{"id":83481,"date":"2022-03-09T16:14:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=83481"},"modified":"2022-03-09T16:14:05","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:14:05","slug":"john-reynolds-is-building-a-1967-corvair-with-a-turbo-ls4-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=83481","title":{"rendered":"John Reynolds is Building a 1967 Corvair with a Turbo LS4 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=83493\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-83493\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"83493\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=83493\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1967-Corvair-with-a-Turbo-LS4-V8-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,788\" 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=\"1967 Corvair with a Turbo LS4 V8 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1967 Corvair with a Turbo LS4 V8 and 4T80E four-speed automatic transmision&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1967-Corvair-with-a-Turbo-LS4-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1967-Corvair-with-a-Turbo-LS4-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1967 Corvair with a Turbo LS4 V8 and 4T80E four-speed automatic transmision\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-83493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1967-Corvair-with-a-Turbo-LS4-V8-01.jpg?resize=600%2C338&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1967-Corvair-with-a-Turbo-LS4-V8-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1967-Corvair-with-a-Turbo-LS4-V8-01.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1967-Corvair-with-a-Turbo-LS4-V8-01.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two years ago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vwsupersleeper\/\">John Reynolds<\/a> completed his <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=65136\">Subaru-powered Super Beetle<\/a>. Soon after he began working on his next project, a 1967 Chevrolet Corvair with a tranverse V8. The unique car will be powered by a turbocharged 5.3 L LS4 V8 making around 700 horsepower. It will be paired with a Cadillac 4T80E four-speed automatic transmission and modified 35-spline axles. Everything sits on a custom tubular cradle with a cantilever rear suspension. Watch the latest build update and follow the progress on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYqUnouDuLVFS7Gvghwh5iA\">John&#8217;s channel<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/pPfwzMqVYkY\" 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\/UCYqUnouDuLVFS7Gvghwh5iA\">John Reynolds<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two years ago John Reynolds completed his Subaru-powered Super Beetle. Soon after he began working on his next project, a 1967 Chevrolet Corvair with a tranverse V8. The unique car will be powered by a turbocharged 5.3 L LS4 V8 making around 700 horsepower. It will be paired with a Cadillac 4T80E four-speed automatic transmission&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=83481\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">John Reynolds is Building a 1967 Corvair with a Turbo LS4 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":83493,"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":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corvair"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/1967-Corvair-with-a-Turbo-LS4-V8-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":129314,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=129314","url_meta":{"origin":83481,"position":0},"title":"1966 Corvair with a 5.3L LS4 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1966 Chevrolet Corvair was built by Windell Gustama from Rapid Auto Solutions. 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