{"id":2611,"date":"2012-11-08T04:05:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T04:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2611"},"modified":"2015-04-04T23:03:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T03:03:38","slug":"uk-drivers-engine-swap-gets-him-fined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2611","title":{"rendered":"UK Driver&#8217;s Engine Swap Gets Him Fined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One UK driver learned the hard way engine swaps can get you into trouble with the law and insurance companies. When the police pulled over Daniel Phelps they must have realized his Ford Escort had some modifications. Under the hood they found an engine swap and &#8220;super exhaust.&#8221; The UK must have some serious exhaust developers.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk\/news\/crime\/driver-fined-for-engine-swap-car-1-5096690\">Black Pool Gazette<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One UK driver learned the hard way engine swaps can get you into trouble with the law and insurance companies. When the police pulled over Daniel Phelps they must have realized his Ford Escort had some modifications. Under the hood they found an engine swap and &#8220;super exhaust.&#8221; The UK must have some serious exhaust&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2611\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UK Driver&#8217;s Engine Swap Gets Him Fined<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11740,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=11740","url_meta":{"origin":2611,"position":0},"title":"How To Swap a Ford 5.0 L into a BMW E36","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Mikael Vroom has put together a great tutorial series on how to swap a Ford 5.0 L V8 into a BMW E36. 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