{"id":80233,"date":"2021-12-09T17:22:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T23:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=80233"},"modified":"2022-11-17T22:35:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T04:35:54","slug":"awd-1967-gto-with-a-mid-engine-twin-turbo-v8-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=80233","title":{"rendered":"AWD 1967 GTO with a Mid-Engine Twin-Turbo V8 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nelson Racing Engines<\/a> (NRE) is building a custom 1967 Pontiac GTO called “Goatzilla”. The project’s unique powertrain features a 2,500 hp twin-turbo big-block V8, Powerglide two-speed automatic, and Weismann transfer cases. The project reached a milestone recently being able to roll out of the company on its own wheels. <\/p>\n

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Source: Nelson Racing Engine FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nelson Racing Engines (NRE) is building a custom 1967 Pontiac GTO called “Goatzilla”. The project’s unique powertrain features a 2,500 hp twin-turbo big-block V8, Powerglide two-speed automatic, and Weismann transfer cases. The project reached a milestone recently being able to roll out of the company on its own wheels. Source: Nelson Racing Engine FB page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":80241,"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":[167],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gto"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/AWD-1967-GTO-with-a-Mid-Engine-Twin-Turbo-V8-08.jpg?fit=1440%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20132,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=20132","url_meta":{"origin":80233,"position":0},"title":"AWD 1967 GTO with a Mid-Engine Twin-Turbo V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 25, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Nelson Racing Engines is building a custom 1967 Pontiac GTO with a mid-engine AWD powertrain. 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