Chris Forsberg, Ryan Tuerck, and Dylan Hughes have been working on installing a built 2JZ-GTE inline-six into a 2011 Toyota Nascar Cup Series race car. In these updates the team finishes work on the swap before taking it to the dyno where it made 615 horsepower on 23 psi of boost. Source: Gumout Channel via … Read more
Takis Paraskevopoulos owns one of the fastest Audi S3 in Greece. He built the car to drag race at his company 0-400 Tune 2 Race. The vehicle is powered by a 3.0 L R30 VR6 which produces 1200+ horsepower. Power is sent to all four slicks through a Nissan Skyline R32 AWD drivetrain featuring Quaife … Read more
This 1971 Opel GT built for LeMons racing is for sale in Racine, Wisconsin for $3,995. In the engine bay sits a naturally aspirated 2.3 L inline-four from a Ford Ranger with upgraded rockers and modified camshaft. The drivetrain uses a T5 five-speed manual transmission with a new clutch and Alfa Romeo rear axle with … Read more
Cam Clerx enjoys driving his 1980 Mercedes 450SL but grew tired of the factory V8 leaving him stranded. So he sent the convertible to Robert Rubio and his team at Sideways Performance for a powertrain upgrade. There they replaced the Mercedes engine and transmission with a turbocharged 2.5 L 1JZ-GTE VVTi inline-six and Toyota automatic … Read more
Joseph Miranda enjoys building vehicles with a lot of torque. His stable of vehicles features four with swapped V8s. Today we examine one of those projects, a 1989 Mitsubishi Starion with a turbocharged and nitrous V8. At the heart of this Starion is a turbocharged 408 ci Chevy small-block V8 set back in the engine … Read more
Andre Simon from High Performance Academy interviewed Darren Palumbo from Bullet Race Engineering (BRE) about their new RB-series block. The company made several improvements to allow for a stronger Callies Ultra Billet crankshaft. The company designed the block to use 2JZ main bearings and Honda rod bearings. They also increased wall thickness, keyway size, and … Read more