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Insane Food Truck Custom Build Gets 6.2L V8 Corvette Engine (It's a Real Life Project)
Insane Food Truck Custom Build Gets 6.2L V8 Corvette Engine (It's a Real Life Project)

29 Jun 2023, 09:03 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Oscar Vargas, the virtual artist better known as "web.artist20" on social media, has another crazy 'rendering-to-reality' project underway

 
1954 Chevrolet Bel Air Barn Find Has the Right Amount of Patina, Mysterious V8
1954 Chevrolet Bel Air Barn Find Has the Right Amount of Patina, Mysterious V8

10 Oct 2022, 18:43 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The first-generation Bel Air doesn't get as much attention as the Tri-Five, but it's still a cool classic to own. Especially with a V8 swap.

 
Rocky Auto's 1971 Nissan Skyline Packs Blasphemous Toyota V8 Power
Rocky Auto's 1971 Nissan Skyline Packs Blasphemous Toyota V8 Power

29 Sep 2022, 22:47 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / The build starts by taking the two-liter L20SU straight-six engine native to the Skyline 2000 GT-X and, hopefully at least, set aside for a worthy donor

 
Chevy V8-Swapped Toyota Pickup Ditches Sensibility for Rock Crawling and Mud Bogging
Chevy V8-Swapped Toyota Pickup Ditches Sensibility for Rock Crawling and Mud Bogging

11 Sep 2022, 18:07 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / This engine's got all the bells and whistles, including an Edelbrock four-barrel carburetor, custom shorty headers, custom valve, and intake cover.

 
This Coyote V8-Swapped Ford Ranger Raptor Is One Sweet Off-Road Truck
This Coyote V8-Swapped Ford Ranger Raptor Is One Sweet Off-Road Truck

24 Jan 2022, 15:28 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Although the EcoBlue bi-turbo diesel is a pretty fine engine, the Ranger Raptor with a Coyote V8 swap is a wholly different animal

 
Ford Coyote V8-Swapped 1962 Lincoln Continental "Gold Dust" Is Tastefully Custom
Ford Coyote V8-Swapped 1962 Lincoln Continental "Gold Dust" Is Tastefully Custom

11 Jan 2022, 15:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A 1962 Continental unlike any other, this all-custom restomod blends modern power and reliability with old-school plushness and style

 
This 1962 Ferrari 250 GTE Makes Weird Chevy Small-Block V8 Noises
This 1962 Ferrari 250 GTE Makes Weird Chevy Small-Block V8 Noises

8 Jan 2022, 15:31 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Arguably better as a daily driver than the bone-stock 250 GTE, this particular example of the breed is going for $100,000 on Bring a Trailer

 
V8-Powered Tesla Takes Gas on the Side of the Road on Its Way to First Dyno Session
V8-Powered Tesla Takes Gas on the Side of the Road on Its Way to First Dyno Session

4 Jan 2022, 13:36 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / Run out of gas, and all you need is a jerry can and someone willing to fill it up for you. Run out of battery and you'll need a very, very long cable

 
1,000-HP Jeep Wrangler With Hellephant V8 Swap Is No Mall Crawler
1,000-HP Jeep Wrangler With Hellephant V8 Swap Is No Mall Crawler

16 Aug 2021, 11:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Arguably the wildest JLU we've seen all year, this Hellephant-swapped leviathan is the perfect example of tasteful excess

 
Bonkers V8-Powered RWD MINI Cooper S Gets Finished Just in Time for Goodwood FoS
Bonkers V8-Powered RWD MINI Cooper S Gets Finished Just in Time for Goodwood FoS

8 Jul 2021, 09:44 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / It needed four years to come to fruition, but here's a second-generation (R56) MINI Cooper S going RWD and housing a BMW M3 V8 engine (S65) up front

