{"id":37241,"date":"2019-03-14T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=37241"},"modified":"2019-03-13T23:12:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T05:12:18","slug":"1970-datsun-240z-with-a-hellcat-v8-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=37241","title":{"rendered":"1970 Datsun 240Z with a Hellcat V8 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1970-Datsun-240Z-with-a-supercharged-Hellcat-V8-05.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37243\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=37243\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1970-Datsun-240Z-with-a-supercharged-Hellcat-V8-05.jpg?fit=1080%2C1350&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1350\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1970 Datsun 240Z with a supercharged Hellcat V8 05\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1970 Datsun 240Z with a supercharged Hellcat V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1970-Datsun-240Z-with-a-supercharged-Hellcat-V8-05.jpg?fit=960%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1970-Datsun-240Z-with-a-supercharged-Hellcat-V8-05.jpg?resize=600%2C750&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1970 Datsun 240Z with a supercharged Hellcat V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1970-Datsun-240Z-with-a-supercharged-Hellcat-V8-05.jpg?resize=600%2C750&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1970-Datsun-240Z-with-a-supercharged-Hellcat-V8-05.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1970-Datsun-240Z-with-a-supercharged-Hellcat-V8-05.jpg?resize=960%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1970-Datsun-240Z-with-a-supercharged-Hellcat-V8-05.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCG6FgAhSMjGYHAISudopHBw\">RWB Jeff<\/a> is back with several update videos on his &#8220;Hell Z&#8221; Datsun 240Z project. As the name suggests, the car is receiving a supercharged 6.2 L Hellcat V8 connected to a TR-6060 six-speed manual and Ford 8.8-inch rear end. In the videos below Jeff shaves the rear quarter panels, welds plates for a roll cage, covers firewall holes, and installs Bride Stradia II Japan seats. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/cp86-0fmxAo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/y7kQbEtYIQg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_WUdk5JacDM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rwb_kitchener\/\">@rwb_kitchener<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCG6FgAhSMjGYHAISudopHBw\">RWB Jeff<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RWB Jeff is back with several update videos on his &#8220;Hell Z&#8221; Datsun 240Z project. As the name suggests, the car is receiving a supercharged 6.2 L Hellcat V8 connected to a TR-6060 six-speed manual and Ford 8.8-inch rear end. In the videos below Jeff shaves the rear quarter panels, welds plates for a roll&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=37241\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1970 Datsun 240Z with a Hellcat V8 Update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":37243,"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,"_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":[93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-240z"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40331,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=40331","url_meta":{"origin":37241,"position":0},"title":"1970 Datsun 240Z with a Hellcat V8 Update 2","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"RWB Jeff released several update videos on his \"Hell Z\" Datsun 240Z project since our previous article. 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