You thought Super Swap Saturday might be over because it isn’t Saturday anymore…but you’d be wrong! Let’s finish this weekend the right way, with a Porsche 914 that has a big nasty American V8 shoved amidships offered for a decent price. Find this 1972 Porsche 914 w/ 350 V8 offered for $6,500 in Gasden, AL […]
We featured a mid-engine swap monster late last year – it was a 500 horsepower Converse Engineering kit swapped 914 and it failed to meet reserve on ebay after bidding stopped at $5k. Now, find the same 1973 Porsche 914 with Chevy V8 for sale in Santa Monica, CA back up on ebay with bids starting […]
The GM Generation III small block (known commonly by the name of its alloy block Camaro/Corvette engine version, the LS1) is one of our favorite engines to shove into the front/back/middle/side of just about anything with wheels. Mount it in the center of a Teutonic two-seater and achieve automotive nirvana. Care to sample this formula? […]
There is an ancient gearhead proverb that goes something like this; if you are going to drive a Hyundai, it better be powered by a Chevy V8. And wow do we have a treat for the LS-swap lover in the crowd today. This plain looking white Genesis has a fully built V8 and a T-56 […]
There is no hallowed ground in the world of automotive swaps, but there are some swaps that make you say “why?”. And this next one is a real head scratcher — not that putting an OM617 Mercedes diesel into a small pickup would make for a bad vehicle…it is just strange. It’s not like you are going to increase your towing capacity or beat the torque from a Magnum V8…but that flapper valve tipped exhaust stack certainly has some style. Find this 1989 Dodge Dakota diesel swap offered for $2000 in Cazenovia, NY via craigslist.
If you’ve never driven a Porsche 914, you owe it to yourself to find one and give it a spin. They are furiously agile cars and you feel connected to the road in a “my butt is only 4 inches above this roaring pavement” at 60 mph like nothing you can find in the showrooms today. The only downside is that they are pretty lackluster in acceleration with the stock flat-4…but you can find them with a Chevy V8 shoved where it shouldn’t be. Find this 1970 Porsche 914 with V8 offered for $10,000 in Fremont, CA via craigslist.
The most famous Volvo wagon (or wagons) of all time is the V8 swapped 960 wagon that Paul Newman owned — the saga of this car was told years later by Dave Letterman and in 2014 Newman’s wagon was found in a cheap used car lot — that story was broken here on DT. All […]
Alfa Romeo 116 series four cylinder car values have languished for a long, long time. Rust, notchy gear boxes, and tepid performance have sent many potential Alfa buyers over to the later GTV6 models as they generally are a more fun and compelling car to own. Today’s feature car turns that notion on its head […]
Porsche fans around the world cry copious (and salty sweet) tears whenever someone takes an aircooled 911/912/914 and shoehorns a Chevy V8 under the hood, but what about the unloved Porsches from the era of the front-engine watercooled P-car? Yeah, nobody sheds a tear when those go under the knife…whatever, I love stupid engine swaps […]
Back when Ferdinand Porsche Jr was designing the iconic 914, there were rumors that he created a one-off prototype of what could have been. This prototype sports headlights from a Chrysler 300M, an interior from a 90s BMW 3-series, tail lights from a corvette, Ferrari side vents, Chevy V8 power, and the biggest Lightning McQueen […]