Hennessey Performance is taking 24 2010 Camaros and shoving a LS9 from the Corvette ZR1. The new model will be called the HPE700 Camaro and claims it will produce 705 horsepower and 717 torque. Hennessey estimates a 0-60 in 3.7 seconds and a 1/4 mile in 11.3 seconds at 125 mph. If you want one you better jump in line now; they have already sold 11.

Source: Hennessey Performance and 4WheelNews

This 1985 Celica GTS has been a daily driver for the last three years. The owner has swapped the factory engine with a LS1 and T56 transmission from a 2001 Camaro. The engine has been been on a dyno and shown to provide 344 horsepower and 351 torque. The Celica weighs 2900lbs and is reported to get 30mpg highway and 22mpg in city. As I said before this car has seen a great life with the chassis seeing 330,000 miles, the engine has 65,000 miles, and the swap has 30,000.

I believe this is a 1961-1964 Chevrolet Bel Air. Although I couldn’t find any information about this car it appears to have a LS7 swap going from the stickers. Also if I were take all the decals as being accurate this car has 620 horsepower. I sure hope one of our readers can shed more light on this car. These pictures were taken at a car show at Bob’s Big Boy in Toluca Lake, California.

Source: Hotrod Homepage

Vanaru is a shop which specializes only in Subaru engine swaps in VW Vanagons. The engines they offer are the EJ22, (2.2 liter 135 hp 4-cylinder), the EJ25 (2.5 liter 165 hp 4-cylinder), and the EG33 (3.3 liter 230 hp 6-cylinder). You are able to get these swaps in two ways, you can drive your Vanagon to them and have it installed or they will ship a turn-key engine if you have decent mechanic skills.

Here is a RX-8 with a 2004 GTO LS1 swap. The RX-8 had a blown engine which is how this project began. They are using the stock 4.44 differential and a Camaro steering rack and oil pan.

I know there is some interest in a kit for this type of swap. Lets hope someone makes one.

Source: LS1Tech

I am sure many will have issues with this swap and what fun would life be without something to argue over. Driftworks was getting overheating issues with the original RB25 and decided to switch to the 1JZ-GTE. The engine is able to make 547bhp and 555ft/lbs of torque. The car is also street legal. Check out Speedhunters for more photos and info.

This VW Beetle with a Mazda 13B NA rotary swap was seen at the Bug-In event at the Autoclub Speedway and did a mid 12’s run at the drag strip. Speedhunters pointed out how sleeper this thing is and I would have to agree.

Source: SpeedHunters

Fesler-Moss will be releasing 2010 Camaros with your choice of engines. I am sure most will be going for the package with GM’s superengine the LS9 from the Corvette ZR1. I sure hope someone is willing to totally burn a heap of cash and get the LS9 upgrade so we have something to write about.

Source: Fesler via Jalopnik

We are looking at Rolls-Royce probably a Phantom and apparently the client wants the V12 factory engine to be replaced by a 5.6L Nissan V8 engine. They would also like the engine to be twin turbocharged around 800 horsepower. If you know more let me know.