René Köchli has competed in Swiss hillclimbing for several years in his Honda Civic EG6 hatchback. The car has seen three iterations and several engine swaps. The current engine is a 2.7 L K24 inline-four built by Veicomer in Loures, Portugal. The engine features a Darton sleeved block, 4Piston stroker kit, billet 106 mm crank, … Read more
Matt Happel from Sloppy Mechanics released several updates on his 8-second Mustang for $8,000 project since our previous article. For those unfamiliar with the project, Matt is building a 1995 Mustang GT with a turbocharged 4.8 L LSx V8 making 650-700 horsepower for around $8,000. In the videos below Matt fixes some issues and gets … Read more
This 1989 Mustang called “FOXSAKE” is being built for Jason Waye owner of Tuff Mounts in St Marys, Adelaide, South Australia. The factory 2.3 L inline-four was replaced with a turbocharged Barra (FG) inline-six expected to make 500-600 kW (670-804 hp). The engine features BorgWarner SXE369 turbocharger by GCG Turbochargers, head studs, valve springs, timing … Read more
This Fiat 125p was built by Classic Cars Garage in Kingscourt, Ireland over the course of three years. The project started by replacing the factory 1.5 L inline-four with a Mercedes 3.0 L inline-six. However that quickly changed and the inline-six was replaced by a 5.8 L Ford 351C V8 from a Mustang Mach 1. … Read more
This 2004 Mazda RX-8 is for sale in Minneapolis, Minnesota for $1,400. We’ve featured this car before in 2016 when it was for sale. The RX-8 is powered by a 300 ci (4.9 L) Ford inline-six mated to a Ford M5R2 toploader five-speed transmission and welded differential. The current owner has installed or replaced the … Read more
Al and Woody from the Skid Factory released another update on their 1978 Toyota Land Cruiser project. The utility vehicle features a twin-turbo Toyota 1GZ-FE V12, A44xF four-speed automatic transmission, and 75 Series rear end. The team is very close to reaching their goal of making the Land Cruiser running and dependable. In this update … Read more