{"id":18832,"date":"2017-10-17T11:10:09","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=18832"},"modified":"2017-10-17T11:12:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:12:01","slug":"1980-amc-spirit-with-a-ford-v8-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=18832","title":{"rendered":"1980 AMC Spirit with a Ford V8 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We wrote about this 1980 Spirit<\/a> being converted into a Grassroots Motorsports $2017 Challenge<\/a> race car several months ago. Since then the project has progressed and the team is ready for the challenge coming this weekend. The car’s powertrain consists of a Ford 302 ci V8 connected to a three-speed manual and 8.8″ rear end. We can’t wait to see how it performs. For more photos and progress please view the build thread<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Source: Grassroots Motorsports<\/a> (build thread)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We wrote about this 1980 Spirit being converted into a Grassroots Motorsports $2017 Challenge race car several months ago. Since then the project has progressed and the team is ready for the challenge coming this weekend. The car’s powertrain consists of a Ford 302 ci V8 connected to a three-speed manual and 8.8″ rear end.… Read More »1980 AMC Spirit with a Ford V8 Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18833,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[644],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spirit"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1980-AMC-Spirit-with-a-Ford-302-V8-09.jpg?fit=1800%2C1013&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16604,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=16604","url_meta":{"origin":18832,"position":0},"title":"1980 AMC Spirit with a Ford V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1980 AMC Spirit was purchased without an engine and transmission for $200 to compete in the Grassroots Motorsports $2017 Challenge. 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