{"id":73822,"date":"2021-06-30T13:35:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T18:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=73822"},"modified":"2021-06-30T13:37:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T18:37:48","slug":"1971-triumph-gt6-with-a-ls4-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=73822","title":{"rendered":"1971 Triumph GT6 with a LS4 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=73825\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-73825\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"73825\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=73825\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1971-Triumph-GT6-with-a-LS4-V8-01.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=\"1971 Triumph GT6 with a LS4 V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1971 Triumph GT6 with a LS4 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1971-Triumph-GT6-with-a-LS4-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1971-Triumph-GT6-with-a-LS4-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1971 Triumph GT6 with a LS4 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-73825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1971-Triumph-GT6-with-a-LS4-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1971-Triumph-GT6-with-a-LS4-V8-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1971-Triumph-GT6-with-a-LS4-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1971-Triumph-GT6-with-a-LS4-V8-01.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\/UCohnAc8nMdYZImxsCLyz5gg\">Fanatik Builds<\/a> started their 1971 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Triumph_GT6\">Triumph GT6<\/a> project as a simple restoration. However bad previous repairs, rust, and a desire for more power, resulted in a project with five years of work&#8230; so far. Currently the car sits on a custom chassis with a Crown Victoria front suspension. The powertrain consists of a 5.3 L LS4 V8, Mustang T5 manual transmission with a Jeep bellhousing, and shortened C4 Corvette Dana 36 rear end. The video below recaps the last five years of work. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/atjFM-uddq8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCohnAc8nMdYZImxsCLyz5gg\">Fanatik Builds<\/a> via Richard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fanatik Builds started their 1971 Triumph GT6 project as a simple restoration. However bad previous repairs, rust, and a desire for more power, resulted in a project with five years of work&#8230; so far. Currently the car sits on a custom chassis with a Crown Victoria front suspension. The powertrain consists of a 5.3 L&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=73822\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1971 Triumph GT6 with a LS4 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":73825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","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":[1074],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gt6"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1971-Triumph-GT6-with-a-LS4-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":134525,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=134525","url_meta":{"origin":73822,"position":0},"title":"1933 Ford with a Rear-Engine LS4 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 14, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Austin Collins from Hot Rod Heaven USA interviewed Russ about his \"Miss Understood\" 1933 Ford sedan. 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