{"id":2450,"date":"2015-03-23T16:23:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T20:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2015-03-23T16:23:12","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T20:23:12","slug":"tanner-fousts-new-drift-passat-rumored-to-have-a-chevy-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2450","title":{"rendered":"Tanner Foust’s New Drift Passat Rumored To Have A Chevy V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A month ago Tanner Foust announced he would be returning to Formula D for part of the 2015 season (Long Beach, Atlanta, Irwindale). The car he was going to drive was a 900 horsepower Volkswagen Passat. There was no mention of engine type in the video he released or articles….. until now. Wrecked Magazine is reporting Tanner’s Passat will be powered by a Chevrolet Performance crate V8. There is no mention if the engine will be NA or turbo.<\/p>\n

Source: Wrecked Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A month ago Tanner Foust announced he would be returning to Formula D for part of the 2015 season (Long Beach, Atlanta, Irwindale). The car he was going to drive was a 900 horsepower Volkswagen Passat. There was no mention of engine type in the video he released or articles….. until now. Wrecked Magazine is… Read More »Tanner Foust’s New Drift Passat Rumored To Have A Chevy V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"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":[281],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-passat"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20413,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=20413","url_meta":{"origin":2450,"position":0},"title":"Tanner Foust Makes Smoke With his LS7 Powered Passat","author":"swaptastic","date":"January 12, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Tanner Foust stopped by the Donut Garage to show off his Volkswagen Passat. 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