{"id":162,"date":"2008-06-18T13:02:27","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T18:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=162"},"modified":"2021-04-07T20:33:30","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T01:33:30","slug":"austin-healey-with-jaguar-v12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=162","title":{"rendered":"Austin-Healey with a Supercharged Jaguar V12"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Austin-Healey<\/a><\/p>\n

Britishv8.org published an article about a 1954 Austin-Healey<\/a> owned by Martin Jansen. The car has a 5.3 L Jaguar V12 engine which is balanced and blueprinted. No reason to keep it naturally aspirated so a Vortec V2 supercharger was added. The drivetrain features a Tremec 3550 TKO five-speed transmission and Ford 9-inch rear end. The suspension was kept pretty much stock except for minor modifications to help with the powertrain. For more details please check the BritishV8 article.<\/p>\n

\"Austin-Healey<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: BritishV8<\/a> via Jalopnik<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Britishv8.org published an article about a 1954 Austin-Healey owned by Martin Jansen. The car has a 5.3 L Jaguar V12 engine which is balanced and blueprinted. No reason to keep it naturally aspirated so a Vortec V2 supercharger was added. The drivetrain features a Tremec 3550 TKO five-speed transmission and Ford 9-inch rear end. The… Read More »Austin-Healey with a Supercharged Jaguar V12<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":59191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-austin-healey"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/Austin-Healey-with-a-Supercharged-Jaguar-V12-01.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70051,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=70051","url_meta":{"origin":162,"position":0},"title":"1965 Austin-Healey Sprite with a Turbo Mazda 1.6 L Inline-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1965 Austin-Healey Sprite called \"The Mite\" sold on Bring a Trailer for $30,000. 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