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Engine Swap Bay

An engine swap bay that swaps the powerplant (I4/V8/EV) altering sound/power/weight, consuming engine-block inventory items and persisting the swap server-side.

NON-TESTÉ — the reference Lua is syntax-validated, not run in a live FiveM server. Adapt and test on your own dev server before shipping.
Est. Lua
~100 loc
Claude
Claude Opus 4.x / Sonnet 4.x
Validation
syntax-validated
Updated
2026-06-25

Description

An engine swap bay where a mechanic fits an I4, V8 or EV block into a car, changing its sound, power and weight, with the engine blocks consumed as real inventory items. It is the depth play that sits above a basic upgrade menu — a server that offers engine swaps signals a serious tuning scene, and that is what justifies the price.

Prompt Template

Write a FiveM Lua resource "engineswap" — swap the powerplant (I4/V8/EV) of the…

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Expected Output

The reference Lua at content/expected-outputs/mechanic/04-engine-swap-bay.lua validates the engine-block item and charges labour server-side, removes the block, persists the fitted powerplant per…

🔒 Eyes-only — locked prompt body

The full prompt template and its reference Lua are part of a one-time pack. Pick your depth — both are lifetime access, no subscription, ever.

Core$49one-time
  • 60 prompts + syntax-validated reference Lua
  • Lifetime access — pay once
Most Popular · Best Value
Vault$199one-time
  • All 510 prompts — the full library
  • Per-prompt profit/trend intelligence (CSV + playbook)
  • Lifetime free updates — new niches as the market moves
Get the Vault — $199

$49 for 60 · $199 for all 510 + intelligence — one-time, no subscription.

Known Failure Modes & Corrective Prompt

  • Client-side item removal — the block is consumed locally, so the player keeps it. Remove + charge in the server event.
  • Audio swap ignoredForceVehicleEngineAudio is called with the engine running and silently no-ops. Toggle the engine off then on.
  • Unvalidated swap:done — the server fires it without checking the item, so a crafted client self-grants any block.

Corrective re-prompt: Move the item check, labour charge and item removal into the swap:request server handler, only emit swap:done after all three succeed, and on the client wrap the profile apply in SetVehicleEngineOn(veh,false,...) / SetVehicleEngineOn(veh,true,...) so the audio profile actually changes.

Framework Integration

QBCore: Player.Functions.GetItemByName('engine_v8') to verify the block and Player.Functions.RemoveItem to consume it inside the server handler; persist the fitted block on player_vehicles. QBox: use exports.ox_inventory:Search / :RemoveItem and exports.qbx_core:GetPlayer(src); store the swap via oxmysql. ESX: ports via xPlayer.getInventoryItem / xPlayer.removeInventoryItem if extended to ESX, same server-side gate.

Profit Potential

$250–$3500/mo on Tebex (expected ~$900). [INFERRED] Priced in the upper $50-389 band; a rising depth niche (corpus median seller $11.85K/mo, signal-scraper tebex_snapshot n=100) supports solid mid-volume units.

Trend Signal

rising — strategy: engine swaps are the depth play above the 3.75-rising tuning baseline in the niche matrix.

Sales Angle

Sell the depth a basic upgrade menu can't touch — a real powerplant swap with consumable blocks and changed engine note. Recommended Tebex price $169.

Difficulty & Ship Time

advanced · ships in 2-3 days.