{"id":3076,"date":"2014-01-26T23:33:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-26T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2021-05-25T21:29:59","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T02:29:59","slug":"1959-cadillac-with-1500-horsepower-hemi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3076","title":{"rendered":"1959 Cadillac with a 1500 hp Hemi V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nelsonracingengines.com\/\">Nelson Racing Engines<\/a> is building a wild 1959 Cadillac coupe. The project began with just the engine, a NRE built twin-turbo Hemi V8 capable of 1,500 horsepower. But after watching the engine on the dyno the owner soon realized the rest of the car should be upgraded as well. The frame is built by Art Morrison and will have exhaust routed through it. This means nothing will be lower than the frame rails. Another interesting feature is the twin suspension system. The driver will be able to switch between a three-link and four-link suspension depending on the setting.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gdVzKSSQf1k\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nelson Racing Engines is building a wild 1959 Cadillac coupe. The project began with just the engine, a NRE built twin-turbo Hemi V8 capable of 1,500 horsepower. But after watching the engine on the dyno the owner soon realized the rest of the car should be upgraded as well. The frame is built by Art&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3076\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1959 Cadillac with a 1500 hp Hemi V8<\/span><\/a><\/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":"off","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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107877,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=107877","url_meta":{"origin":3076,"position":0},"title":"1959 Cadillac Coupe DeVille with a Twin-Turbo 470 ci HEMI V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 21, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Nelson Racing Engines built this 1959 Cadillac Coupe DeVille called \"MoCad\" in 2013. 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