LS1Tech forum member, deathbyspoon, received a Triumph 10 when his father retired out of the country and decided that the cool little wagon needed a little extra oomph. His source for V8 power? A swapped 6.0-liter LS2 from a Corvette donor mated to a T56 6-speed transmission. His source for ultimate coolness? Quite possibly his American Bulldog shop dawg. Check out the post on LS1tech to see the full (yet uncompleted) build of this badass Triumph. (Hat Tip To tenbeers!) [via LS1tech]

This nasty beast rivals the greatness of the Z06-sourced LS7 powered Chevy Matiz we showed you earlier in the year, but the noises coming out of this once-economical ride sound like they're from another planet.

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Swapping large displacement V8s into small roadsters has always been a favorite thing to do when we're bored in the States, but the idea of swapping a 7.0 liter Corvette Z06 LS7 into a small economy car has never really caught on. The guys at Fourdin Auto Sport in Europe must have either gotten really bored or drunk one day and decided to try their hand at the swap. We don't get the super small Chevy Matiz here in the States, but if we did, we're sure a few enterprising young enthusiasts would try just the same.

Corvette-Powered Chevy Matiz At Monza:

The Chevy Matiz originally came equipped with a measly in-line 3 cylinder squirting out an embarrassing 65 horsepower; enough to net you some pretty good gas mileage we're sure. In July of 2007, the Fourdin team set out on a 13 month, 1,500 hour adventure to squeeze the 7.0 liter behemoth in the little clown car. The standard 1 liter engine could reach 60 mph at a crawling pace of just under 22 seconds, but the meaty, snarling 7.0 liter 550 horsepower V8 will get you there in an exotic crowd pleasing 3.7 seconds and will continue on to a terminal velocity of 162 mph.

Yves Fourdin, the project lead and Fourdin Auto Sport founder, had this to say:

"The realization of this project is the result of brains, passion and time. We did it without engineers and without computers, but as a close group of friends with a lot of passion for motorsport. The detail level of the car is therefore absolute. After more than 1 500 hours of work, we are proud of the result."

It just goes to show that without enough brains (and likely enough Heineken), you can turn any little econo-hatchcrap into a insane screaming beast. We want one, like yesterday.

[via autoblog.nl]

After watching it, we’re inexplicably happy, but aren’t quite sure what just happened to us. Somehow, a tuned S2000 motor has found its way into a modified E36, which then found its way into the hands of a rubber-glove wearing driving god with a sexy sidekick. We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank the cameraman for combining our new favorite things — upskirt and massively over-revving tachometers — into the same shots. I think we’ve found our new heroes, the good men of Best Motoring.

[via Streetfire]