{"id":9099,"date":"2016-02-12T07:20:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T11:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=9099"},"modified":"2016-02-12T00:00:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T04:00:42","slug":"building-a-toyota-ae86-with-a-nissan-vh45de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=9099","title":{"rendered":"Building a Toyota AE86 with a Nissan VH45DE"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Misfit Autowerks recently started a new project involving a Toyota AE86 owned by their suspension specialist Mike Barton. Mike purchased the car nine years ago with a Blacktop 20v 4A-GE that was sourced from a JDM AE111 Corolla. During that time Mike used it for Auto-X and road course racing but recently had an itch for more power. After reviewing several engine options the team decided to go with a 4.5 L VH45DE V8 out of a 1996 Infiniti Q4. The reasons being that one fell into their procession and the other being their experience working with the VH45DE. The engine will be connected to a Nissan FS5R30A five-speed transmission via a VH Power adapter. But due to the extra effort it took to use the VH Power adapter, Misfit Autowerks said they would use a Mazworx adapter if they ever did this combo again. You can follow along with the build process on the project’s build blog<\/a><\/p>\n

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Misfit Autowerks recently started a new project involving a Toyota AE86 owned by their suspension specialist Mike Barton. Mike purchased the car nine years ago with a Blacktop 20v 4A-GE that was sourced from a JDM AE111 Corolla. During that time Mike used it for Auto-X and road course racing but recently had an itch… Read More »Building a Toyota AE86 with a Nissan VH45DE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9102,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[205],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ae86"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Toyota-AE86-with-a-Nissan-VH45DE-V8-01.jpg?fit=1400%2C788&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6765,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=6765","url_meta":{"origin":9099,"position":0},"title":"Nissan 180SX with a Turbo VH45 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"The TNT Drift Team from Canada really wants to stand out from other drift team cars. 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