{"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":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37346\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=37346\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=2000%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Corvair 95 Rampside Pickup with a mid-engine twin-turbo LSx V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Corvair 95 Rampside Pickup with a mid-engine twin-turbo LSx V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=600%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Corvair Rampside Pickup with a mid-engine twin-turbo LSx V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C480&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rich Wait is converting a 1961 Corvair Rampside pickup into a unique hot rod at his company <a href=\"https:\/\/hotrodfactory.net\/\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/hotrodfactory.net\/projects-more-builds-and-restorations\/2017\/8\/30\/61-corvair\">build album<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37347\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=37347\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-02.jpg?fit=2000%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-08.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-08.jpg?resize=600%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Corvair Rampside Pickup with a mid-engine twin-turbo LSx V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-37353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-08.jpg?resize=600%2C480&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-08.jpg?resize=768%2C614&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-08.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-08.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/hotrodfactory.net\/projects-more-builds-and-restorations\/2017\/8\/30\/61-corvair\">Hot Rod Factory<\/a> (build album) via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/1383131305275204\/permalink\/2338562686398723\/\">Sloppy Mechanics FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=37342\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">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_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":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corvair"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Corvair-95-Rampside-Pickup-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=2000%2C1600&ssl=1","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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