{"id":36929,"date":"2019-03-08T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=36929"},"modified":"2019-03-07T21:19:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T03:19:45","slug":"amc-hornet-with-a-twin-turbo-5-3-l-lsx-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=36929","title":{"rendered":"AMC Hornet with a Twin-Turbo 5.3 L LSx V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The owner of the AMC Hornet is building it from the ground up for drag racing. The car rides on a Foxbody Mustang front suspension with an AJE Colt 65 kit<\/a> that features universal K-member, engine mounts, A-arms, and adjustable coilovers. They upgraded the rear suspension with Calvert Racing split mono-leafs springs, sliders, and CalTracs traction bars. In the engine bay sits a twin-turbo 5.3 L LSx V8 with Gen 4 internals, Lil John’s Motorsports Solutions (LJMS) Stage 1 twin-turbo camshaft, Holley Hi-Ram intake, and two VS Racing S366-style turbochargers. View more photos and follow progress in the build thread<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Source: LS1Tech<\/a> (build thread)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The owner of the AMC Hornet is building it from the ground up for drag racing. The car rides on a Foxbody Mustang front suspension with an AJE Colt 65 kit that features universal K-member, engine mounts, A-arms, and adjustable coilovers. They upgraded the rear suspension with Calvert Racing split mono-leafs springs, sliders, and CalTracs… Read More »AMC Hornet with a Twin-Turbo 5.3 L LSx V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36932,"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_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":[860],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hornet"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AMC-Hornet-with-a-Twin-Turbo-5.3-L-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1147%2C860&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":140163,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=140163","url_meta":{"origin":36929,"position":0},"title":"Matt Frater’s 1986 Toyota Truck with a Mid-Engine Twin-Turbo LSx V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Matt Frater has owned his 1986 Toyota truck since high school. 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