for some reason I don't think Noah is a noob at launching something like what's being built.

He'd get a good 10hp downhill with some wind.

 

lol damn I wanna see someone do what I just saw done on Pimp My Ride...put a Duramax Diesel in 65 Impala, turbo'd it and used BioDiesel...1400hp/tq and 25mpg ftmfw. Talk about different. Damn thing embarassed a new Lambo when they finished it.

 

I spent all weekend driving a C12-equipped 6-wheel drive 15.1 ton truck.

1600 lb/ft
425 hp

doesn't exactly haul ***, but you can tow pretty much anything smaller than an M1 Abrams.

I have the license for the low deck, but we burned it down in Iraq when the **** broke.

 

Me and Julian friends?!?! God NO

Seriously Julian from MRC is actually very supportive of my project (bullsheet)

I have no problems racing Julian or Dave (WTF no Turbo...another friend of mine).....it'll be fun to watch them in teh rear view.....and Julian is right...the only way I could win a race w/o a motor is to get towed by a ferrari with a turbo!!!!!

Once my LSX is in......all i can say is "WELCOME TO THE CHINA CLUB *****ES!"


Julian's biggest disadvantage is his horspower to weight ratio

 

I wanna be able to put that in my sig...

"I have to run slicks on my daily driver."

 

Mandatory slicks on the daily driver FTMFW

 

My friend runs mickey thomsons on his grand nation for his daily driver.
It's an expensive habit, it's worth it to some people I guess.

 

Had to go there huh.... Say hi to Mike for me pretty boy.

 

Don't feel bad, I'm prolly twice your size. Thats why I need all the power I can get.

 

Uhhh...I doubt that...Unless were talking ***** size Im usually between 265-285 depending on the season..

 

So, you're saying his ***** is twice as big?

























Just havin a little fun with ya man, relax, I can see you getting worked up already

 

How could he see?

 

ok. not double. your 3/4 what I weigh. Two years layed up from surgeries and innability to excersize=mucho weight gain.

 

I just got through the 17 pages of this thread! Outstanding. I will be in line for 09.

Noah, all I can say is Hoosier R6's and Porsche ceramic big brake kit!!!


My Z is still NA and I was hoping I could find someone to drop in an LS2 last year this time, but decided to focus on aero and suspension first. What mods can I do now in the interim that aren't throw-aways that would be good building blocks towards the eventual LS2/LS3/LS7/LSX swap? For example, 350Evo 3.91 gears with a NISMO GT LSD. BBK. What else?

 

you are on the right track....your cooling system, clutch etc will all be address with the swap so most mods in that department will be wasted. I would reccommend an LSD, 3.9 gearing, suspension and braking mods as they will all be necessary when u go LS. I will have a better and more accurate list once my car is actually nearing completion.

 

After he hits the juice, ****s gonna start falling off anyway.

 

i don't see y you would want a 3.9 fd unless all ur doing is drag racing. look at the z06, it has really tall gearing, 60 in 1st, and its making about half the power ur car will, if anything go to 3.3 not 3.9, all it will do in make 1st completely useless, and i mean comletely useless with all the torque u'll be making.

 

What's the final drive ratio for a Z06?

 

When the time comes for me, I doubt I will be able to go "big" like Noah, so I would be looking in the LS2/LS3 "range" with hopefully a dry sump setup. I can already see the wife shaking her head in disbelief saying, "You want to do what with your perfecting good running motor and put what in your Z!???" If I got 400 to 500 rwhp with an LS2 or LS3 for $9k out the door I would be more than happy. I don't need 4-digit wheel horsepower numbers. If I could come out the door with an LS2/LS3 V8 setup that was about the price of a 4.2L stroker kit for the VQ (around $8900 last I looked; not installed!); I would be extremely happy and be able to put the savings towards a kicka*s BBK.

For me, I think I would want 3.9 gears to get more scoot out of the corners when I am out on the track. I do not run any road course tracks that have first gear corners and the longest straight away I run at is maybe .5 miles. Right now the way it is, I never see 6th gear out on the track and some tracks I only put it in 5th when I want to give my motor a "rest" in revs for a few seconds on their straight away before getting back on it hard for the rest of the lap. There are different schools of thought on this to be sure...

 

3.42. There is a 4.3 aftermarket though.