What's the specs. on this race engine? It fits the Z33 right?

 

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If I remember correctly the output is about 450hp(?) and it runs about $75K.

 

holy **** how come its so expensive? ur talkin about the engine only right?

 

Yes, because it's for racing application only. When you are buying something like that that is really limited quantities and spec'd for a specific series you pay a premium. It is for race fuel only, and designed for trans am racing from what I have heard.

$75k for the engine, $250k for a car also built for trans am, with the engine in it. Just the info I have read, don't know the original source, but it's been posted a dozen or so times.

 

nice pics in your sig there failsaf3. are there any more pics in the gallery?

 

Yeah, somebody on here was saying that it could only be run on race gas due to the CR.

 

Actually it's just built as a GT Race engine. Through restrictors that engine, built for the 350ZR, can compete in every major GT/Touring car series. It has already debuted in the JGTC in April and runs the same engine, restricted to 300hp, so that the 350ZR can compete in the GT300 class.

It should technicaly be able to race unrestricted, or something close to 400hp, in ALMS, Grand-Am, FIA GT and Le Mans. Although the engine could be used in the Trans-Am series, I beleive it is too underpowered on the torque side of things. The minimum weight of those cars are very heavy and the 350ZR is the wrong application for that series, don't think you could modify it enough to be competitive. If somebody wanted to contest the Trans-Am series I would place my money on them building their own car, probably to shape of the G35, and work day and night building torque into that motor.

Depending on what Touring Car series you are running most North American TC series favor nearly stock car configurations, like dwnshift in the Grand-Am Pro Cup. Working with a showroom car and building it for racing is probably the way to go, but internationaly, TC are more like GT and less like showroom racers. JGTC, DTM, British TC are some examples where the 350ZR has, and will probably start to pop up.