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guitaraholic

$30,000 on an LS build?, What are you putting in it?

I have an L92 I picked up for $2,700 with wire harness, pedal assembly, and all the accessories. I priced a nice stroker rebuild and came in about $5,000. That's all forged internals, upgraded springs, valves, pushrods, cams. I'm putting it in my SL-C and figure I'll get around 550HP or so, which is more than enough for a 2300lb car.

You can pick up an LS7 crate enigine for $13k or so, with just a cam and a good exhaust you'll be close to 600HP or more naturally aspirated. The 370z isn't that heavy of a car, I'm thinking 1000HP (which if you are going to do it that way, turbos would be your best bet, is more for bragging rights then being able to use it on anything but the drag strip. Even on a road course 1000HP isn't very useful, and probably would make it so much of a hand full to drive it won't be that much fun. Before you get wrapped up in the numbers, I would drive something close to that to see if it is something you even want.

CSA0890

I think you misunderstood. Im only looking for 5-600. Im sure if I did a NA build I would be around 700 ish but I would like a blower especially since I will be reducing the stroke and losing some torque. Mainly I am making sure it will be as reliable as I can get it and that certainly drives up cost. I wouldnt trust an LS7 past bolt ons since their sleeves are so thin.

Thats why I am going with an aftermarket block which is 5k. Then finishing the shortblock is another 2.5-3k. The heads are 3k+ and thats not including rockers which are at least 1k since I want to spin it so high. The dry sump is at least 3.5k. Remote water pump 1k and so on.

Quality parts are really high of course but I think it will be worth it. I want a strong foundation I can build on and as I get better add more power to it. I am looking forward to the fueled racing LS kit for our cars.