Big-block Chevy head identification can be difficult. Would you know what you're looking at if you found a pair at the swap meet? Now you can.
The Renault Kangoo is a light commercial vehicle sold in Latin America and Europe. They came with a range of gasoline and diesel engines with the most powerful only producing 95 horsepower. However two creative Swedish brothers decided they could solve that with an engine swap. They decided to replace the original 1.5 L dCi...
This 1952 Mercedes 170 S is owned by Mark Gooden and was built by Samson Design in Marshall, Missouri. The project took four years to complete but was worth the wait. The car took home a Great 8 award at the 2016 Detroit Autorama. Samson Design wanted to keep the wonderful Mercedes body lines intact...
This 1976 BMW 2002 is for sale on eBay with a current bid of $1,675 and no reserve in Atlanta, Georgia. The little BMW is powered by a 1.8 L M42 inline-four connected to a G250 five-speed manual transmission both taken from a BMW E36 connected to a BMW E21 LSD. The rear tail lights...
This Nissan Patrol visited Patrol4U in Poland for an engine swap. The company replaced the factory 3.0 L ZD30DDTi inline-four for a BMW M57 turbodiesel inline-six making 250+ hp and 500+ Nm (368 lb-ft) of torque. An adapter from PMC Motorsport allows the BMW inline-six to bolt to the Patrol's FS5R30 five-speed manual transmission with...
Charlie Roberts from Tailord built his 2013 Volkswagen Up to drag race. The little car is powered by a 2.3 L VR5 and O2J five-speed transmission from a Volkswagen Golf Mk4. The naturally aspirated motor produces 198 horsepower and 228 Nm of torque. Charlie recently set a personal best of 12.745 sec at 106.79 mph...
This 1948 Willys Jeep truck was built into a pro-touring machine by Dan Howe for his Daughter Kaycee. The truck rides on a Schwartz Performance modified G-Machine chassis with RideTech coilovers and Baer 14-inch brakes with six-piston calipers. Under the hood sits a 4.9 L LSx V8 with a LS3 camshaft connected to a T56...
Siegfried Peters is the co-owner of Fisch Racing Tech in Chilliwack, BC, Canada. The company makes bellhousings to bolt different engines to the Nissan CD009 transmission. The company built two vehicles to showcase their products. Today we share their 2001 Lexus IS300 drift machine. The car is no longer powered by a 3.0 L 2JZ-GE...
Pure Automotive and Obsidian Motorsport Group recently debuted their complete wiring harness kit for installing a 3.0 L 2JZ inline-six into 2013-2017 Toyota 86, Scion FR-S, and Subaru BRZ. Since the car relies heavily on CAN BUS systems it makes it very hard to make everything talk to each other the way it should from...
JP from Works Garage received a 1973 Datsun 510 as a roller several years ago. Since then he's rebuilt the coupe to handle the street and track. JP considered powering the 510 with a KA24 or a SR20. However he settled on a 2.0 L F20C inline-four from a first generation Honda S2000. The motor...
Toyota built their Tacoma X-Runner RTR (Ready to Race) to drag race using many parts from their catalog. Under the hood sits a supercharged 5.7 L 3UR-FE V8 producing 504 horsepower and 550 lb-ft of torque. The V8 features stock internals, TRD supercharger, and runs on premium fuel. A Tundra A760E six-speed automatic transmission sends...
This Subaru Forester called "Project Arkham" was built by Moore Performance in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. The station wagon no longer has a flat-four but is powered by a 5.3 L LSx V8 that produces 554 horsepower and 534 lb-ft of torque thanks to a 1.9 L LSA supercharger and ID850 injectors. The drivetrain consists of...
This 2000 Porsche Boxster S is for sale in Las Vegas, Nevada for $26,000 as-is or $29,000 with a resealed transaxle. The sports car is powered by 6.0 L LS2 V8 built by Custom Build Motors that makes 410 horsepower and 390 lb-ft of torque. The car has about 100,000 miles while the engine has...
This custom 1952 Kaiser-Frazer Henry J is for sale in Grapevine, Texas for $82,000. The project took three years to build and sits on a custom Art Morrison chassis with air suspension. Power comes from a 5.7 L LS6 V8 mated to a Turbo 350 four-speed automatic transmission and shortened Ford 9-inch rear end with...
Daniel Richards purchased this 1996 Buick Century Special wagon four years ago and affectionately calls it "George." In that short time the car has been through a lot and thanks to Daniel's talent and his friends at A-Body.net it will continue to do so for many years. A few days after purchasing the car the...
The owner of this Focus Mk2 wagon contacted us to share his project. The factory inline-four has been replaced with a 2.5 L Duratec RS inline-five from a Ford Focus RS. The engine produces 302 horsepower and 429 Nm (316 lb-ft) of torque from the factory but the owner is hoping to increase power to...
Mercury Racing is about six months away from releasing a unique DOHC, 32-valve cylinder head for the LS engine, similar to their QC4 crate engine.
Big-block Chevy head identification can be difficult. Would you know what you're looking at if you found a pair at the swap meet? Now you can.
Big-block Chevy head identification can be difficult. Would you know what you're looking at if you found a pair at the swap meet? Now you can.
This AN6 fuel filter and regulator adds reliability and reduces cost with -6 AN inlet, outlet, and return fittings built into the assembly, Designed specifically for LS swaps or EFI conversions that require a reliable and professional fuel system solution, 58 PSI fuel pressure regulator is integrated into the filter and works well with modern fuel injected engines such as LS, Hemi, and more, Eliminates adapter fittings and includes a mounting bracket with rubber insulator to make installation a breeze, Five micron fuel filter is built into the assembly to protect your injectors and ensure a long service life.
