{"id":146939,"date":"2026-03-30T06:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T11:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=146939"},"modified":"2026-03-30T00:14:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:14:52","slug":"the-flying-kestrel-update-for-200-mph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=146939","title":{"rendered":"The Flying Kestrel with a 900+ hp Inline-Five is Going for 200 mph"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Flying Kestrel<\/a> will attempt to break 200 mph later this year. For those unfamiliar with the project, it started in 2020 when Kestrel Beer tasked Webster Race Engineering<\/a> with building a 1935 Riley Kestrel into a race car. For the powertrain they chose a turbocharged 2.5 L TFSI inline-five, sequential transmission, and Ford 9-inch rear end. The motor is capable<\/a> of 992 hp (729 kW) and 753 lb-ft (1020 Nm) of torque. To prep for the 200 mph run, the team rebuilt the inline-five with new valves, +1 mm oversized JE pistons, and stronger head studs. They also swapped the previous transmission to a ZF 8HP70 eight-speed automatic transmission. <\/p>\n

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