The V8 engine swap is nothing new, and back in the day it was pretty cool to stuff a small block between the fenders of a car that only possessed four-cylinder power from the factory. In the 1970s, the popular swap was giving the Chevrolet Vega twice the piston count for motivation. The Ford Pinto received its own share of 302 swaps, and after a while we started seeing some very cool V8 swaps in Japanese imports, like the Toyota Celica, Nissan 240SX, Subaru BR-Z, and Acuras. Even the British sports cars weren’t immune from some gearhead’s notion that bigger is better, and out came the original engine to make room for an LS swap.

As enthusiasts who love the V8 engine swaps, we always love to see the ingenuity and creativity it takes to transplant an engine where it was never meant to be, and usually if someone goes one bigger, the difference is a big block instead of a small block. And then there’s this guy from Syracuse, New York, who felt that the 240 horsepower Honda mill wasn’t enough for his S2000.

He could have swapped in an LS, but that’s been so overplayed that even GM doesn’t put an LS in their new cars anymore. The Coyote is a good swap, but that’s been getting a little played out too. So how did he one-up everyone else in the engine swap world? Go big – 8.0 liters of Viper V10 big is how you do it. We’ve seen unique Viper engine swaps before, but not in an S2000.

As we found on Craigslist, this 2001 Honda S2000 with just over 60 clicks on the odometer had gone under the knife and got a new Viper V10 transplant. The engine and trans were from a 2006 Viper with about 14k miles, and the swap was painstakingly done with all harnesses, wiring, the PCM, and every part needed to put this massive 505 horsepower behemoth in the engine bay.

The seller states that the rearend was upgraded to handle the additional power and torque with an Inline Pro R200 conversion kit. The Viper PCM is hard-wired into the Honda fusebox and gauges, and the cooling is upgraded to a 3-inch thick custom core with dual 12-inch fans. Custom springs keep the mini-me Viper suspended, with Powerstop drilled and slotted rotors doing the stopping. It’s rolling on 19×8 and 19×10 wheels, front and rear, and for a mere $27,000 the “SNIPER” can be yours.

Dare to be different, and this little Honda does it with Viper power. Is it too much of a swap for you, or do you think you’d like to cruise this thing around and see how well it does at the track? That’s a lot of engine for a small car, and that’s just the kind of engine swap we like to see. What’s your take on this unique swap?