{"id":3050,"date":"2014-01-12T02:51:28","date_gmt":"2014-01-12T02:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3050"},"modified":"2018-11-07T20:02:30","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T02:02:30","slug":"twin-turbo-lsx-powered-1952-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3050","title":{"rendered":"1952 Mercury with a Twin-Turbo LSX"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This 1952 Mercury is powered by a 427 cubic-inch LSX V8 with two 72 mm Nelson Racing (Turbonetics) symmetrical turbochargers. The engine features a 8CW billet crank, H-beam rods, LS7 heads, and makes around 1,500 horsepower to the wheels on 98 octane fuel.<\/p>\n

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Source: Facebook Page<\/a> and LS1Tech<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 1952 Mercury is powered by a 427 cubic-inch LSX V8 with two 72 mm Nelson Racing (Turbonetics) symmetrical turbochargers. The engine features a 8CW billet crank, H-beam rods, LS7 heads, and makes around 1,500 horsepower to the wheels on 98 octane fuel. Source: Facebook Page and LS1Tech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3051,"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_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":[153],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mercury"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/1952_mercury_with_twin_turbo_LSx_01.jpg?fit=1280%2C960&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12559,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=12559","url_meta":{"origin":3050,"position":0},"title":"Mercury Racing’s 7.0 L DOHC LSx Engine","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 2, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Mercury Racing debuted their new DOHC 32-valve SB4 7.0 L V8 crate engine at SEMA 2016. 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