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06-20-2013, 12:50 PM
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Today, hotrodding has a pretty staid definition. Take one classic American car, add one classic American V8, sprinkle with tire smoke and you pretty much have every hot rod (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/hot+rod/) to roll out of a shop in the last 40 years. Mike Borroughs knows it wasn't always this way. Once upon a time, getting your bucket to go faster meant grabbing whatever parts were lazing about the yard, bolting them together with a bit of ingenuity and laughing your way down the quarter mile. It's in that spirit that Burroughs built his 1928 Ford Model A (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ford+model+a/).
Rather than turn to the tired flathead or the common Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/) small block, Burroughs plucked a 4.0-liter V8 from a 1995 BMW 7 Series (http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/7+series/). With 300 horsepower and 300 pound-feet of torque, the engine has no trouble shuffling the old A around town. He had to build a custom chassis to get everything to cooperate, but the result is a 1,500-pound heathen that looks built to harass dry lake beds. You can check it out in the video below (http://www.mnfords.com/2013/06/20/bmw-v8-powered-ford-model-a-is-the-definition-of-hot-rod/#continued). Be warned, the soundtrack by Hanni el Khatib may not be safe for work - awesomeness of this caliber rarely is.Continue reading BMW V8-powered Ford Model A is the definition of Hot Rod (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/20/bmw-v8-powered-ford-model-a-is-the-definition-of-hot-rod/)
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Today, hotrodding has a pretty staid definition. Take one classic American car, add one classic American V8, sprinkle with tire smoke and you pretty much have every hot rod (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/hot+rod/) to roll out of a shop in the last 40 years. Mike Borroughs knows it wasn't always this way. Once upon a time, getting your bucket to go faster meant grabbing whatever parts were lazing about the yard, bolting them together with a bit of ingenuity and laughing your way down the quarter mile. It's in that spirit that Burroughs built his 1928 Ford Model A (http://www.autoblog.com/tag/ford+model+a/).
Rather than turn to the tired flathead or the common Chevrolet (http://www.autoblog.com/chevrolet/) small block, Burroughs plucked a 4.0-liter V8 from a 1995 BMW 7 Series (http://www.autoblog.com/bmw/7+series/). With 300 horsepower and 300 pound-feet of torque, the engine has no trouble shuffling the old A around town. He had to build a custom chassis to get everything to cooperate, but the result is a 1,500-pound heathen that looks built to harass dry lake beds. You can check it out in the video below (http://www.mnfords.com/2013/06/20/bmw-v8-powered-ford-model-a-is-the-definition-of-hot-rod/#continued). Be warned, the soundtrack by Hanni el Khatib may not be safe for work - awesomeness of this caliber rarely is.Continue reading BMW V8-powered Ford Model A is the definition of Hot Rod (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/20/bmw-v8-powered-ford-model-a-is-the-definition-of-hot-rod/)
BMW V8-powered Ford Model A is the definition of Hot Rod (http://www.autoblog.com/2013/06/20/bmw-v8-powered-ford-model-a-is-the-definition-of-hot-rod/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.mnfords.com/rss-term-of-use/).
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