{"id":4190,"date":"2014-08-04T13:23:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T17:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4190"},"modified":"2024-01-15T17:29:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T23:29:31","slug":"1928-willys-whippet-tudor-sedan-with-a-supercharged-bmw-v12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4190","title":{"rendered":"1928 Willys Whippet Tudor Sedan with a Supercharged BMW V12"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a 1928 Willys Whippet Tudor Sedan that has been chopped, channeled, and shortened into a 5-window extended cab truck. The bodywork alone took four years to complete. The body modifications include suicide shaved doors, a five inch chop top, roof section filled in with the hood from a 1966 Chevelle and smoothed firewall and cowl panel. By far the toughest part was making the back wall look like it came from the factory as a truck.<\/p>\n

\"1928<\/a><\/p>\n

The engine is a BMW M70 V12 sourced from a 1992 BMW 850I. On top of the engine are two Holley 390 four-barrel carbs and a supercharger from a Detroit Diesel 8V92 V8. You cannot find an intake for this combo. So the builder made a custom one. The engine was converted from computer controlled to analog controlled via two Chevy straight-eight HEI distributors mounted directly to the camshaft. This turns the V12 into two separate straight-six engines running 30-degrees apart. The engine still has vacuum advance and a dash mounted retard controller. The motor delivers close to 700 horsepower. The truck runs the stock BMW automatic transmission with a COMPUSHIFT controller and paddle shifters to select gears. <\/p>\n