{"id":80979,"date":"2021-12-30T17:45:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T23:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=80979"},"modified":"2021-12-30T17:46:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T23:46:03","slug":"2008-opel-corsa-with-a-801-whp-turbo-v6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=80979","title":{"rendered":"2008 Opel Corsa with a 801 whp Turbo V6"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A reader shared this unique 2008 Opel Corsa OPC<\/a> in Greece. The car came from the factory with a turbocharged 1.6 L A16LER (LDW) inline-four making 189 hp (141 kW) and 170 lb-ft (230 Nm) of torque. Someone came along and swapped the inline-four with a turbocharged 2.8 L LP9 V6 from an Insigna OPC. From the factory the turbocharged V6 makes 321 hp (239 kW) and 321 lb-ft (435 Nm) of torque. The listing states the V6 is now making 801 horsepower to all four wheels through a 4WD drivetrain. <\/p>\n

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A reader shared this unique 2008 Opel Corsa OPC in Greece. The car came from the factory with a turbocharged 1.6 L A16LER (LDW) inline-four making 189 hp (141 kW) and 170 lb-ft (230 Nm) of torque. Someone came along and swapped the inline-four with a turbocharged 2.8 L LP9 V6 from an Insigna OPC.… Read More »2008 Opel Corsa with a 801 whp Turbo V6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":80981,"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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[723],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corsa"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":145256,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=145256","url_meta":{"origin":80979,"position":0},"title":"Vauxhall Adam with a Turbo 2.8 L V6","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Adam Beard built a unique Vauxhall Adam on his channel Twin Engine Corsa. 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