{"id":16672,"date":"2017-06-16T15:09:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T20:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16672"},"modified":"2017-06-16T15:09:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T20:09:06","slug":"roadkill-races-the-rotsun-against-the-blown-impala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16672","title":{"rendered":"Roadkill Races the Rotsun Against the Blown Impala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadkill-Rotsun-vs-Blown-Impala.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16673\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=16673\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadkill-Rotsun-vs-Blown-Impala.jpg?fit=1280%2C470&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,470\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Roadkill Rotsun vs Blown Impala\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Roadkill Rotsun vs Blown Impala&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadkill-Rotsun-vs-Blown-Impala.jpg?fit=1024%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadkill-Rotsun-vs-Blown-Impala.jpg?resize=620%2C228&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Roadkill Rotsun vs Blown Impala\" width=\"620\" height=\"228\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-16673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadkill-Rotsun-vs-Blown-Impala.jpg?resize=620%2C228&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadkill-Rotsun-vs-Blown-Impala.jpg?resize=600%2C220&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadkill-Rotsun-vs-Blown-Impala.jpg?resize=768%2C282&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadkill-Rotsun-vs-Blown-Impala.jpg?resize=1024%2C376&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadkill-Rotsun-vs-Blown-Impala.jpg?resize=30%2C11&amp;ssl=1 30w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadkill-Rotsun-vs-Blown-Impala.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Roadkill boys are back to prove whether the Rotsun or the blown Impala is faster. Mike Finnegan will be driving the 1971 Datsun 240Z with a Ford 5.0 L V8 and a Power Stroke turbocharger. The car showed some serious speed when the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BYu7irteuOU\">new motor was installed in episode 64<\/a>. David Freiburger will be driving the 1969 Impala powered by a blown 498 ci big-block V8 that used to reside in the Crusher Camaro. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Ko6EQSbMek\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL12C0C916CECEA3BC\">Roadkill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Roadkill boys are back to prove whether the Rotsun or the blown Impala is faster. Mike Finnegan will be driving the 1971 Datsun 240Z with a Ford 5.0 L V8 and a Power Stroke turbocharger. The car showed some serious speed when the new motor was installed in episode 64. David Freiburger will be&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16672\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Roadkill Races the Rotsun Against the Blown Impala<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16673,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[93,142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-240z","category-impala"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Roadkill-Rotsun-vs-Blown-Impala.jpg?fit=1280%2C470&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13844,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=13844","url_meta":{"origin":16672,"position":0},"title":"Roadkill Builds a 1969 Impala with a Supercharged Big-Block V8 for MCM","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 28, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Fans of both Roadkill and Might Car Mods have been asking for years to do an episode together. 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