{"id":20309,"date":"2018-01-08T18:40:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T00:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=20309"},"modified":"2018-01-08T18:40:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T00:40:55","slug":"citroen-saxo-with-a-honda-motorcycle-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=20309","title":{"rendered":"Citroen Saxo with a Honda Motorcycle Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20310\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=20310\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Citroen Saxo with a Honda CBR1100XX inline-four 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Citroen Saxo with a Honda CBR1100XX inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Citroen Saxo with a Honda CBR1100XX inline-four\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-01.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This Citroen Saxo was built to race in hill climb and is piloted by Mario Mariot. The little car&#8217;s factory motor is gone and replaced with a 1,137 cc inline-four from a Honda CBR1100XX sitting behind the driver. The engine produces 133-137 horsepower and 78-80 lb-ft of torque. The video below shows the car competing in the 2017 Alpe del Nevegal.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fqcDhKacX3o\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=20311\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-02.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Citroen Saxo with a Honda CBR1100XX inline-four 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Citroen Saxo with a Honda CBR1100XX inline-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-02.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-02.jpg?resize=620%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Citroen Saxo with a Honda CBR1100XX inline-four\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-02.jpg?resize=620%2C349&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-02.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-02.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-02.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Citroen-Saxo-with-a-Honda-CBR1100XX-inline-four-02.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNSyMNqPbGAYmQ_PDyknFTg\">Italiansupercarvideo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Citroen Saxo was built to race in hill climb and is piloted by Mario Mariot. The little car&#8217;s factory motor is gone and replaced with a 1,137 cc inline-four from a Honda CBR1100XX sitting behind the driver. The engine produces 133-137 horsepower and 78-80 lb-ft of torque. The video below shows the car competing&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=20309\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Citroen Saxo with a Honda Motorcycle Engine<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20310,"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,"_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":[716],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-saxo"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132294,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=132294","url_meta":{"origin":20309,"position":0},"title":"Misha Charoudin Drives a K20-Powered Citro\u00ebn Saxo Around N\u00fcrburgring","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Rodrigo brought his special Citro\u00ebn Saxo to N\u00fcrburg, Germany for Misha Charoudin to drive. 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