{"id":26428,"date":"2018-08-09T09:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26428"},"modified":"2018-08-09T14:20:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T19:20:40","slug":"nissan-sentra-with-a-twin-turbo-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26428","title":{"rendered":"Nissan Sentra with a Twin-Turbo V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nissan-Sentra-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"26430\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=26430\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nissan-Sentra-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1440&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1440\" 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=\"Nissan Sentra with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Nissan Sentra with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nissan-Sentra-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nissan-Sentra-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nissan Sentra with a Twin-Turbo LSx V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nissan-Sentra-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nissan-Sentra-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nissan-Sentra-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nissan-Sentra-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nissan-Sentra-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nissan-Sentra-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nissan-Sentra-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aaron Fugate calls his 1994 Nissan Sentra the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sinistersentra\/\">Sinister Sentra<\/a>. Aaron converted the car to rear-wheel drive using Chevy and 240SX parts. The engine is a 5.3 L LSx V8 with two turbochargers sticking out of the hood. The drivetrain consists of a TH400 three-speed automatic transmission connected to a 240SX rear end. The car ran a 6.993 sec at 101.62 mph in the eight-mile on 18 psi of boost and 10.99 sec at 120.6 mph in the quarter-mile on nitrous before the turbos.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/NBpSTgGTjEM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ugL-zBNuIuI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sinistersentra\/\">Sinister Sentra FB page<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCXn8NJELpqHZ_SfRvXM3gZg\">Aaron Fugate<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCDxY7yP73nhobjLiUOm8how\">BigKleib34<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aaron Fugate calls his 1994 Nissan Sentra the Sinister Sentra. Aaron converted the car to rear-wheel drive using Chevy and 240SX parts. The engine is a 5.3 L LSx V8 with two turbochargers sticking out of the hood. The drivetrain consists of a TH400 three-speed automatic transmission connected to a 240SX rear end. The car&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=26428\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nissan Sentra with a Twin-Turbo V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26430,"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":[784],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sentra"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Nissan-Sentra-with-a-Twin-Turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":145549,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=145549","url_meta":{"origin":26428,"position":0},"title":"1991 Sentra with a 869 hp Turbo QR25","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Peter Myers from Vision 1 Racing built his 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R for drag racing. 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