wspohn
wspohn Dork
4/20/20 2:05 p.m.

As a former Lambo owner, I hate myself for liking this so much.

 

Fiat 500 with 588 bhp Murcielago V12 installed.

 

 

NickD
NickD UltimaDork
4/20/20 2:07 p.m.

I was going to nominate the compound turbo Duramax-swapped 5th-gen Camaro that Hoonigans is building for standing mile racing, but, nope, you win.

shagles
shagles Reader
4/20/20 2:42 p.m.

What about the LS based V12 that Josh Robinson is building to put into a Datsun 520?

stuart in mn
stuart in mn MegaDork
4/20/20 2:51 p.m.
wspohn said:

As a former Lambo owner, I hate myself for liking this so much.

Fiat 500 with 588 bhp Murcielago V12 installed.

That looks more like it was a matter of swapping a Fiat 500 body onto a Lamborghini.

dean1484
dean1484 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/20/20 2:54 p.m.

 

Am I the only one that thought the trailer that it was on was really cool? 

 

Oh and the car was ok as well.   wink

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
4/20/20 3:14 p.m.

The more and more I think about it, if I won the lottery, I would almost certainly blow most (if not all) the money on fitting a big, modern engine into a small vintage car.

SkinnyG (Forum Supporter)
SkinnyG (Forum Supporter) UltraDork
4/20/20 4:35 p.m.

I really enjoyed my V8 in a Pontiac Firefly (Chevy Sprint), but it turned out I like the build more than the drive.

_
_ Dork
4/20/20 6:31 p.m.

$20 says that thing handles worse than the lambo  

 

captdownshift (Forum Supporter)
captdownshift (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
4/20/20 6:48 p.m.

In reply to Colin Wood :

You don't need to win the lottery to 2.3EB swap a Festiva (with rwd conversion) and to upgrade the turbo to an EFR unit and make north of 500rwhp on E85 on the stock block and head. 

Pete. (l33t FS)
Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/20/20 7:51 p.m.

That's a lot of money and effort for only 588hp.  I don't even get out of bed for under 1000 anymore.

wlkelley3
wlkelley3 UltraDork
4/20/20 9:13 p.m.

I like that trailer.

DirtyBird222
DirtyBird222 UberDork
4/21/20 3:27 p.m.

Someone on my facebook feed shared a build that entailed a 12V Cummins and a Prius. 

Crazy swaps like the OP linked us to always take me back to having a Gameshark on Gran Turismo and making my own swaps. 11 year old self would put things like the Suzuki Pikes Peak engine into a Kei car (through the Gameshark of course). 

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