{"id":40938,"date":"2019-05-29T06:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T11:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=40938"},"modified":"2019-05-29T00:27:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T05:27:27","slug":"custom-supercharged-inline-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=40938","title":{"rendered":"Custom Supercharged Inline-Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Custom-Supercharged-Inline-Eight-01.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40953\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=40953\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Custom-Supercharged-Inline-Eight-01.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,750\" 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=\"Custom Supercharged Inline-Eight 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Custom Supercharged Inline-Eight&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Custom-Supercharged-Inline-Eight-01.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Custom-Supercharged-Inline-Eight-01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Custom Supercharged Inline-Eight\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40953\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Custom-Supercharged-Inline-Eight-01.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Custom-Supercharged-Inline-Eight-01.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Custom-Supercharged-Inline-Eight-01.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britchopper.co.uk\/ContactEd.htm\">Chris Ireland<\/a> aka &#8220;Desperate Dan&#8221; loves building motorcycles, trikes, hot rods, and engines. Several years ago he built a custom supercharged 2.4 L inline-eight for a trike project. It was constructed from two air-cooled 1200 cc NSU inline-four engines bolted together at the crank. It features a GMC supercharger, Weber twin choke carburetors, and Rover V8 distributor driven by chain from back of camshaft. The engine is mated to a Reliant transmission. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/p5y3a2did4E\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCS7T_vvJ92vVU-p3f8G_CfA\">999desperate<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thekneeslider.com\/supercharged-nsu-straight-8-trike-engine-from-two-inline-4-cylinder-auto-engines\/\">The Kneeslider<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshift1320\/freaky-straight-eight-is-blown-and-beyond-comprehension\/\">Bangshift<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Ireland aka &#8220;Desperate Dan&#8221; loves building motorcycles, trikes, hot rods, and engines. Several years ago he built a custom supercharged 2.4 L inline-eight for a trike project. It was constructed from two air-cooled 1200 cc NSU inline-four engines bolted together at the crank. It features a GMC supercharger, Weber twin choke carburetors, and Rover&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=40938\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Custom Supercharged Inline-Eight<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":40953,"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,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[893],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland-i8"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Custom-Supercharged-Inline-Eight-01.jpg?fit=1000%2C750&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14540,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=14540","url_meta":{"origin":40938,"position":0},"title":"Custom Reverse Trike with a Kubota Turbo Diesel","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Head Turner Customs really enjoys building motorcycles with diesel engines. 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