 
Viper Red 1956 Austin-Healey 100 Sports Car Flexes 392 HEMI V8 Swap
Viper Red 1956 Austin-Healey 100 Sports Car Flexes 392 HEMI V8 Swap

27 Jun 2021, 10:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A unique proposition in a segment dominated by the AC-based Shelby Cobra, this HEMI-powered Healey 100 is offered at no reserve

 
V8-Powered Tesla Model S Has Maiden Engine Start, Combustion Escapes Cylinders
V8-Powered Tesla Model S Has Maiden Engine Start, Combustion Escapes Cylinders

10 May 2021, 13:01 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The reaction caused by seeing some flames in an ICE car and in an EV is huge, and that's because one is supposed to burn - even if only on the inside

 
This LS3 Crate Engine-Swapped 996 Porsche 911 Carrera Is Rocking 495 Horsepower
This LS3 Crate Engine-Swapped 996 Porsche 911 Carrera Is Rocking 495 Horsepower

15 Apr 2021, 14:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A 996 Porsche 911 Carrera with an LS376/480 crate engine and a six-speed manual transmission is both sacrilege and exciting to hoon

 
1,000-HP Big Block V8 Jaguar XJ Series 1 Is an Elegantly Fast Drag Racer
1,000-HP Big Block V8 Jaguar XJ Series 1 Is an Elegantly Fast Drag Racer

7 Apr 2021, 13:47 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / This 1970s Jaguar XJ Series 1 is basically an American muscle car in British clothes; who knew that would make such a cool combination?

 
Modified 1966 Jeep Wagoneer Matches Chevy Silverado V8 Grunt With Fender Flares
Modified 1966 Jeep Wagoneer Matches Chevy Silverado V8 Grunt With Fender Flares

2 Apr 2021, 14:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you're in the market for and old-school SUV with new-school muscle and creature comforts, this 1966 Wagoneer may be the one for you

 
685-HP BMW 1 Series Coupe Hides Supercharged V8 Engine, Struggles to Go Straight
685-HP BMW 1 Series Coupe Hides Supercharged V8 Engine, Struggles to Go Straight

30 Mar 2021, 11:13 UTC · By: Vlad Mitrache / The built Bimmer might struggle to maintain a straight trajectory under acceleration, but you too will struggle to keep a straight face when you see and hear it

 
This Holley HEMI V8-Swapped 1999 Dodge Dakota Is a Retro-Modern Sleeper Truck
This Holley HEMI V8-Swapped 1999 Dodge Dakota Is a Retro-Modern Sleeper Truck

10 Mar 2021, 18:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Excluding the 392 HEMI V8 and Hughes Performance-built Chrysler 46RE four-speed automatic transmission, this pickup truck received $5,450 in Holley upgrades

 
This 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata With a Twin-Turbo V8 Swap Is One Sweet Project Car
This 1990 Mazda MX-5 Miata With a Twin-Turbo V8 Swap Is One Sweet Project Car

8 Mar 2021, 15:24 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Crazy is the best word to describe this NA Miata with an LM7 junkyward V8 swap, a TH400, and two BorgWarner turbochargers

 
1972 Chevrolet K5 Blazer With 5.3-Liter EcoTec L83 Swap Rocks 6-Inch Lift Kit
1972 Chevrolet K5 Blazer With 5.3-Liter EcoTec L83 Swap Rocks 6-Inch Lift Kit

25 Feb 2021, 21:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Instead of an LS junkyard engine or crate engine, this 1972 Chevrolet K5 Blazer hides an all-aluminum L83 truck engine under its hood

 
Hellcat-Swapped Jeep Gladiator Looks Great With 40” Tires, Hydro Blue Paint
Hellcat-Swapped Jeep Gladiator Looks Great With 40” Tires, Hydro Blue Paint

25 Feb 2021, 15:25 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you think $73,500 is too much money for a 6.4-liter HEMI in the Wrangler, then you don't want to hear how much the aftermarket charges for a Hellcat swap