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    C6 Vette LS2 exh mani's;
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    Caddy CTS-V exh mani's;
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    GTO LS1-LS2 exh mani's;
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    C5 Vette LS1-LS6 exh mani's;
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    LS1tech is probably going to be your best bet. I starting amassing a nice collection of OE LSx exhaust manifolds in search of an OE option for an LSx powered Z32. When I finally admitted defeat in that I would have to cut the firewall, I moth balled that project in favor of and LSx BMW M3. Any how, here are those manifolds and some of the details pertaining tho them. Truck C5 Vette LS1/LS6 C6 Vette LS2 Caddy CTS-V LS6 GTO LS1/LS2 F-bod LS1 More details and pics of fitment in the Z32 engine bay starting here on Page #3 through Page #4; http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=144469&page=3
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    Yes, yes you did! Gorgeous Z's...
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    I like the concept of your thread, though HybridZ is "high performance" in nature. Of the examples you gave, one Z fits. The other..... is drama. Comedy and tragedy! Couldn't find a "performance" oriented Z to use as an example, even a low performance one?
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    You mean I just went through the trouble of this little graphic for nothing?
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    Silly pose.... A young 30 year old BRAAP back in the late ‘90’s doing his best Vanna White impersonation just prior to attaching his most powerful engine build on the Dyno at Sunset Engine Development. Other gentleman is Wade, my engine building mentor, whom I owe a great debt of gratitude for his time and patience in teaching me all he could regarding performance engine building and machining while working for him. Thank you Wade. Ridiculous pics... Got lots of those... My Q45. Someone hit me from behind while stopped in traffic totaling the Q-ship, I bought the car back from insurance, damage was to the trunk, and slight damage to the front bumper and hood from beign pushed into the car ahead of me. Picture taken by RTz just prior to removing the power train, the Q's final Foggy!
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    NICE looking Z! Congrats...
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    If the engine sat for an extended time period, especially in humid environment that sees big temp swings, the valve could've stuck in the guide allowing piston contact.
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    Why was it bent? Bust the timing chain, valve stuck in the guide, valve float allowing the rocker to fall over and hold the valve open? If the valve is truly bent, it bent for a reason and hopefully you know why it bent and are aware of why, so hopefully it wont happen again.
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    Thanks for the offer, it is a little larger than I need though. :2thumbs:

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    3 inch, no restriction, non-turbulent x-pipe.

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    Stealth Dom intake, Howard Stewart H2O pump, and the gear reduction starter are cool and should fetch a few dollars for sure. :wink:

    Nothing I'm interested in. Maybe the X pipe, though I don't really need it.

     

    What size are the in-outs on the X?

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    If you see anything you like let me know..

     

    http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=157545

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    Good idea.
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    Hoov!!!!! :wink:

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    AWESOME! Love the Caddy V-8.
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    Braap!!!!!

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    4 1/4" stroke 180 degree crank AND it is the L-R-L-R configuration?! Violent vibes!
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    A VH41 or VH45 would be SO SWEET with a single plane crankshaft. :2thumbs: I personally feel the VH or Yota 1uz would make for a much cooler single plane V-8 project vs a domestic V-8. :wink:

     

    No ETA on when mine will be up and running, have to finish my M3 LSx project first, then I will get serious about the single plane V-8 project. When the M3 rolls out the shop, my '75 280-Z project car will roll in, getting it ready for the single-plane V-8. :mrgreen:

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    Wow man congrats on starting a flat plane v8 build, its about time someone took the plunge. I have been considering a flat plane vh45 or vh41 build myself for my Z, I have a guy that can do it I just need to balls to put the money down lol. When were you planning on having this thing running? If your succsessful in building this v8 which it seem from everything I read you will be I can see people start to do the same. I know I will.

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    Good info. Where are you taking your pressure reading from, head, under the thermostat in the housing, block, ??? In looking at the typical head gaskets, the coolant ports are small in diameter, and the ones that line up with the transfer ports in the block AND the head narrow down how many of those coolant passages are transferring coolant for the block into the head. Is that enough to pose a restriction to flow at the gasket vs how much coolant the pump is capable of moving? It would be interesting to see if there is much of a pressure drop across the head gasket itself, i.e. take readings from just below the head gasket and just above it at various location front to back and driver side to passenger side. If the head gasket is restrictive, strategically opening up some of the transfer ports in the gasket would allow more overall flow through the engine and depending on how restrictive the thermostat is, would allow more pressure in the head...
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    To have a new one built is in the $2500-$4000+ range depending on how intricate you want it. You might find one second hand, they are very rare and hard to find, (mine is a second hand crank). Started researching cams this last week and found this is also going to be an expensive component. The rest of the engine is typical SBC build, only the crank and cam are the special oddball components so long as you keep with a common stroke that works with off the shelf pistons and rods.
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