Engine Swaps are Getting Out of Hand

Biggest engine in the smallest car is always a winning combo!

The bizarre thing about engine swaps is that some people actually get mad when someone does something cool.

“Ron doesn’t wanna see how fast it is.. out of fear of killing himself” absolute legend

3:29 Did James just accept the existence of the highest torque inline 6 on earth? the supercar killer, the destroyer of JDM tuner cars down under, the undisputed king of it's platform. The motor dubbed "Project Gull" by Ford Australia because it was designed to hands down shit on everything in it's class and with basic mods everything outside of it's class.
The Barra
I'm happy he's realised it exists and that leads me to my next question, WHERE THE FUCK IS MY UP TO SPEED ON THE FORD FUCKING FALCON?!?!?!?!?!?!

Thank you very much for featuring our build, we really do appreciate that! 😀👍

Waking up at 6 a.m for work is a little less sucky with a new episode of the d-list. Thank you guys :)

"Most people's bottoms can't even handle one horse."
Furries: "Hold my Mountain Dew."

You guys should do a vid on why some every day car engines handle so much horsepower and some engines can’t

The Meteor tank engine is quite similar to the Merlin engine that powered the Spitfires. Quite an awesome build!

The sound of a turbocharged barra engine is unmistakeable. Absolute beast of an engine.

My vote for the one you missed- Fasterprom’s wheelie popping, totally sketchy driving Smart car with a K-swap.

I see you are holding the tears back for the million sub updates now haha. Well done guys - Taz.

The tank engine, called the meteor, was based on one of ww2s best aircraft engines, the merlin with a supercharger attached, powering the p-51, spitfire, hurricane, mosquito, Lancaster, and other planes
Edit: it was originally the merlin, they ripped the supercharger off to become the meteor. Tanks included the Cromwell, Cruiser 8 challenger and others.

One of the best swaps Ive seen was a VR38DETT into an M56. The M56 is an amazing looking sedan and having a GTR engine just makes it that much cooler. definitely something that could have been a stock option

What an awesome presenter! He’s the reason I found all their other shows. Everyone involved in donut media rocks. Well deserved 6M subscribers. Keep up the great work and congrats to everyone involved in making such incredible shows/content.

I remember watching James cry tears of joy when Donut hit a subscriber milestone awhile ago. Look how far the donut team has come!

"he doesnt want to see how fast it goes for fear of killing himself."
im stunned the guy who did that swap has self-preservation instincts

This feels like a classic donut episode. I was worried for a minute there when an older video sounded corporatized

Rich rebuilds is great. Thanks for including him.

I freaking love this show! Great job guys!

I love Rob Dahm’s channel. Their content is fun and informative

I’m not even that big of a car guy but he’s so damn entertaining

I’m surprised that Westen Champlain’s Cummins swapped mustang isn’t on this list. It has 2 turbo chargers and is crazy. He has an entire series on it and he isn’t done with it yet.

Been watching you since that first Up To Speed on Skyline GT-R it's heartwarming to see you guys go that far! Keep it up!
Btw I'm Russian so your channel kinda helped me to learn how to say some automotive stuff in English))
Edit: God, that GT-R video is already 4 years old... Time fcking flies...

LOVE THE CRAZY SWAPS!!! Out of hand is what we love :)

That Prius would have been amazing with a rear or mid engine swap

I mean props to you guys having some all out be yourself have fun personalities, 6 million you all deserve it. gratz!

“Most peoples bottom ends can’t even handle one horse” that was great

Bonus: electric motors into Mate Rimac' E30 track car 10 years ago which lead to the birth of Rimac Automobili.

New to the channel and this James character makes the content 100 times better... love the hearse power

I really like the fact that this is not filled with LS1 swaps and Honda motor swaps. Both of which have been done too many times and have no points in a custom world in my opinion. Custom to me means unique in one of a kind so engine swaps of other hold more points they're just harder to do because not many people are doing them and that's what I like about him it makes them unique thank you for sharing this even though you're still an obnoxious fleeb 😆

EVERY single time you guys have a new design- "This is literally my favorite design we have done so far"
You guys crack me up man.

Dear James and crew and all of Donut, I used to be a huge car guy, had an s13 that i loved and modded the hell out of. I had an accident in it and fell out of love with the sport and got into motorcycles heaviiy for almost 15 years. I started watching you guys during the beginning of the pandemic and yall have single handedly brought me back into the fold. Yall are what my buddies and I aspired to be long ago! Thanks for all the awesome informative, funny and entertaining videos and thanks for reigniting the fire within me!

