Tag: LS swap

This Colorado is the epitome of an unsuspecting, sleeper truck. Talk about a sleeper: no one would suspect what is under the hood of this Chevy Colorado. This particular truck is a “fleet-spec” model: white with unpainted bumpers and trim, and steel wheels. It couldn’t look any more pedestrian in appearance. Pop the hood, and […] More »

An LS-swapped RX-7 is about as much as you can have without taking your clothes off. The Mazda RX-7 is a great handling little sports car. However, for this “FC” generation RX-7, it was in desperate need of more grunt. With it’s naturally-aspirated rotary engine, it produced 160 horsepower. That isn’t awful for a 2,600 pound […] More »

Be still our beating hearts, we have just met YouTube personality Emelia Hartford, the LS1-swapped 240sx-driving bad ass. Hartford is more than a pretty face, she’s an enthusiast through and through. In this introductory video, she explains how she got to the point of wanting and then owning an LS-swapped Nissan 240sx. From there, she […] More »

Depending on who you ask, the Mazda RX7 is either blessed or cursed. The rotary engine that powers these cars are mechanically simple, with few moving parts. However, they are equally temperamental, and reliability is not a strong suite. By eschewing pistons for the magical triangle, rotary engines can rev and rev and rev, spinning […] More »

Covering an LS-swap on these pages in nothing new. People have been stuffing the LS family of small-blocks into anything and everything they can manage for years and years now, and it is hard to find a swap that is even mildly impressive anymore. Hell, Top Gear even used one to make a blender for crying […] More »

You know what fixes an import car? Easy answer: a domestic horsepower injection. Donut Media, creators of amazing drift content, has released a new film straight out of the former Soviet block. Yes, the tire smoking boys are in Latvia, sliding some interesting machines around some even more interesting machinery. What we have are two […] More »

Flyin’ Miata has long been known as one of the best parts developers and sellers in the market. In addition to doing all the fun stuff with brake kits and suspension, they have created a reputation for the LS-swap kits for Miatas of all generations, and now, they have completed their kit for the fourth […] More »