The Art of Crazy Car Swaps: A Look at the Weirdest Engine Swaps on the Internet

In the world of car enthusiasts, engine swaps are a beloved pastime. But when it comes to taking it to the next level, things can get very weird, very fast. In this article, we'll take a look at some of the most outrageous engine swaps that have taken place online.

First up, let's talk about Rob and his C5 Corvette swap. For those who don't know, Rob decided to swap out his car's original engine for a tiny 1.3 liter turbocharged 13V engine, which somehow managed to produce around 550 horsepower. And get this - it sounds like the engine is making a "stuck pig" noise! That's not all - Rob has already purchased a salvage C8 Corvette and plans to swap in an even more potent rotary engine, no doubt sending his pants into a twist.

Honorable mention must go to Standkes_garage, who attempted to take their Honda RSX-powered car and swap it with a dual LS engine setup. Sounds ambitious, right? Well, they only managed to get one LS engine to work, but that's still a pretty bold move. The Monolist seems to be keeping them on their toes.

But if you thought those swaps were crazy, just wait until we get to the Ford Crown Victoria twin turbocharged tank engine swap. Yes, you read that right - a 27-liter V12 engine, originally from British tanks, has been shoehorned into an American cop car in Sweden. How did it happen? We're not entirely sure, but if you want to know more, check out the MeteorInterceptor YouTube channel.

And then there's the Volkswagen Jet Bug, which took things to a whole new level of absurdity. This car features an auxiliary jet engine mounted in the trunk, keeping the original engine under wraps for passing smog tests in California. The price tag? A whopping $550,000 on Craigslist last year.

But what really takes the cake is the sheer audacity of Ron's VW project. He wanted a faster car, but didn't want to deal with the hassle of passing emissions tests, so he decided to keep the original engine under the hood and mount an actual jet engine in the trunk. The result? An engine that produces around 1350 horsepower, making this car one of the most bonkers on the list.

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So there you have it - some of the most outrageous engine swaps we've ever seen. If you enjoy watching these crazy projects come together, be sure to subscribe to Donut Media and hit that notification bell. And remember, if you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space!

