come across a race boat being powered by another four-rotor engine. It also happens to be built by the same guys over at Pulse Perf...
Many people know Mike Whiddett’s incredible RX-7. I have followed it since it was revealed in 2008. What I didn’t realize is we have never featured it on ESD. That ends today with Mike debuting the l...
A father and son team from Columbia, Tennessee is responsible for this amazing 2006 Saturn Ion Redline dragster. The turbocharged 427 ci LSx motor was built by Huntsville Engines and features Callies...
When I started researching the engine inside Ali Afshar’s 2013 BRZ drag car I saw everything from a 2.0L flat-four (FA20), a 2.4L flat-four, a 2.5L flat-four (EJ25), or a flat-six. But after finding ...
You don’t see too many Packards with LSx swaps. This one was spotted on the Hot Rod Power Tour 2014 and features a LS3/4L65E combo. Source: On All Cylinders
The Volkswagen Type 147 or more commonly called a Fridolin, was built for commercial work use in Germany’s Post Office. They came from the factory with a 1.2L or 1.3L flat-four engine. This modified ...
You are looking at Brody Goble’s new drift machine, a 240SX with a very powerful LS2. The GM V8 includes an 408ci Eagle stroker kit, L92 heads, COMP cams, FAST LSX-R plenum and 102mm throttle body, a...
This is “Little Miss Che-Vious”, a 1930 Ford Model A by Tony Lombardi from Niles, Ohio. It just recently won the Goodguys 2014 Tank’s Hot Rod of the Year award at the Indiana State Fairgrounds.
This is the most brutal third-generation Pontiac Firebird I have ever seen. The Trans Am is owned by Paul Arvid Blytt in Bergen, Norway and has had many different engines over the years. The latest o...
Just how much muscle can you squeeze into a small car? If you regularly follow this site you will know that there is no limit given enough time and effort/money. This story of this Volkswagen Golf R3...
We posted about this massive Detroit Diesel hot rod before. Since then the builder posted a new video of it at a truck show. You can see the progress that has been made. The power plant is a twin-tur...
Don Stellhorn’s 1964 GTO race car has been featured in many magazines over it’s lifetime. The mean looking body modifications proves this car is serious about going around the track and so does the m...
John Wayland is famous for racing his electric 1972 Datsun 1200 coupe called White Zombie. The Datsun is powered by 355 volts of siamesed 9-inch electric motors and lithium-ion batteries. John’s best...
Pontiac was never able to get this kind of mileage from a Fiero. This 1988 Fiero has a VW 1.9L TDI diesel and automatic transmission from a 2000 Jetta in the back of it. Now the car gets up to 55 MPG...
Erik Hansson with the help of his sons took a Volvo Amazon 121 and turned it into something that could be considered a new car at least in America where very few Amazon’s exist. It took about five ye...