Not gonna lie the monolith has been one of my favorite guests on this show.

Bad Obsession's 3SGTE + entire AWD system swapped into an original Mini deserves an honorable mention. The engineering to make that work is incredible. Donor was a Celica Alltrac/GTFour

I want to see that V12 Miata run the 1/4 mile, gotta be super fast

Your videos are amazing! Thank you for the entertainment and hitting 6 million fan boys

“Most peoples bottoms can’t even handle one horse”
Thank you Mr. Hands your sacrifice did not go unnoticed.

You really should do a d-list on hot hatches

Congrats Donut, this video was insane 😂😂

The Joearri actually works for me, since it was just a body. As a Ferrari fan, I'm actually okay with it. It gave that body a second wind and it looks fantastic.

Great video 👍
Also I think the rotary engine shown in the picture at 8:00 is a 12A, not a 13B.

I feel like the ls thing is more about power as while you can make big power with a rotary it takes a lot to do it reliably while you can throw on a turbo on an ls and make around 600 out the gate

Depending on which jet engine it is that could be a great deal at $500,000.

One crazy swap that deserves to be mentioned is the 2JZ swapped Rolls Royce Phantom!

Some Aussies did a 55 with a Merlin engine like 20 years ago. The Barra made 1000hp during factory engine dyno testing prior to being released. Mate did a 120Y with an RB30/26 and another has a Mitsubishi Minica with a Kawasaki 1000cc engine.

Love seeing Uncle Rich get recoginition on here.

this is exactly what i want to see in games like forza. you just have more freedom to do what you want.

Having a hard time figuring out how that t58 in the beetle is getting enough air into it...not to mention how they fit in a fuel tank large enough for it😂😂

I wanna see more hands on, real life car videos. Like real work on cars.

I’ve had an idea of putting a tesla motor or two from a model s into a 1957 Thunderbird. That’ll take awhile but I like the idea of making the internals futuristic and the exterior classic.

Man, I wish they had Clip-Share back in my swap days. The 400 Pontiac into a '78 Volvo made for a great sleeper car but the 500 onto an original VW bug was probably the craziest. Also, did you know that on the old VW bugs you could rebuild the tranny backwards and have 4 reverse and 1 forward gear? That was an interesting surprise when we first started that one up. Plus you could blow a pop can size hole in an original VW bug cylinder and it would still run for quite a while. By the mid 90's you would be hard-pressed to find an original VW engine in Manitoba because we had blown most of them up.

The cardboard list is the laziest thing I've ever seen.
It's why I love this channel.

Its funny, i watch a lot of these guys. Super cool to see them all get recognition

The merlin is not just a tank engine, but also an aircraft engine too(It actually started in the spitfire and hurricane, but us Americans and the brits have a tendency to put aircraft engines in our tanks.)
(P.S. the General Electric T58 was never used in jets, it was purely used in helicopters, that includes the Sea King and Shawnee)

considering the weight of the tank engine, i want to actually see how fast it actually is because that thing has to weigh a ton. it might as well just rip the axles off with that amount of torque 😂

I've wanted to put a 5.2L V10 from an S8 with an R8 intake manifold and twin turbos through 2 equal length 5 into 1 exhaust manifolds for the perfect Lamborghini/R8 sound in a FRS, G/Z or Lexus SC. I think it would be pretty cool. Or an S14 but their getting hard to find in one piece.

I was kinda hoping that would be an 18L V8 Sherman engine. I want to see that cause those things are AWESOME

One if the scariest things about jet engines is that they dont rely on traction like we're used too, they just push you forward until you turn it off.. that vw owner has a scary car on his hands

Fun fact the rolls royce engine was used in the British centurion which the Swedish army had used, so the engine is most likely out of a strv 101 or centurion mk.10

I’m still impressed by the v12 Miata swap. That’s nuts😂

Honestly the only engine swaps I consider a fail are those that you can see from the outside, like the hood no longer fitting.
A good engine swap is stealth and you won't know until it starts up.

The part I was most impressed by was a 3L Faygo

Sweden had some British Centurion tanks that are no longer used. I guess that is how they got the engine...
BTW, in old Beetle, you could with no problem fit some old Porsche engines because the chassis was pretty much identical...

While the model ss was pretty clever rich's name for his car was even more clever.
He calls it the ICE-T aka internal combustion engine tesla

Thank you so much for featuring Mike and the 308!!!

