Chris you are a big meanie... im watching you to...lol

 

OP asked about torque and the first two things that came to my mind were LS swap and nitrous.

 

Torque and horsepower are not independent of one another. There's no way to say 'hey, I'm happy with my HP curve, so I'm going to leave it exactly how it is and add some torque instead.' You can't target torque and horsepower as if they were entirely separate measurements. What you can do is target tq/HP gains on the low end vs. Tq/HP gains on the high end, which would have differing effects on your peak HP number.

 

Yeah the Low end is what I was looking for. I dont want anyone to start arguing cuz I realize now that this was kind of a dumb question cuz I phrased it wrong. No nos for me at 120k miles. Seems unsafe. Has anyone made a write up for the LS swap yet? They seem to be a dime a dozen now. I am very very interested, but itd mean i have o save for a while. On the whole, if I put in most of the wrench time, I figured it to be around 8k with ls1, trans, sikky kit, and extras. Sound about right? LS swap is definitely not an outrageous answer, so all those who said it, I am interested if you have any more wisdom to share

 

You'll be very hard pressed to do an LS1 for 8k. I'd say figure 10-13k if you are keeping the motor close to stock and doing most of the work yourself. 12-15k if you're doing some mild performance items as part of your build. 15-20k if you're having a shop do it for you. Costs will vary from area to area and depend on whether you go with old, high mileage parts, newer parts, or crate engine & built tranny, etc. But the devil is in the details. All of the little things add up on that swap. I'm putting together my build plan and I'm going with the less expensive, but heavier LQ9 iron bottom end - and I'll be very surprised if I can get my budget under 11k.

 

palpatine/emperor gif is being stolen .. thank you.

this thread started great and only got better.heh heh.

 

Mines not stock but back to NA. Id like to test that theory of yours. From a roll or stop.... not to mention a "stock" ls7 z06 from air filter to exhaust down to the showroom tires runs 10s. I don't even your modded car runs 10s in its current form.