{"id":29936,"date":"2018-11-21T18:00:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T00:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=29936"},"modified":"2018-11-20T23:53:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T05:53:36","slug":"riley-stairs-1970-pontiac-firebird-project-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=29936","title":{"rendered":"Riley Stair&#8217;s 1970 Pontiac Firebird Project Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1970-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-with-a-400-ci-LSx-V8-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29250\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=29250\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1970-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-with-a-400-ci-LSx-V8-02.jpg?fit=837%2C1046&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"837,1046\" 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=\"1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with a 400 ci LSx V8 02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with a 400 ci LSx V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1970-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-with-a-400-ci-LSx-V8-02.jpg?fit=837%2C1046&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1970-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-with-a-400-ci-LSx-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with a 400 ci LSx V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1970-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-with-a-400-ci-LSx-V8-02.jpg?resize=600%2C750&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1970-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-with-a-400-ci-LSx-V8-02.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1970-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-with-a-400-ci-LSx-V8-02.jpg?w=837&amp;ssl=1 837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rileystair\/\">Riley Stair<\/a> really turned heads at SEMA this year with his very unique <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=29244\">1970 Pontiac Firebird<\/a>. Sitting inside the engine bay is a 400 ci LSx V8 and equal length 8-to-1 headers. He hopes to get 1,000 horsepower out of the naturally-aspirated motor thanks to its 10,000 rpm limit. Hertrech Eugene caught up with Riley at SEMA to ask how he came up with the wild combination.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/XmnHKwophBg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFhUumuHyYL-mAXSeZVbqMg\">Hoonigan Bonus<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vibrantperformance\/\">Vibrant Performance FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riley Stair really turned heads at SEMA this year with his very unique 1970 Pontiac Firebird. Sitting inside the engine bay is a 400 ci LSx V8 and equal length 8-to-1 headers. He hopes to get 1,000 horsepower out of the naturally-aspirated motor thanks to its 10,000 rpm limit. Hertrech Eugene caught up with Riley&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=29936\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Riley Stair&#8217;s 1970 Pontiac Firebird Project Explained<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29250,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-firebird"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1970-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-with-a-400-ci-LSx-V8-02.jpg?fit=837%2C1046&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29244,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=29244","url_meta":{"origin":29936,"position":0},"title":"1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with a 10,000 rpm LSx V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Riley Stair spent the past two years creating a 1970 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am shell into part race car and part art piece. 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