SEMA preview: Ford 3-Window Coupe Hot Rod gets a 400 hp EcoBoost engine

When you think of a hot rod you think of a big V8 engines. Ford claims the motto “There’s no replacement for displacement,” is out of date with their EcoBoost™-powered ‘34 Ford hot rod.

Next week at the SEMA Show,Ford Powertrain and Detroit Street Rods are showing the public a 1934 Ford 3-Window EcoBoost Coupe Hot Rod.

This hot rod will be the “first” rear-wheel-drive application of the 3.5-liter twin-turbo EcoBoost V-6 delivering an estimated 400 horsepower and 400 ft.-lb. of torque.

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Russians build a hot-rod based on Soviet truck GAZ-51

If you have ever been to Russia(or any parts of former Soviet Union), then you likely have seen the GAZ-51 on country sides or even in the city traffic.

GAZ-51 is the longest produced Soviet truck. First prototypes were produced during World War II and the production finished in 1975. Now over 30 years later people still use them.

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