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- They shouldn't putthat engine in that car!I'm losing my mind right now.(8-bit explosion)We love engine swaps around herebut there's starting toget a little out of hand.Today we're talking aboutsome of the most impressiveand downright irresponsibleengine swaps on YouTube,where I live.I'm James, this is the Monolist,and this is the--- D-List.- We're gonna kick thelist off with a K swap.And no, I'm not talking about (beep).There are a million K swappedcars on YouTube right now.It's a great engine, makes a lot of sense.But one of my absolute favoritesis from our friend fromStanceWorks, Mike Burroughs.He's got a K 24 swapped Ferrari 308.Why would someone put a Hondaminivan engine in a Ferrari?Well, the original enginethat came in the 308 was a V8,good, for a good old 163Italian horse powers.But, that wasn't goodenough for my boy Mike.Mike has built a bunchof really crazy stuff.And he's building this yellow Ferrariinto a time attack carand he needs a little bit more power baby.1000 powers to be exact.Turns out one of the best ways to do thatis with a turbo charged K swap.These K series engines are cheap.Honda made like a billion of them,and they can handle a ton of power.Mike has been documenting the whole buildover on his YouTube channel, StanceWorks,I'm gonna put the link in the descriptionalong with all the channelswe're featuring on this list.This is a really impressive car.Some might call it outrageous.But we aren't even close toas outrageous as we're gonna get.We're gonna get way out-there-rageous.Well, our next swap is also a Ferrari,only this one has a bigfat Chevy V8 situatedin the engine part of the car.And this ain't just any Ferrari,it's a 1963 250 GTEand these things are worthlike half of a million dollars.That's 500,000 dollars.The mad scientistwho built this sick creation's named Joe.So guess what?He calls it the Joerarri.(James chuckles)When he bought it, it wasliterally a discarded body shellthat someone ripped off a chassis,so they could make a cloneof the Ferrari 250 GTO,a much more expensive car.But as I always say,one man's Ferrari trash,is another man's Joerarri.I say it all the time, ask my mom.She lives with me, I don't live with her.So Joe built a custom chassiswhich houses a DZ 302,one of Chevy's best small block V8's ever.Plus, it also has a viper transmission.(James hisses)A Ford rear end, and aMitsubishi paint colorand guess what?Ferrari owners were not happy about it.I think that's cool.So it earns a coveted spoton the all knowing Monolist.I'm legally obligated to say this,the Joerarri was originallyfeatured on RoadHeads Media,one of the esteemedautomotive publications.Congrats on your 1000thsub you guys, well earned.That's Max's old YouTube channel.Did I do it right?Can we move on?But enough Ferrari talk let'smove onto a car for everybody,a car known for not having any power.I'm talking bout a Prius.Now, a few years agowe saw this video of arear-wheel drive Toyota Priuswhipping around a trackwith a 1JZ under the hood.That's what they put in theToyota Chaser, all right?I will not be including this1JZ swapped Prius on the listbecause it ain't got a 1JZ anymore.Jack!It's got something weirder.It's got freaking Barra swap.(engine revving)Barra engine is an in line 6 cylinderproduced by FordAustralia for the Falcons.It's basically Australia's 2JZand it's a certified beef cake casseroleor hot dish, dependingon where you're from.All right a stock bottomcan handle 600 horse power.I'll tell you, there's more horsesthan most bottom ends can handle.Most peoples bottom endscan't even handle one horse.(James chuckles)Back to the elephant in the room,which is Kasey's Prius.Now you might be wondering,how does one fit a four-liter in line sixinto a small engine baby Toyota Prius?Well you learn, fabricate,and you make it fit.You build a tube frontend to house the engineand also protect it becauseit's a fricking drift Prius.It's freaking sick.And it belongs on the Monolist.That was a Japanese car with a Ford engineso lets,♪ Flip the script ♪Do a Ford with a JDM power plan,I'm talking about oneof the most hyped buildsof the last year.TJ Hunt's RB26 Mustang GT.You know how they didthis swap in Tokyo Drift?Well TJ was talking toSung Kang a while backand Sung told him they preferthe look of the Mustangover the RX7.This is what inspired TJ tomake his own interpretationof the car from the movie,but he made it even better.It still has thatclassic fast back stylingand you'd never knowthere was a freakingGTR motor under the hoodwith a giant gear turbo.I mean listen to this thing.(engine revs)That's what literaldreams are made out of.- That's so cool.- This swap took six months of workand TJ made a lot of people madby ripping out theperfectly good 351 Windsorand for that, it earnsa spot, on the Monolist.