{"id":2798,"date":"2014-05-21T17:46:22","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T22:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2025-02-12T14:25:02","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T20:25:02","slug":"fiat-126-with-a-twin-turbo-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2798","title":{"rendered":"Fiat 126 with a Twin-Turbo V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3626\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3626\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3626\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3626\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fiat_126_with_twin_turbo_v8_02.jpg?fit=2048%2C1529&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1529\" 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=\"fiat_126_with_twin_turbo_v8_02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Fiat 126 with a twin-turbo V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fiat_126_with_twin_turbo_v8_02.jpg?fit=1024%2C764&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3626\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fiat_126_with_twin_turbo_v8_02.jpg?resize=625%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"fiat_126_with_twin_turbo_v8_02\" width=\"625\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fiat_126_with_twin_turbo_v8_02.jpg?resize=1024%2C764&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fiat_126_with_twin_turbo_v8_02.jpg?resize=600%2C448&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fiat_126_with_twin_turbo_v8_02.jpg?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fiat_126_with_twin_turbo_v8_02.jpg?resize=624%2C465&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fiat_126_with_twin_turbo_v8_02.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Banks, his father, and four brothers built this wild Fiat 126 (sold as FSM Niki in Australia). In 2012 when the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedhunters.com\/2012\/01\/car_spotlight_gt_gt_the_fiat_126_monsterb\/\">Speehunters article<\/a> was published, the Niki was powered by a 5.0 L Holden V8. Since then the builders have installed two turbochargers. We tried to find updated information on this build but could not. If anyone knows more about it please leave a comment.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/X6fYA3i3kmM?si=aEsPNecYVkMyf8WT\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/oppositelock.jalopnik.com\/pocket-rocket-1175211878\">OppositeLock<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedhunters.com\/2012\/01\/car_spotlight_gt_gt_the_fiat_126_monsterb\/\">Speedhunters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Banks, his father, and four brothers built this wild Fiat 126 (sold as FSM Niki in Australia). In 2012 when the Speehunters article was published, the Niki was powered by a 5.0 L Holden V8. Since then the builders have installed two turbochargers. We tried to find updated information on this build but could&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=2798\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fiat 126 with a Twin-Turbo V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-350"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/fiat_126_with_twin_turbo_v8_02.jpg?fit=2048%2C1529&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":88324,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=88324","url_meta":{"origin":2798,"position":0},"title":"Niki with a Twin-Turbo Nissan Inline-Three","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 13, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When the Fiat 126p was exported to Australia, they called it the FSM Niki. 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