Apparently they used a 2013 viper for the actual guts of the car.
OMFG. That is absolutely terrible. Talk about overstyled gaudy ugliness. Jesus christ anybody who buys this has no taste whatsoever.
Personally I've always been fond of the Caprice that GM swapped a BMW V12 into to study the NVH properties of a high cylinder count engine. It was totally stock on the outside:
I care more about my cars being reliable especially on road courses than some novelty sounds it may make. The LS V8 may not have all the techno wiz-bang stuff in it but it doesn't have any of their shortcomings either. (Look up gumming of the valves due to direct injection on Audi/ BMW engines). In the end, power is…
Take the V12 engine from this:
SRT10 powered Saab Wagon
Subie - Vanagon
And this BMW swapped Beetle is strait up mental.
LT1 in a Datsun (how did nobody post this yet) (and yes, sorry for burner, at work)
How about the insane Ford Granada swapped with the twin turbo V8 out of a Koenigsegg CCX?
Shogun, because sho + festiva = awesome
Ferrari 308 with a Ferrari V-12. Done by a guy named David Goldsmith in the 1980s. 365 engine with SOHC heads. See Road & Track, November 1985.
Anything new. Discuss.
Ford Windsor in a Sunbeam Alpine.
An MBG with the Rover nee Buick 3.5 liter/215 CID V8. MOAR POWAH of course, but a good 50 lbs lighter than the four cylinder cast iron lump it replaces. It's a fairly common swap but it works really REALLY well. And makes the car go like unholy stink...a guy here did it with B-GT and a little bit of camshaft...the…
If there was an engine-swap hall of fame, Ferrari V12 Wagoneers would be in like Flint.
Ford Windsor in an AC Ace.
So, which engine swap works the best? Show us below!
Smart ForTwo with a 'Busa swap.