{"id":76030,"date":"2021-08-30T06:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T11:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=76030"},"modified":"2021-08-30T01:52:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T06:52:25","slug":"1959-cadillac-with-a-supercharged-lsa-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=76030","title":{"rendered":"1959 Cadillac with a Supercharged LSA V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=76034\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-76034\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"76034\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=76034\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1959-Cadillac-convertible-with-a-Supercharged-LSA-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=\"1959 Cadillac convertible with a Supercharged LSA V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1959 Cadillac convertible with a Supercharged LSA V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1959-Cadillac-convertible-with-a-Supercharged-LSA-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1959-Cadillac-convertible-with-a-Supercharged-LSA-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1959 Cadillac convertible with a Supercharged LSA V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-76034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1959-Cadillac-convertible-with-a-Supercharged-LSA-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1959-Cadillac-convertible-with-a-Supercharged-LSA-V8-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1959-Cadillac-convertible-with-a-Supercharged-LSA-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1959-Cadillac-convertible-with-a-Supercharged-LSA-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\/UC5rxiQ29XfC9KgoijRqKL5g\">Cars and Zebras<\/a> found this unique 1959 Cadillac convertible at a FAST (Factory Appearing Stock Tire) event at US 131 Motorsports Park in St, Martin, Michigan. The car no longer retains any part of the factory powertrain. Under the hood sits a supercharged 6.2 L LSA V8 from a 2013 Cadillac CTS-V. The LSA&#8217;s 556 horsepower and 551 lb-ft of torque is sent through a 6L90E six-speed automatic transmission and Ford 9-inch rear end.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/MeB9C3JLDDk\" 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\/UC5rxiQ29XfC9KgoijRqKL5g\">Cars and Zebras<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autoevolution.com\/news\/supercharged-v8-swapped-1959-cadillac-series-62-races-widebody-dodge-challenger-168275.html#\">AutoEvolution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cars and Zebras found this unique 1959 Cadillac convertible at a FAST (Factory Appearing Stock Tire) event at US 131 Motorsports Park in St, Martin, Michigan. The car no longer retains any part of the factory powertrain. Under the hood sits a supercharged 6.2 L LSA V8 from a 2013 Cadillac CTS-V. The LSA&#8217;s 556&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=76030\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1959 Cadillac with a Supercharged LSA V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":76034,"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":70,"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":[606],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-series-62"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1959-Cadillac-convertible-with-a-Supercharged-LSA-V8-01.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4253,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=4253","url_meta":{"origin":76030,"position":0},"title":"1959 Cadillac with a Supercharged LSA V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 5, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A beautiful 1959 Cadillac was spotted on the 2014 Power Tour. 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The seller says the car was built by Futral Motorsports in Walker, Louisiana. Under the hood sits a supercharged LSA V8 crate motor producing 672 horsepower thanks to ported supercharger and underdrive pulleys. 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