{"id":37342,"date":"2019-03-15T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=37342"},"modified":"2019-03-15T11:01:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T17:01:14","slug":"custom-corvair-pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-lsx-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=37342","title":{"rendered":"Custom Corvair Pickup with a Mid-Engine Twin-Turbo LSx V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rich Wait is converting a 1961 Corvair Rampside pickup into a unique hot rod at his company Hot Rod Factory<\/a> in East Bethel, Minnesota. The widened and stretched body lays over a custom tube chassis with an adjustable coilover suspension. In the bed sits a twin-turbo LSx V8 expected to make 1,500 horsepower. View more photos of the project in the build album<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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Source: Hot Rod Factory<\/a> (build album) via Sloppy Mechanics FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rich Wait is converting a 1961 Corvair Rampside pickup into a unique hot rod at his company Hot Rod Factory in East Bethel, Minnesota. The widened and stretched body lays over a custom tube chassis with an adjustable coilover suspension. In the bed sits a twin-turbo LSx V8 expected to make 1,500 horsepower. View more… Read More »Custom Corvair Pickup with a Mid-Engine Twin-Turbo LSx V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":37346,"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":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corvair"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":85834,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=85834","url_meta":{"origin":37342,"position":0},"title":"Custom 1965 Corvair with a LSx V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Fast Freddie's Rod Shop transformed a 1965 Corvair into a race car with help from Midwest Metalworks. 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