Engine swap

Touge Factory in Wheeling, Illinois started a new engine swap project. The company will be installing a 2.4 L Honda K24 inline-four into a Toyota Corolla AE86 and they will be documenting the entire process. In part two they prepare the engine and transmission for installation. They also install the Crystal Body Yokohama aero kit....

V12 Camaro

This Mugen-Honda MF-351 V10 is for sale in Italy with an asking price of €10,000 or about $11,848. This 3.5 L V10 made around 700 horsepower with the Footwork F1 team using MF-351H and MF-351HB versions in 193 and the Lotus F1 team using the MF-351HC and MF-351HD versions in 1994. The seller doesn't indicate...

This Mini Mk3 is for sale in Buelton, California for $49,000. The Mini is powered by a 2.0 L B20 inline-four with upgraded injectors, Hondata S300 ECU, and stainless steel exhaust. The engine is mated to a Honda CR-V AWD drivetrain with a Megabite limited-slip differential in back on a Minitec subframe. The Mini rides...

Rickard Thomsson from 8 Valve Turbo Racing in Kvidinge, Sweden races in a Dodge Dakota dragster. The truck's best quarter-mile was 7.062 sec at 312.68 km/h (194.29 mph) thanks in-part to a turbocharged Volvo B230 8-valve inline-four making 1598 hp and 998 lb-ft of torque. Last year Rickard set out to build a Volvo 8-valve...

This 1991 Toyota 4Runner was built to go off-roading. Power comes from a 4.0 L 1UZ-FE V8 cooled by a rear mounted radiator. Behind the engine sits a manual valve body automatic transmission and Marlin Crawler 2:28 transfer case. FJ80 axles with 4.56 gears are found front and rear to turn the large 39.5/13.5/15 Irock...

GT86 with quad turbo V12

Joe Yezzi and his talented team at Squarebody Syndicate built this 1973 Chevrolet Cheyenne Super C30 truck as a tow rig for the company. Under the hood sits a 5.9 L Cummins 6BT turbo diesel inline-six with a 4-inch exhaust built by Big 10 Garage in Chandler, Arizona. Torque is sent through a Hughes Performance...

Pelle Söderström is a very talented engineer in Sweden. He always loved building things since he was a boy and dreamed one day of building a custom vehicle called "1934 Herkules" inspired from 1930's designs. Pelle started on the project by building the world's first 8.1 L inline-sixteen. At the core of the engine is...

One Cool CAT

Engine swaps are fairly common, even among the non-enthusiast crowd. Whether you’re simply swapping in an identical engine to replace a completely broken one or trying to stuff the biggest thing you can into your little VW for all the power, the fundamental principles are roughly the same. In this article, we’re going

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This BMW E30 was transformed into a M3 DTM replica and demo car for PromoMoto in Poland. Under the hood sits a 4.0 L 1UZ V8 built by Tomson Motorsport in Falenty, Poland. The engine features custom individual throttle bodies, custom camshafts, forged internals, and ported heads. It produces 398 horsepower and 418 Nm (308...

This 1973 VW Beetle 1303 was built by Electric Classic Cars in Newtown, UK. The company replaced the factory powertrain with a 600 horsepower Tesla direct drive unit. The electric motor is fed from a 45 kWh battery pack split between front and back. The car weighs 1,100 kg (2425 lb) and has a 46/54...

Everyone has a dream engine they’d like in their 4x4. Some want power, some want economy, some want light weight, some want big torque, and most want everything

The owner of this first generation Toyota Tacoma wanted more power than the factory 2.7 L 3RZ-FE inline-four produced. He considered using a LS1, SBC, and even turbo 3VZ V6 but disliked certain aspects of each choice. It wasn't until he stumbled across Lextreme and its forum that he settled on using the mighty 1UZ-FE...

American Legends continues to work on their 1968 "Corruptt" Mustang. Since our first article the team finished the flush mounted rear window and turbo piping layout around the Ferrari 4.2 L F136 V8. They also started installing the RideTech air suspension and their custom acrylic brake lights. Follow the project's progress on FB page or...