Somebody talk me out of this PLEASE

[Mack]

yup. the longer you stay on this website, the more prone to bad suggestive thinking you become ("while Im in there......")

 

see: 1.5KA24DE head idea and almost finished product.

 

How much money does yur boss have into his SBC with the procharger on it? you think thats not complicated? just get a set of forgies for the L, ported head, lonewolf manifold, HKS headgasket, an HX35 turbo, some 510cc injectors and a megasquirt. done.

 

after that, GOING in a straight line will be the hard bit.

[Here comes trouble]

I am happy that you and your Z made up even if it was only 5 seconds of purring. A this point in time there is no sense in a vehcle divorce just to have a fling with an overdeveloped chevie that looks good at such an advanced age.

[TheNeedForZ]

oh yeah, I couldn't get that video to play. Any help?

 

Save it on your hard drive and use Windows media player. That's what I did.

[thehelix112]

Yeah it works for me? Maybe upgrade to the latest windows media player or something? I don't know, I don't use windows.

 

Dave

[Guest bastaad525]

Turbo stuff adds complexity (cost) and weight. Stupid SBC is so darn cheap and light.

 

um, turbo stuff doesn't add that much weight.

 

I weighed my '72 with 2.9L N/A motor, SU carbs, early 5 speed, 3.9 diff, spare in the car, 1/4 tank of gas, and got 2320 lbs

 

Returned to the same scale a couple years later with the same car but with L28 turbo motor, medium sized intercooler and stainless steel piping, late ZX 5 speed and 3.5 diff, spare in the car and 1/2 tank of gas, and got 2360 lbs

 

And yeah, ripping V8's a new ******* is extremely fun. My best 'kill' ever was against a '99 mustang cobra.

 

Me to Cobra driver "hey is that the one with the supercharger?"

 

Cobra driver "nah... don't need it!"

 

Light goes green and I pull about 4 cars on him by 80 mph. We meet up at the next red light...

 

Me "you sure about that?"

 

Though I found out later that that year cobra isn't immensely powerful or quick, the cockiness and reaction of the owner were priceless.

 

Not downplaying the V8 conversion, I was going to go V8 until someone offered me a great deal on a 280zxt donor. I think they are comparable in almost every respect, though the V8 swap is costlier and more complex for the initial install what with needing custom this and that to even get the drivetrain in, but you're rewarded with instant response instead of turbo lag (which isn't that bad on the stock T3 anyways). But anyways saying the SBC is 'so darn cheap and light' compared to the L28 turbo is really not very accurate. As I understand it the SBC weighs more unless you go with aluminum heads then it's about the same, and cost wise yeah a V8 motor itself is relativley cheap but you will pay more for all the custom mounts and such than you would for just finding a turbo motor and dropping it in.

[Clifton]

I think it's because I have to look at my boss' 700hp procharged nova every day.

 

Get a ride in that Nova and then it will be easier to toss the L. An LS1 is not any heavier than an L and will make power power than 95% of the turboed L28's out there (on pump) while being completely stock. Ad a turbo or SC if you need more. If you want a 12 sec car keep the L. If you want to run with fast cars and 1 liter bikes ditch the L.

[Collectindust240Z]

I drive the Nova all the time. It's sick. It has a seriously built 2004R with a manual reverse valve body. You can't pull the lever for 2nd before the thing's on the rev limiter. The throttle response is insane. It has 29x18.50 Hoosier radials out back and just fries them through 1st and 2nd. The car has never been to the track ( it still has some rear susp. issues), but with the 'ol G Tech Pro, it ran a 12.40 ish with a passanger (me) and he let out of the trottle at around 80 and coasted through the rest of the 1/4. That was with blistering tire through 1st.

[thehelix112]

Have any luck playing that video?

 

Dave

[savageskaterkid]

Hey trouble, you still lookin for that SB now. I know of a guy that is sellin a pretty decently built 406. Its just a mild motor though-its got about 12:1 CR, and pushin only about 750 crank hp-but with the right tuning it could probly have enough power to get these heavy cars off the line. Its a guy I work with, he actually had it in a 260z that had the tilt front end, and subframed and all sorts of stuff. Ran a best of 10.05, I think he said he'd get rid of it for like 3000-3500, when he was talkin about it, it was just a thought about selling it-hes trying to get pay off sum bills and such. But he tracked down that Z and i think i may look into buying the thing.

 

SBC's are sweet, but the L-series just sounds awesome-finish your project, sounds like its gonna be badass. Use a blowthrough setup, it will deffinitly fly.

[hoov100]

if you could list all of the stuff you havent finished yet, im sure we could help you get it all in and working and running by the end of the year at the most. just remember, its a project.

[Bartman]

Who cares what we all think...get what you want.

 

From my perspective, a V8 swap can be easier and cheaper than modifying an L6 (of course it all depends on what engine you actually choose, what you include, and how stock you keep everything else). How many threads are there with people that have highly modified L6's that have one problem after another?

 

I think the V8 has just as high, if not higher wow factor than a highly modified L6. It all depends on who's doing the looking. My car still looks like crap, but when I take it to car shows the engine more than makes up for it.