{"id":42890,"date":"2019-07-10T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=42890"},"modified":"2019-07-09T23:59:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T04:59:41","slug":"project-firebolt-toyota-tacoma-with-a-turbo-lsx-v8-part-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=42890","title":{"rendered":"Project Firebolt: Toyota Tacoma with a Turbo LSx V8 &#8211; Part 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Project-Firebolt-Toyota-Tacoma-with-a-Turbo-LSx-V8-10.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42891\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=42891\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Project-Firebolt-Toyota-Tacoma-with-a-Turbo-LSx-V8-10.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" 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=\"Project Firebolt Toyota Tacoma with a Turbo LSx V8 10\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Comp turbocharger going in Project Firebolt Toyota Tacoma with a LSx V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Project-Firebolt-Toyota-Tacoma-with-a-Turbo-LSx-V8-10.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Project-Firebolt-Toyota-Tacoma-with-a-Turbo-LSx-V8-10.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Comp turbocharger going in Project Firebolt Toyota Tacoma with a LSx V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-42891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Project-Firebolt-Toyota-Tacoma-with-a-Turbo-LSx-V8-10.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Project-Firebolt-Toyota-Tacoma-with-a-Turbo-LSx-V8-10.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Project-Firebolt-Toyota-Tacoma-with-a-Turbo-LSx-V8-10.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Project-Firebolt-Toyota-Tacoma-with-a-Turbo-LSx-V8-10.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPbcdXYlIxk8a_4xXzyqepw\">Tom&#8217;s Turbo Garage<\/a> released a new update on his Project Firebolt. If you are unfamiliar with the build, he is installing a turbocharged 5.3 LSx V8 (Gen 3\/iron block), 4L80E four-speed automatic, and Ford 8.8-inch rear end into a 2002 Toyota Tacoma. In this video Tom shows off his new Comp turbocharger and begins building the custom exhaust system and mounting the radiator. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/QoCkhrW0X-g\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCPbcdXYlIxk8a_4xXzyqepw\">Tom&#8217;s Turbo Garage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom&#8217;s Turbo Garage released a new update on his Project Firebolt. If you are unfamiliar with the build, he is installing a turbocharged 5.3 LSx V8 (Gen 3\/iron block), 4L80E four-speed automatic, and Ford 8.8-inch rear end into a 2002 Toyota Tacoma. In this video Tom shows off his new Comp turbocharger and begins building&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=42890\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Project Firebolt: Toyota Tacoma with a Turbo LSx V8 &#8211; Part 8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":42891,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[675],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tacoma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Project-Firebolt-Toyota-Tacoma-with-a-Turbo-LSx-V8-10.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45389,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=45389","url_meta":{"origin":42890,"position":0},"title":"Project Firebolt: Toyota Tacoma with a Turbo LSx V8 &#8211; Part 12","author":"swaptastic","date":"September 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Tom's Turbo Garage released another update on his Project Firebolt. 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