{"id":839,"date":"2009-10-11T18:15:22","date_gmt":"2009-10-11T23:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=839"},"modified":"2021-04-07T20:30:59","modified_gmt":"2021-04-08T01:30:59","slug":"1959-sprite-with-honda-s2000-motor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=839","title":{"rendered":"1959 Sprite with Honda S2000 Motor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a 1959 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite with a Honda S2000 F20C swap. Not much information on this particular swap. As always if anyone knows more about this project please let us know.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.britishv8.org\/Other\/VTEC-Sprite\/VTEC-Sprite-B.JPG?w=1200\" alt=\"1959 Sprite with Honda S2000 swap\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishv8.org\/Other\/VTEC-Sprite.htm\">BritishV8<\/a> via ESD reader Steven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a 1959 Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite with a Honda S2000 F20C swap. Not much information on this particular swap. As always if anyone knows more about this project please let us know. Source: BritishV8 via ESD reader Steven<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[513],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sprite-austin-healey"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":131600,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=131600","url_meta":{"origin":839,"position":0},"title":"Twerk Team Racing&#8217;s Honda S2000 is Powered by a Maserati F136 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 9, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Alex Westergaard and his Twerk Team Racing \"F2000\" compete in Gridlife time attack. 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