{"id":3021,"date":"2014-01-16T05:16:06","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T05:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3021"},"modified":"2014-01-19T03:25:34","modified_gmt":"2014-01-19T03:25:34","slug":"speedhunters-car-of-the-year-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3021","title":{"rendered":"Speedhunters&#8217; Car of the Year List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3063\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3063\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/esd_speedhunters_car_of_the.jpg?fit=620%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,200\" 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=\"esd_speedhunters_car_of_the\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/esd_speedhunters_car_of_the.jpg?fit=300%2C96&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/esd_speedhunters_car_of_the.jpg?fit=620%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/esd_speedhunters_car_of_the.jpg?resize=620%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"esd_speedhunters_car_of_the\" width=\"620\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/esd_speedhunters_car_of_the.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/esd_speedhunters_car_of_the.jpg?resize=600%2C194&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/esd_speedhunters_car_of_the.jpg?resize=300%2C96&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We took the results from Speedhunters&#8217; 2013 Car of the Year and put them into a list. There are a lot of great features and plenty of interesting engine swaps. Feel free to edit the spreadsheet if any details are incorrect.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width='600' height='700' frameborder='0' src='https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/pub?key=0AkjD-oV484agdFRpQ2drMHB2Qk1IbnJvZ3RUbC1fRVE&#038;output=html&#038;widget=true'><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/ccc?key=0AkjD-oV484agdFRpQ2drMHB2Qk1IbnJvZ3RUbC1fRVE&#038;usp=sharing\">Link to Spreadsheet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We took the results from Speedhunters&#8217; 2013 Car of the Year and put them into a list. There are a lot of great features and plenty of interesting engine swaps. Feel free to edit the spreadsheet if any details are incorrect. Link to Spreadsheet<\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1457,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=1457","url_meta":{"origin":3021,"position":0},"title":"RB25 Powered Mazda Miata","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 24, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The first upgrade to the Miata was a turbo kit. 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Commenters over at Speedhunters have said this car runs a stock LS1 and is getting mid 12's in the 1\/4. Source: Speedhunters","rel":"","context":"In &quot;240SX&quot;","block_context":{"text":"240SX","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=92"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4621,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4621","url_meta":{"origin":3021,"position":5},"title":"Speedhunters Looking For Motorcycle Powered Cars","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Speedhunters is about to do a series on motorcycle powered vehicles and is looking for submissions. Here is your chance to get featured on a very popular website. 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