{"id":23417,"date":"2018-05-08T18:47:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T23:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=23417"},"modified":"2018-05-08T18:53:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T23:53:41","slug":"ford-model-a-with-a-s2000-powertrain-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=23417","title":{"rendered":"Ford Model A with a S2000 Powertrain Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ford-Model-A-with-a-Honda-S2000-Powertrain-10.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"23426\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=23426\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ford-Model-A-with-a-Honda-S2000-Powertrain-10.jpg?fit=1080%2C697&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,697\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ford Model A with a Honda S2000 Powertrain 10\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ford Model A with a Honda S2000 Powertrain&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ford-Model-A-with-a-Honda-S2000-Powertrain-10.jpg?fit=1024%2C661&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ford-Model-A-with-a-Honda-S2000-Powertrain-10.jpg?resize=600%2C387&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ford Model A with a Honda S2000 Powertrain\" width=\"600\" height=\"387\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ford-Model-A-with-a-Honda-S2000-Powertrain-10.jpg?resize=600%2C387&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ford-Model-A-with-a-Honda-S2000-Powertrain-10.jpg?resize=768%2C496&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ford-Model-A-with-a-Honda-S2000-Powertrain-10.jpg?resize=1024%2C661&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ford-Model-A-with-a-Honda-S2000-Powertrain-10.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/goomba_james\/\">James Schwartz<\/a>&#8216;s custom <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8520\">Model A project<\/a> in 2015. He made it using Model A body on a custom tube chassis with a Honda S2000 F20C inline-four and six-speed manual transmission. James sold the project in 2015 and then it was sold again to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rickyboada\/\">Ricky Boada<\/a> in 2017. While in Ricky&#8217;s procession he modified the firewall, chassis around the transmission, rear wing, and added new mounts and custom diffuser. Listen as Ricky explains the project and makes the F20C sing. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2TPaZ6ToTO4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_rxj_y8iWso\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tzqtUI9QbQk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCo6b_pd5Ylyw5S0QGg-T08w\">Ricky Boada<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rickyboada\/\">@RickyBoada<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We shared James Schwartz&#8216;s custom Model A project in 2015. He made it using Model A body on a custom tube chassis with a Honda S2000 F20C inline-four and six-speed manual transmission. James sold the project in 2015 and then it was sold again to Ricky Boada in 2017. While in Ricky&#8217;s procession he modified&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=23417\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ford Model A with a S2000 Powertrain Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23426,"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":[283],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-model-a"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Ford-Model-A-with-a-Honda-S2000-Powertrain-10.jpg?fit=1080%2C697&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8520,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=8520","url_meta":{"origin":23417,"position":0},"title":"Ford Model A with a S2000 Powertrain","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many automotive fans have seen concept renderings and thought it would be fun to build it but very few ever get around to it. 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