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I don't know if any of you are into hot rods and the american muscle scene as well (i am a big fan of both jdm and domestic market), but this caught my eye. Its an example of American hot rodding meshed with JDM technology. Its a hot rod designed by Boyd Coddington running the 4g63 powerplant putting out 330whp on a galant automatic transmission. I thought it was pretty neat that a hot rodder would be original and daring enough to put a jdm engine in an old school hot rod. Thats very taboo in that community, and im sure he took a lot of slack for it.

I think that says alot about the 4g63 engine that mitsubishi runs in their old eclipses/evos/galants. For an established old school american hot rodder to put that engine in one of his hotrods says alot about the respect the engine has. He could have easily went with the sr20det engine, or a supra engine for that matter if he wanted, but instead went with the 4g63.

Just thought id share this interesting find with you guys...hopefully cars like this can help break the closeminded attitude of people in the car industry that believe one country's engineering is superior to the others.

 

Thats freakin awesome!!! That thought has never crossed my mind....

 

Kinda off thread but not really, there is or was an old ford that was powered by a Lexus GS400 motor that Rod Millen built. I'd search for a picture but no time now.

 

Thats actually an older car.. It was built several (over 10) years ago with the engine in the rear. I remember reading about it way back when the car first was being put together.. It was also designed by Chip Foose when he was still with Coddington..

 

Foose is the man!

 

I still love Dave B.'s 4g63 old ford pickup truck.

I'll have to look for my pics of it.

 

damn, thats fresh! It kinda reminds me of my own dream project..... taking a TT Supra engine, driveline, interior, etc, and stuffing it into a 70 Camaro SS.

Hopefully it'll happen one day

 

Its only a matter of time before some of these weird projects get more common. My datsun 210 hatchback is schedule to get a V8 swap, but I've been thinking of using my spare 4G63t evo engine, or a full SR20DET Drivetrain from an S13..