Engine Swap

The early British sports cars of the 40s, 50s, and 60s (some lingering into the 70s) were true classics and introduced the affordable sportscar to the world. But they were also abominably underpowered. Some of…

We’ve seen numerous RB engine swaps into Datsun Zs and Silvias over the years: it’s as popular a swap as the supply of RB engines (and empty Skyline GT-R engine compartments) will allow. Given the…

In our ongoing search for unique engine swaps, here’s one we almost walked right past. At the November 1st 2012 Cobb Tuning First Thursday event in Austin Texas, we spotted a very clean early Miata…

This ’81 Delorean was recently offered on eBay. It’s a 1981 model with a Buick twin-turbo V-6 engine swap. This is one of the most noteworthy DMC swaps we’ve ever seen, and may well be…

While our usual focus is on entire engine swaps, where an engine that never came in a particular car (the more outrageous the better) is put into something whose original designer never imagined such a…

When you already have a terrific world-class chassis and powertrain… would you bother with an engine swap? The answer is both yes and sort-of-no in these swaps. 1st the no: 1) Engine out of the…

We’ve always amazed by the sheer creativity of engine swaps. Converting a car to use an engine it could of (but didn’t) is one thing, but jamming a maximum engine into a car it never…

When Holden sent it’s 4-door Commodore from Australia to North American as the Pontiac G8, sales were unexpectedly poor. The addition of a higher-horsepower and more seriously tuned suspension as the GXP model helped, but…