I remember in 2003 at the track seeing a 351 in a Miata and thought it was crazy. They put a lot of money in this Miata and you couldn’t tell if the car wasn’t on. Never raced a Miata since.

There's some pretty wacky Fiero engine swaps out there that I'd love to have seen shown.

Was hoping to see y'all's thoughts on the Hoonigan Duramax swapped Camaro. Great video still! Keep it up you guys.

7:30!I’ve tbh actually been thinking what a cummins in my 2014 Compass would be like for the past many months.. 7:45 All this is sounding more&more attainable!

By far the best project I've seen is the one the French Clip-Share channel Vilebrequin is doing... a V8 engine from a Corvette C6 into a Multipla to achieve 1000hrsprs (way less mecanically documented but still cool)

That last car is the hardest I’ve laughed in a minute. Thanks for that James, I needed a good laugh today.

I guess I am a fan of engine swaps, because I hav been following most of these builds.

There’s a channel called Grind Hard Plumbing Co. that’s done a 2JZ swap... into a lawnmower. May be worth to take a look at if you do another list like this again. They also do a ton of cool off-road custom fabrication stuff

here in Rockford there is a guy with a hemi engine in a tiny little car. I always laugh when I saw it. I once went to a show for british cars and someone had put a 302 in a spitfire. I love it. Keep it up Donut.

Ive seen a radial aircraft engine mounted on a vw bug. The engine was nearly as wide and nearly as tall as the small bug

"Most people's bottom ends can't even handle 1 horse." Bro, I lost it! 🤣🤣

its a shame you guys forgot about the V10 Judd (Formula 1 engine) Drift Supra - that thing sounds absolutely INSANE

That Meteor Vic is really cool, but something tells me it might handle a bit like a meteor too

My favourite conversion of late was the Delorean with the Stinger V6TT

The jet bug is the literal embodiment on yes officer it’s stock

Dude you have to check out the old pickup with a radial engine swap ! totally off the hook for absolutely no reason lol

Donut Media : Engine swaps are getting out of hand.
James : Owns a 5 cyl MK3 Golf.

I'm thinking about swapping a 350 Chevy into my international68 scout 1 but Im also eyeballing a straight six as "apparently" there very reliable so here's my question what would the team do 350? Straight 6 I'm looking to run forever not the "fastest" I want the most reliable thing possible then I'm gonna upgrade it till I either die or run out of upgrades

You, guys are awesome! Congratulations on 6 million subscribers? 🎉🎉🎉

You need to do a video on the most expensive restored classic from every car brand!!

@Stanceworks... one of the best fab channels that hardly anyone watches. He does great work

An interesting thing you probably didn't hear about is the 1000tipla project. Basically 2 french Clip-Sharers are trying to get a 1000 horsepower in a fiat Multipla. (It's a word play because, in french, a thousand is "mille" pronounced as "meal" and it sounds like "mul"). They took a Corvette C7 engine, giving 650HP and are moding it with pro parts and all that stuff, it's really neat, can't wait till it's finished.

I totally understand engine swaps
Sometimes going more faster demands more engines
And specially speaking of the Joerrari. He saved a perfectly healthy body shell of a Ferrari and gave it a second life.

The 1939 Plymouth Air Radial Truck could have been mentioned. It was featured on Jay Leno's Garage a few years ago, and also on Hoonigan. It has amazing craftsmanship.

I always loved the Brutus: a 1908 car chassis with a 47-liter BMW airplane motor in it that does like 0.18 miles to the gallon

Yo i thought the tank is already outrageous but the jet engine, to a beetle. This vid is making my day 😊

Rob's channel and TJs challen are the exact opposite of each other. Rob does his own builds, welds, engineering. TJ pays people to do work, sells merch, and opens cans of energy drinks

"Ask my mom.. she lives with me, I don't live with her"😂😂😂 Best line of all time

It was soooo dope seeing Rich on the list 🙏🙏🔥🔥🔥
S/O to Rich and Donut media

As a megalomaniac, all I can say is: "The more extreme, the better"

The weird thing about 1350 hp from a piston engine and a jet engine is how they apply that power. Assuming the beetle doesn't fly away, it could do over 300mph. But a 1350 hp ice engine could not because of how they apply the power

James, you are so entertaining.

If your wondering how a british tank engine got to sweeden it was used in the british centurion MBT which sweeden purchased slot of under the name strv 81 and strv 101/104 depending on the model.

I thought I was the drunk one but this commentary makes me feel like we both are🤣