Any boosted High hp high mileage vqs out there?

bullitt5897 · 03-26-2019, 12:55 PM

OP,

I take it you haven't driven this platform in High HP fashion. I have about 15k miles in different setups all at 1000bhp+. I can tell you definitively you will not want to daily the vehicle at this power level. I have found that the chassis is more compliant at around 700whp. Anything above this and it starts to become a handful to drive. You can get a lot of miles out of a 700whp setup. A good solid motor build will get you up to 700-800whp+. You will want a closed deck block with anything over 20psi. Most if not 90+% of the guys running big power are on a closed deck block.

I would set your glory numbers and then drop down to something a little more compliant. with a TT set up you can always turn up the boost.

Spooler · 03-26-2019, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bullitt5897

OP,

I take it you haven't driven this platform in High HP fashion. I have about 15k miles in different setups all at 1000bhp+. I can tell you definitively you will not want to daily the vehicle at this power level. I have found that the chassis is more compliant at around 700whp. Anything above this and it starts to become a handful to drive. You can get a lot of miles out of a 700whp setup. A good solid motor build will get you up to 700-800whp+. You will want a closed deck block with anything over 20psi. Most if not 90+% of the guys running big power are on a closed deck block.

I would set your glory numbers and then drop down to something a little more compliant. with a TT set up you can always turn up the boost.

How did you do your new engine build. Wondering what you did this time since you have been leading the charge for a while.

Chrisc3 · 03-26-2019, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Spooler

How did you do your new engine build. Wondering what you did this time since you have been leading the charge for a while.

Very curious about this as well. Ideally I would like to be able to turn the boost down track it, take small road trips, turn it up, possibly do some roll race events ect. I understand with any build things aren't going to be perfect and there are so many variables, but compared to other engines, how would you rate the vq37 build/cost to reliability/potential ratio compared to other engines 2J, LS ?

Spooler · 03-26-2019, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Chrisc3

Very curious about this as well. Ideally I would like to be able to turn the boost down track it, take small road trips, turn it up, possibly do some roll race events ect. I understand with any build things aren't going to be perfect and there are so many variables, but compared to other engines, how would you rate the vq37 build/cost to reliability/potential ratio compared to other engines 2J, LS ?

Guess he is not going to say. He has been tight lipped about this one.

Chrisc3 · 03-26-2019, 07:47 PM

Spooler · 03-28-2019, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bullitt5897

OP,

I have found that the chassis is more compliant at around 700whp. Anything above this and it starts to become a handful to drive. You can get a lot of miles out of a 700whp setup. A good solid motor build will get you up to 700-800whp+. You will want a closed deck block with anything over 20psi. Most if not 90+% of the guys running big power are on a closed deck block.

My build is a middle of the road build. I am cool with that. 4 years ago it would not have been. I will see how my car does and go from there. I need
some data and time behind the wheel. I have a couple of more things I want to do but I want to see how I use the car first. It may do everything I want and then some. We shall see. Good luck with your build. Sounds like you have just about wrapped it up for the 3rd or 4th time. How many iterations has it been?

bullitt5897 · 03-28-2019, 11:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Spooler

My build is a middle of the road build. I am cool with that. 4 years ago it would not have been. I will see how my car does and go from there. I need
some data and time behind the wheel. I have a couple of more things I want to do but I want to see how I use the car first. It may do everything I want and then some. We shall see. Good luck with your build. Sounds like you have just about wrapped it up for the 3rd or 4th time. How many iterations has it been?

I have built the car 4 times with different setups. Each time we learn something new. Honestly, I am done chasing numbers. I have driven this car at this high of power and can tell you while it’s fun the chassis does not like it. I will build another Z and keep it around 600-700whp.

Spooler · 03-28-2019, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bullitt5897

I have built the car 4 times with different setups. Each time we learn something new. Honestly, I am done chasing numbers. I have driven this car at this high of power and can tell you while it’s fun the chassis does not like it. I will build another Z and keep it around 600-700whp.

I remember you telling me that 3 years ago. It stuck. I went a little more than I should but it's a boosted car. I can just turn it down a bit.

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