ENGINE SWAPS From Level 1 to Level 9000

Everyone wants to swap a bigger better motor into their car adn make more power (babeh), but some swaps are easy, and some are not. Watch Host Zach Jobe break down the ins and outs of engine swaps, what makes them cool and what trips people up. on top of that we've got a bunch of swapped cars to look at and see how hard they really were to get running.

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[Donut]

Have you done an engine swap?
What Tier was yours and what was the hardest part?

[NibblyBitz]

I hope you guys never lose this host, gotta love him. Even if I don't plan on doing this (expensive hobby haha) entertaining to watch.

[Kngruce]

Jack Zobe is the whole reason I feel comfortable picking up the maintenance on my wife and I's cars and why I want a project car, and Donut is the whole reason I'm becoming a full-on car guy, and I couldn't be happier about either. I went from only watching rock crawling stuff to loving stock car racing, japan's tuner culture, and all the other stuff they talk about all the time (except hatchbacks)

[Bas_Lightyear]

Zach really is a natural presenter and speaker! I love watching Donut videos but am even happier when I see that Zach is in them. Bravo from the UK mate

[jebremocampo]

Watching this is a guilty pleasure, because I will never do it myself (lack of capital) but I get all the joy of engine swapping from the video

[welpthatescalatedquickly]

Not to discredit the rest of donut, Zach has become one of my favorite host. He is relatively the most “calm” and which is good when trying to explain very factual things. He’s not boring but he also doesn’t “distract” from whatever he is explaining. This is ofc is just an opinion and I love all donut from super hype James (which is great for D-list) to pretty chill Zach

[KjV]

I love how realistic you guys are about timescales and costs. One of the things that grinds my gears is people on web forums BS'ing about how they can do "such-and-such" engine swap in an afternoon. Or claiming stuff like "Oh swapping a V8 in is easy. All you have to do is..." Anyone who's _actually done_ these sorts of things knows they always take significantly longer than you anticipate, because there are always unforeseen complications.

[SEGY]

I would love to see the Hi-Lo 350z's running again! Could even make it another episode of high-cost vs low-cost swaps!

[njhgv]

This is by far my favourite series, mainly because of zach, the editing and the graphic design and animation, the sound design, and the smile it puts on my face. I hope this series never ends.

[coreydabrowski]

It's awesome that they had an example of each swap tier right at Donut. It's great to know that they're all actual car guys and not just content creators

[BrianWoodsMusic]

I have been waiting to see Zach’s car back on the show! His engine tear down videos were some of my favorite. Can’t wait to watch him out it all back together

[billycurtis]

Friend of mine was swapping his S13 for a turbo 1J, doing everything slowly over time in his garage. It is NOT easy, but holy hell that first pull he made when it was running was insane. So fulfilling

[pastedtomato]

Never forget, even the "easiest" engine swap can go downhill pretty fast

[franciscojuarez]

Can't believe we get 5 episodes every week.

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[jazzysb]

Would love to see Zach do a “sema swap” one day and have donut professionally document it to see what it really takes first hand :)

[BigBlueMean]

Engine swap the z's interesting. I'd love to see Hi Lo do that.

[lukebaskette]

THAT ENDING!

would love to see those two legends return to prosperity!

[JO.Racing]

Dude at a car meet, “it’s got a tier 3 swap bro”

[boerharms]

I did an engine swap literally on the driveway! definitely something you can do yourself, with a decent set of tools and some good planning/organising its an easy job

[crazyyuri]

According to today's gas prices the best swap option is Prius engine. )