biohzrd

Well I will go easy on you and tell you that you hav not heard very many ls based engines. You can very easily get what you are wanting with a cam swap, headers, and good exhaust. That is all my car has in it, and it sounds like a beast. As far as any hocus pocus with a huge flywheel ect.... there really isn't any. It is all in the heads with these engines. Now to the muncie/5speed idea instead of a T56. IMO it isn't a good idea. Most T-5's will not hold the kind of power a moderate cammed ls will put out. If you don't like the 5th and 6th gears just don't use them.. Hope I was able to help you out some. Same cam (Thunder Racing RapTR Cam)as mine, not my car, and I put 442rwhp with only that headers, good exhaust, ls6 intake with a ported throttle body.

You should be fine with the stock bottom end. It really all comes down to the tune, and not trying to push it too hard. Most of the lower end issues I have witnessed have come down to those two things. Keep it around 6 to 8 lbs of boost with a mild cam, good tune and you will make your power for a long time. People get greedy and break things.

UPDATE!!!! wil have pics soon!!! been working on my x-member setup, and lowering the rack / mid section of the x-member. what i am in the process of doing may work out perfectly. looking at using the stock rack( lowered of course ) and adding late 80's early 90's 4-runner irs outer tie rods. they are actually called j-rods a lot of times. basically cure the lowering aspects of the rack. as soon as i have it setup the way i like, i will post some pics.

i 110% agree with you braap... the whole point of this site has been an open book as far as specs, and info goes. i have been a member of this site for a long time, and have always looked at it as the place where people come for answers, and not flaming, bs, or quick fixes that may not be correct. if i find a way to fit my ls1/t56 in my z32, it is open to eveyone here. this is what i feel that has made hybidz the best "car specific" forum around. i am throwing my hat in the ring on any info i can give on making this happen. just an update. between honey-dos and the IHRA races in Louisiana this weekend, i was able to mount the modified X-Member. have lots of pics, but my home comp is infected!!!!! will try and get some up soon!!!!!

I just hope it isn't as pricey as thier 240sx kit, but i don't see that happening. I built my own lsx 240sx before there was a kit, and I think I'll just keep on working on my own.

a custom pan would be nice.

very nice!!! are those mustang rims on there? can't wait to get my ls1 in mine.

lookin good. just makes me wish i had more time to spend on mine right now. trying to find a junked k-member so i can get to work on a tubular one that will lower the rack. i'll keep you up to date.

looking good. was just thinking about it the other night on my drive back to work in houston, but have you thought of using an after market bell housing? i had one a few years back in a camaro, and it seemed to be a little smaller overall. may allow more clearance in the ever critical firewall area. another idea running through my head is making a tubular k-member that mounts the rack lower. i have lowered the rack in other vehicles, and never noticed much of an impact on the steering. i think it can make more of a difference in a manual application than a power steering setup. also looking towards a hydro-boost setup for my brakes. they take up a lot less room then a normal system, and work great.

I say go for it. Hopefully I will be doing the same soon except with a ls1/t56 combo. I'm right down the road from you over here in Baton Rouge. I'll have to get with you sometime and give you a hand.

not sure if it's been brought up or not, but maybe taking the approach that i've used on 240sx swaps may help. GTO pan, notch the k member, find yourself a BFH, and go to town on the tunnel. i think there should be enough room there without cutting the firewall all to pieces. just have to get a little creative. also there is a company that sells a modified oil pan for the 240sx that give more clearance. kinda pricey though. http://www.sikky.com/products/mount_kits/nissan_mounts/ls1__s14_240sx/S14_pan i'll be putting mine together hopefully here in a couple of months. is the insall manual that was going around a few years back still availible?

I'm all in on the second round. Tried to pm you mkelly, but it would not let me. Just let me know.

great info on your site... i am all for this b/c i too plan on using a vk56 to base an engine build on. i think it should be fairly easy to pick up some serious hp out of this engine. keep up the good work. let me know how the manifold fabbing goes. i am trying to figure out one myself.

it does look an aweful lot like a diesel dyno. heh heh heh. trust me i'm not bashing the manifold at all. i own a titan, and love the engine and tranny. i was just pointing out that with the right intake/head setup, this engine could realistically spin up to 7500 rpm with out batting an eye, and do it all day long. putting a turbo on it and things get real fun!!! if the bottom end could hold, i think 700hp would be a sinch.

back from the dead. found this on another post http://www.titantalk.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=9361 on a different note: one of the biggest problems with i see with the whole set-up is the design of the intake manifold itself. the runners are almost 22in long. it was designed for torque and is actually more like the older chevy tpi manifolds than the lt1 manifold. longer runner ='s more torque/ shorter runner ='s more hp. i think with a shorter runner length, and by opening up the heads, you could really wake this motor up. imagine an ls1 with 32 valves.