{"id":6212,"date":"2015-05-10T15:01:42","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T19:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6212"},"modified":"2015-05-10T15:01:42","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T19:01:42","slug":"building-a-4th-gen-mustang-with-a-1000-hp-lq4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6212","title":{"rendered":"Building A 4th Gen Mustang With A 1000 HP LQ4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When this 2000 Mustang was purchased with a blown V6 motor it was originally only going to get a V8 swap but things have gone in a different direction since. The power plant now is a de-stroked 2006 LQ4 with twin GT45 turbochargers and setup to run on E85 and occasionally E98. Connected to the engine is a TH400 automatic transmission built by Bergeron Racing rated for 1,200 horsepower and a Strange Engineering build Ford 8.8 diff. To follow this build or for a full list of parts please check the source link below.<\/p>\n

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Source: LS1Tech<\/a> (build thread)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When this 2000 Mustang was purchased with a blown V6 motor it was originally only going to get a V8 swap but things have gone in a different direction since. The power plant now is a de-stroked 2006 LQ4 with twin GT45 turbochargers and setup to run on E85 and occasionally E98. Connected to the… Read More »Building A 4th Gen Mustang With A 1000 HP LQ4<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mustang"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/2000-Mustang-With-A-1000-HP-LQ4-01.jpg?fit=960%2C541&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10649,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=10649","url_meta":{"origin":6212,"position":0},"title":"Chevy Colorado with a 796 hp Turbo LQ4","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 24, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This 2005 Chevy Colorado was built by Matt Happel at Sloppy Mechanics. 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