{"id":39717,"date":"2019-04-29T16:48:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T22:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=39717"},"modified":"2019-04-29T16:48:08","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T22:48:08","slug":"1977-mini-with-a-supercharged-lsx-v8-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=39717","title":{"rendered":"1977 Mini with a Supercharged LSx V8 &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"39720\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=39720\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" 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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1977 Mini with a Supercharged LSx V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1977 Mini with a Supercharged LSx V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1977 Mini with a Supercharged LSx V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dario from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thehouseofboost\/\">The House of Boost<\/a> started a new project converting a 1977 Austin Mini into a burnout machine. The car will be powered by a supercharged 4.8 L LSx V8 that uses a 6v71 blower and runs on methanol. Listen as Dario explains the project and then shows how to shorten a Ford 8-inch rear end. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ooOaDiNRxuM\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrAh7I5Vx36OdhdvhnliTEA\">The House of Boost<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thehouseofboost\/\">@thehouseofboost<\/a> via Piotr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dario from The House of Boost started a new project converting a 1977 Austin Mini into a burnout machine. The car will be powered by a supercharged 4.8 L LSx V8 that uses a 6v71 blower and runs on methanol. Listen as Dario explains the project and then shows how to shorten a Ford 8-inch&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=39717\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1977 Mini with a Supercharged LSx V8 &#8211; Part 1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":39720,"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":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mini"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1977-Mini-with-a-Supercharged-LSx-V8-01.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":40593,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=40593","url_meta":{"origin":39717,"position":0},"title":"1977 Mini with a Supercharged LSx V8 &#8211; Part 2","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Dario from The House of Boost is back with an update on his 1977 Austin Mini project. 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