{"id":1953,"date":"2011-06-30T23:11:32","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T04:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2018-01-28T16:44:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T22:44:21","slug":"fiat-126-powered-by-honda-blackbird-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1953","title":{"rendered":"Building a Fiat 126 with a Honda Blackbird Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The engine hasn’t been installed yet but I thought this project deserved to be posted anyway. Plans are to install a 330 horsepower, supercharged 1100 cc Honda Blackbird motorcycle engine into this customized Fiat 126. The project builders have built a complete tube chassis and roll cage. The body has had extensive modification including a custom front spoiler, wheel arches, hood intakes, and suicide door conversion. I can’t wait to see how this project progresses.<\/p>\n

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The engine hasn’t been installed yet but I thought this project deserved to be posted anyway. Plans are to install a 330 horsepower, supercharged 1100 cc Honda Blackbird motorcycle engine into this customized Fiat 126. The project builders have built a complete tube chassis and roll cage. The body has had extensive modification including a… Read More »Building a Fiat 126 with a Honda Blackbird Engine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-350"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Fiat-126-with-a-Honda-Blackbird-motorcycle-engine-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12831,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=12831","url_meta":{"origin":1953,"position":0},"title":"Fiat 126 with a Honda CBR1100XX Inline-Four","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Alessio Arena has taken a 1976 Fiat 126 his Grandfather left to him and turned it into a tiny track monster. 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