{"id":27900,"date":"2018-09-24T09:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=27900"},"modified":"2023-03-12T00:21:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-12T06:21:05","slug":"1961-rolls-royce-silver-cloud-ii-with-a-ls3-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=27900","title":{"rendered":"1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II with a LS3 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II was built by Charlotte Speed Shop<\/a> in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company restored the car several years earlier and the owner brought it back for a performance upgrade. The luxurious sedan now rides on a custom suspension with a Flaming River steering rack, tubular control arms, QA1 adjustable coilovers, and Wilwood disc brakes. They replaced the factory powertrain with a 6.2 L LS3 V8 that makes 430 horsepower and 425 lb-ft of torque to the rear wheels through a 4L65E four-speed automatic and Ford 9-inch rear end.<\/p>\n

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Source: Charlotte Speed Shop<\/a> (build album)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II was built by Charlotte Speed Shop in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company restored the car several years earlier and the owner brought it back for a performance upgrade. The luxurious sedan now rides on a custom suspension with a Flaming River steering rack, tubular control arms, QA1 adjustable coilovers,… Read More »1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II with a LS3 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":27901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"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":[695],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-silver-cloud"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1961-Rolls-Royce-Silver-Cloud-II-with-a-LS3-V8-01.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111134,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=111134","url_meta":{"origin":27900,"position":0},"title":"1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II with a Supercharged LT4 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 6, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Ringbrothers spent 3400 hours creating \u201cParamount\u201d by combining the classic stylings from a 1961 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II and a powerful modern powertrain. 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