My Parents Are Retarded
07-28-2005, 05:59 AM
#51
Z8 driver
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Originally Posted by RPS13_GZ32
Now if I really had that kinda money, this is what I'd put in it 
5.6L V8 w/ 300hp almost 400 ft. lbs stock, break it down, bulletproof it, drop the compression, then throw 2 fat *** turbos on it...this thing would destroy...probably rip itself from your engine bay before it got to the end of the quarter...its just a shame they dont have a 5spd manual for it yet, just a 5spd auto
5.6L V8 w/ 300hp almost 400 ft. lbs stock, break it down, bulletproof it, drop the compression, then throw 2 fat *** turbos on it...this thing would destroy...probably rip itself from your engine bay before it got to the end of the quarter...its just a shame they dont have a 5spd manual for it yet, just a 5spd auto
07-28-2005, 02:55 PM
#54
have you ever seen an old skool GTO with too much torque?? my dad says they literally almost break the frame, cage and body just from twisting.. the Z has a different frame style so its alot less likely
07-28-2005, 02:58 PM
#55
hence why most american muscle racers dont use GTOs. i love GTOs tho.. i have ridden in one with some hefty upgrades and they are a sweet ride.. they are bit of screamers.. especially if you got one with a chevy 502 
(like the one i was in :P)
(like the one i was in :P)
07-28-2005, 04:04 PM
#60
well the one i was in wasnt modded up that high like the ones my dad used to race and others so it didnt have such drastic effect.. the Z would really twist like that cuz the old skool GTOs were a unibody frame style whereas the Zs and almost all modern cars from the mid 70s are now on a conventional frame.. so its alot less likely for them to twist like that.. i imagine with a chevy 502 a Z would prolly peel all the way down the 1/4 hahahah.. a chevy 502 is enough to make your 350 look like childs toy.. ive seen instances of people putting out 800 HP with one.. this guy i used to know who lived down the street from me had one in his 1969 Chevelle SS and he was crankin 657 HP and 703 Torque.. he showed me the dyno sheets and all and i was like damn! and that thing freakin Roared so loud you could hear it a mile away
07-28-2005, 04:07 PM
#61
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Originally Posted by assimilated420
the Z would really twist like that cuz the old skool GTOs were a unibody frame style whereas the Zs and almost all modern cars from the mid 70s are now on a conventional frame.. so its alot less likely for them to twist like that..
Early 240z's will start to twist at around 300 ft/lbs torque and the rest of the first gen Z's would probably go at around 400 ft/lbs. 280ZX's will last a little longer, but not much and Z31's are in the same boat. Z32's on the other hand can handle MAD torque before they start to flex too bad.
Last edited by lww; 07-28-2005 at 04:38 PM.
07-28-2005, 04:11 PM
#62
really.. i thought they were on a conventional frame.. i was told that once by someone i cant rem who but i havent seen any pics of a Z with no body structure so i had always assumed.. i stand corrected
07-28-2005, 04:29 PM
#63
S13 or Z32?....decisions, decisions.
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back a few posts....I would consider an LS2 for the price, but I'm sort of strict on keeping nissan cars w/ nissan motors, I feel that putting a domestic motor in a Z is bastardiZing.
07-28-2005, 05:10 PM
#67
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Originally posted by assimilated420
...a chevy 502 is enough to make your 350 look like childs toy.. ive seen instances of people putting out 800 HP with one..
...a chevy 502 is enough to make your 350 look like childs toy.. ive seen instances of people putting out 800 HP with one..
07-28-2005, 05:44 PM
#70
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seriously its the way that the engine is tuned.. i have a friend who has a honda S2000 with 503 hp. and thats only a 2litre engine. its all just how you make it.. sure a 502 has more stock hp. but it is also a **** load heavier than a 350. ive seen 350's push over 1000 hp. gettin a 502 would just b a waste of room and money, when you can get just as much hp out of a small block.
07-28-2005, 06:44 PM
#71
well i feel that if you put the same exact amount of effort into a 502 as you did a 350.. youd produce way higher numbers than the 350.. and yes the 350 may weigh less.. but it does not take as much effort to make the same number HP wtha 502 as a 350... and besides.. a 350 pushin 800 is not going to be near as durable as a 502 pushin 800.. a 502 is much bigger and has much more capability than a 350..
07-28-2005, 06:51 PM
#72
S13 or Z32?....decisions, decisions.
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Originally Posted by diflictedminds
yea it distrupts the Z concept! so you would by that theory/law would not have a problem putting a vg30dett in a z31 ?
I wouldn't have a prob w/ that at all; in fact I think that'd be a great swap. I've never been one to understand dropping another type of motor into a different type of car. If I owned a Honda, I'd drop a Honda motor, if I had a Nissan, id drop a Nissan motor, if I had a Chevy, id drop a Chevy motor, but none into the other. Just doesn’t seem right to me, I drive a Nissan to drive a Nissan, not a Chevy disguised as a Nissan...regardless of what a 350, 454, 502 or whatever other 3 digit domestic motor can possibly push compaired to a Nissan motor, i'd rather take less power knowing my car isnt some halfbreed.
07-28-2005, 08:30 PM
#73
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I wouldn't have a prob w/ that at all; in fact I think that'd be a great swap. I've never been one to understand dropping another type of motor into a different type of car. If I owned a Honda, I'd drop a Honda motor, if I had a Nissan, id drop a Nissan motor, if I had a Chevy, id drop a Chevy motor, but none into the other. Just doesn’t seem right to me, I drive a Nissan to drive a Nissan, not a Chevy disguised as a Nissan...regardless of what a 350, 454, 502 or whatever other 3 digit domestic motor can possibly push compaired to a Nissan motor, i'd rather take less power knowing my car isnt some halfbreed.
07-28-2005, 08:59 PM
#74
S13 or Z32?....decisions, decisions.
Join Date: Feb 2005
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I dont know, ask these 280zx drivers, I know its a pretty common swap to throw a 350 into one, I hear about em all the time, but w/o having an older Z myself I wouldn't know what all is involved. I have a friend who used to have one himself and that damn thing smoked everything w/ wheels. It was amazingly fast, but I still don't think I could commit to doing it myself, just too hooked on keeping my cars in their respective families.
