{"id":96448,"date":"2023-02-27T12:10:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T18:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=96448"},"modified":"2023-02-27T12:10:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T18:10:45","slug":"opel-kadett-with-a-supercharged-chevy-v8-goes-192-mph-on-ice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=96448","title":{"rendered":"Opel Kadett with a Supercharged Chevy V8 Goes 192 mph on Ice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=96458\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-96458\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"96458\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=96458\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Opel-Kadett-Caravan-with-a-Supercharged-Chevy-V8-09.jpg?fit=1738%2C1478&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1738,1478\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Opel Kadett Caravan with a Supercharged Chevy V8 09\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Opel Kadett Caravan with a Supercharged Chevy V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Opel-Kadett-Caravan-with-a-Supercharged-Chevy-V8-09.jpg?fit=1200%2C1020&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Opel-Kadett-Caravan-with-a-Supercharged-Chevy-V8-09.jpg?resize=600%2C510&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Opel Kadett Caravan with a Supercharged Chevy V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"510\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-96458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Opel-Kadett-Caravan-with-a-Supercharged-Chevy-V8-09.jpg?resize=600%2C510&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Opel-Kadett-Caravan-with-a-Supercharged-Chevy-V8-09.jpg?resize=1200%2C1020&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Opel-Kadett-Caravan-with-a-Supercharged-Chevy-V8-09.jpg?resize=768%2C653&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Opel-Kadett-Caravan-with-a-Supercharged-Chevy-V8-09.jpg?resize=1536%2C1306&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Opel-Kadett-Caravan-with-a-Supercharged-Chevy-V8-09.jpg?w=1738&amp;ssl=1 1738w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/OpelKadettCaravan\/\">Team L\u00e4nsmans L\u00e4ngtan<\/a> and their custom 1973 Opel Kadett Caravan attended Speed Weekend 2023 in \u00c5rsunda, Sweden. While there the team set a top speed of 309.81 km\/h (192.50 mph) and averaged 297.27 km\/h (184.71 mph) on the frozen lake. The car is built with a full steel body on top of a SFI 25.1 Docol R8 chassis. It is powered by a supercharged 410 ci Chevy V8 featuring a Dart block, forged rotating assembly, ported heads, and a ProCharger F-1 supercharger. You can view more photos of the car in our <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19160\">previous article<\/a> or in car&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.savarturbo.se\/viewtopic.php?f=21&#038;t=85432\">build thread<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FOpelKadettCaravan%2Fvideos%2F123453573819147%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=338&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FOpelKadettCaravan%2Fvideos%2F910570083417222%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=338&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FOpelKadettCaravan%2Fvideos%2F753291589514582%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=338&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OpelKadettCaravan\">Team L\u00e4nsmans L\u00e4ngtan FB page<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.savarturbo.se\/viewtopic.php?f=21&#038;t=85432\">S\u00e4var Turbo<\/a> (build thread)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team L\u00e4nsmans L\u00e4ngtan and their custom 1973 Opel Kadett Caravan attended Speed Weekend 2023 in \u00c5rsunda, Sweden. While there the team set a top speed of 309.81 km\/h (192.50 mph) and averaged 297.27 km\/h (184.71 mph) on the frozen lake. The car is built with a full steel body on top of a SFI 25.1&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=96448\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Opel Kadett with a Supercharged Chevy V8 Goes 192 mph on Ice<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":96458,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[633],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kadett"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19160,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=19160","url_meta":{"origin":96448,"position":0},"title":"Opel Kadett Caravan with a Supercharged Chevy V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"November 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1973 Opel Kadett Caravan was built by Team L\u00e4nsmans L\u00e4ngtan in Sweden. 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