(explosion)Next up, we got freakingV12 swapped Miata.They put a V12 in a Miata, how?I don't know.Why? Beats me.Who? Some guy name Gareth, okay?Any more questions?No.For some reason, Gareth had a 1GZFEfrom a Toyota Century lying aroundand needed a car to put it in.And the first car hethought of was a Miata.Does Miata really always have to bethe answer for everything?Well according to Gareth,it's the answer to this.He somehow managed to fitthis beautiful V12 with ITBsand 12 into one exhaust under the hood,of his dainty little Miata, all right?And if you wanna check it out,you can find him on YouTube.That V12 Miata Bruh.Well my friends, the absurdityhasn't even started yet.I go on record saying that, your honor.We gotta talk about Tesla swaps.Right now if you wannaswap a Tesla drive systeminto an old car, it's acomplicated expensive process,but it's totally do-able,and people have done it, all right?There's a number ofinteresting Tesla swapped carsover the last few years.The most recent one thatcaught our attention, was this.A square body Chevy C10that de-budded at Sema,or as I like to call it, Sema.There's two Tesla Model S motorsthat's supposed to make over800 all wheel horse powerand like a million foot pounds of torques.Shout out to Salvage to Savage.Now I think these swapsare only gonna become moreand more affordable andcommon in the next few years,but you know what's not?The literal opposite.I'm talking about puttinga combustion engineinside of a Tesla.More specifically, a fricking LS.Rich Rebuilds is knownfor fixing busted Teslasand doing electric Tomfooleryover on his YouTube channel.But he also recently tookan LS3 from a Camaro SSand managed to fit it, inthe front of a Tesla Model S.And if he's not calling it the Model SS,I'm calling the cops.But this isn't just a typicalhodge podge Sema build,it took him over a year to put togetherand he had to take some extreme measures,like cutting the floor pan in half,so the manual transmissionhad a place to go.I mean, it's gotta go somewhere.Rich is even building it in stagesand is eventually gonna plopa supercharger on that LS 3.Breaking news.Since we filmed this episode,Rich Rebuilds has announcedthat he is also makinga Cummins swapped Tesla.So guess what?That's on the list now too.Speaking of flippingthe script on LS swaps,here's a bonkers one.Rob Dahm's rotary swapped Corvette.Now, a little bit of context, okay.LS swapped RX7's are extremely common,to the point of basicallybeing a meme at this point.Now, a lot of RX7 owners getfed up with the finicky-nessof a 13V rotary engine sothey opt for a more affordableand reliable power source, an LS.Rotary fans, I know thatthey can be reliableif you treat them right.I love rotaries, I thinkthey sound great, okay,so don't light torchesand come after me likea bunch of villagers,'cause I'm not Frankenstein, okay?I'm a man.Speaking of Frankenstein's,Rob has been dabbling in thedark arts of rotary enginesfor a little while now.His forerunner swappedFV is freaking sick.So he decided to do the exactopposite of an LS swapped RX7,he bought a C5 Corvettefrom a salvage auction,proceeded to swap in adainty little 1.3 literturbo charged 13V engine,which made around 550 horse powers.Not bad.Plus it sounds like a stuck pig.Get on the list.Rob has already purchased a salvage C8and has promised that he'sgonna rotary swap that one too.So if you're panties arein a knot over the C5,♪ They're gonna be in a bigger knot soon ♪I would like to take this momentto give an honorablemention to Standkes_garage.We were gonna give thema top spot on this listfor their Honda RSX poweredby not one but two LS engines.One in the front and one in the back.But, the project was a little ambitiousand now the tiny Honda isonly powered by one LS engine.So good on you for trying Ryan,but the Monolist saysyou gotta have two LS'sto make it on the top.So now is when the listsstarts to get insane,as if it wasn't already.Every single engine up to thispoint has been a car engine.But what if you wannago crazier than that?Yeah?You want to kick it up a notch, you sicko?Let's see if this next cardoesn't make you wannabarf out of your nose.A Ford Crown Victoria with atwin turbo charged tank engine.What?The team of Swedish automotive deviantsfrom the MeteorInterceptor YouTube channelmanaged to swap this 27liter V12 into a car.That's nine bottles ofFaygo, they're are 3 liters.The engine was made by Rolls Royceand was used in Britishtanks up until 1965.How it found it's way intoan American cop car in Swedenis beyond me, but if youwanna see how they did it,check them out on the Tube.And somehow this isn'teven the most outrageous,unnecessary completelyirresponsible swap on this list,no, that distinct honor goesto, a Volkswagen new beetle.Hmm, what engine couldpossibly be in one of those?I wonder.A 2J?An SR?I don't know, freaking Bugatti engine?We're going tanks already, no?What's the only thing cooler than a tank?A fricking jet, that's right!This bad boy's got a jet engine in it.Jet bug.Jet bug.This absolute unit of a beetlewas built by a frickingpsychopath by the name of Ron,'cause he felt like the worlddidn't have enough chaos.The tricky part with engineswaps is passing smogespecially if you live in California,which our friend Ron does.He wanted to make his VW a little fasterbut didn't wanna get introuble with the old DMV.So the solution that he came up with,was to keep the originalengine under the hood,and mount an auxiliaryjet engine in the trunk.Normal stuff.Nothing to see here,definitely street legal.Oh, that back there?That's a grill,I'm giving it to mydaughter for her birthday.You're probably wonderinghow much power a jetengine like this makes.And Ron has said that hedoesn't wanna see how fast it isout of fear of killing himself.The T58 turbo shaft engine is ratedfor around 1350 horse powerbut that's not even whyit's the most bonkers carin this list.The real reason is the price tag.This thing showed up onCraigslist last year,yes, Craigslist, with an askingprice of 550,000 dollars.And I thought my swapped VWwas sketchy to drive in California.I'm 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