Lol, it sounded to me like 3K shifts and a slow wind to about 35-4500 and then a hit. V8's in light cars are impressive if you're not used to 'em. Especially the LSX series.

There you were, impeding traffic and making the road a dangerous place. All in front of an insurance guy. Shame on you! ;)

He was in the right lane. No traffic impedance caused. :stirthepot:

65 in a 55 isn't slow. its not fast, but its not slow. tops i go on a 55 mph highway is 69mph unless i'm in a rush, and then i'm always paranoid about getting pulled over so i don't really go much faster than that. i feel like cops are looking for people going 70+, they'd rather write a bigger ticket. if i go 75, i'm going 20mph above the speed limit, and i'll get there about 1 minute earlier. timing lights and stuff in local areas is how i try and make up for lost time. not getting stuck at a few 2 minute lights will save you a lot more time if you were in a rush than going a few mph faster than you would normally be driving on the hwy.

Nasty!! :tup:

That's why you take your time and do it right. Don't cut corners and you'll be fine.

Sick! I wish I had the money for something like that!

Exactly, I thought the economy was bad. I am still amazed at how the money thrown into mods and stupid stuff. (I am guilty, full of $hit int he garage)

What, I can totally write off my supercharger.

I obviously would not be keeping my transmission...

It's not about having the money and just buying a vette I love my Z and want to make it as unique a ride as possible for myself.

LSx swaps are not unique, its the most common swapped engine in to vehicles.

Want to be unique? Swap in a VK56 or a built VH45DE.

But it still makes the most since to just turbo your VQ37.

:iagree:

:bowrofl:

why?

Re-sale will still suck. You will NEVER get NEAR your money back from mods. That is why you can buy 1200whp Viper's for $90K instead of the $200+K they cost to build, etc.

45 is usually the minimum legal speed on a 60mph highway. At least, in my state. If you are in the right lane doing 45, you're legal.

Are you kidding me how many 370z's do you see running around with any kind of corvette motor not to mention an LSX how would that not be unique and If your gonna start comparing a VH45DE or a vk56 which one is an Armada motor and the other a qx motor to an LSX??Which is A RACING CRATE MOTOR not that the other's are not but there simply is no comparison here so.....Honestly you should not even be posting in this thread or racing cars :gtfo2:
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And At this point when this happens the car will be gutted not driven ever only raced and the entire a/c system will be gone I don't see the point in trying to make that work out It will probably be a headache any.

:facepalm:

Do you think anyone that sticks an LS in anything gives a flying f*ck about resale value? :shakes head:

Seriously. Almost every aftermarket mod to any car is done at a loss.

Well, not all mods, just ask Mustang. :stirthepot:

He is saying an LS swap is the most common engine used when people do engine swaps. There are reasons for it, great power, smallish engine, and bolts into almost any car, but what he is trying to say is be unique instead of just going with the standard LS motor. Go grab a nissan V8, which so far I have only seen one Z ever do (a 350z) and it was a 'meh' build.

let's see, how do i put this? .... no

there's a g35 with a vk56 titan motor:

looks pretty cool. i haven't found any video of that car going in a straight line though. seems to be strictly a drift car.

No it's usually a middle aged douche-bag :) - there was a recent incident up in NH where a Corvette driver ended up totaling his car and injured his passenger after showing off on a cool morning. But overall I would agree with you, percentage wise the younger folk are more likely to exceed their ability - I know I did a couple of times when I was young.

forget the turbo engine, just put the ZR1 engine in the 370Z and you got the best of both, big V8 power and a SC.

:facepalm:

Not how many 370Zs, how many cars period. Theres not another engine in the last 10 years thats been swapped into various cars from various makes more often then the LSx engines. Its been done literally THOUSANDS of times.

You don't think the VH45DE and VK56DE have been used in factory race applications? Maybe you should do some research on both of these motors before knocking them, they have MUCH more potential then I think you realize. In fact, boosted, they probably have more potential. But I won't get into that, you obviously havnt done your research and will probably never even attempt pulling out your VQ37.

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For the price of an LSx swap you could have a 1000HP turbocharged VQ37, and that is a lot cooler then any LSx swap would be.

:iagree: Thank you!

thats tooo easy!

Im not going for an LSX I want an LS3....And to get to 1,000 whp with a VQ37 takes a lot of money In building the motor not any ordinary set up can get our cars to make that kind of power. I love my car But I love LS motors And i wanna run my Car to the ground an Swap an LS and If you think Im wrong by doing so Go ahead and Do whatever the hell you wanna do with your own car and don't knock on my plans. The nissan V8's are nice But I just feel That GM knows What there doing when it comes to the LS series motors end of story...I started this thread to help me see what kind of process I would have to go threw to do this swap Not to Debate what V8 or What motor Would be better to Swap. If you don't have anything productive to say please find another thread to Debate about Pointless things.

An LS swap into a Z is a sick idea, my only concern would be making the car more nose heavy that it already is.

Interesting about making the car heavier.

I was just about to ask how would weight distribution be effected by something like this

I always thought LS motors were pretty light, maybe I am wrong?

I think the LS motor is lighter. Pretty close in any case.

I've done all I'm doing to my engine, with just a tune and intake/test pipes/exhaust. When the engine blows, an LS is going into it.

But mine is just a track car anyways and already has no resale value.

And of course when you say LS swap you will be going with a LS7 of course, right? :tup:

I would be curious to see what the weight difference of one of our motors compares to an LS.

while I can't find a weight of the VQ, here is the weight of a couple LS engines from gmperformanceparts.com: LS1= 409 LS3= 415 LS7= 440
The LSA and LS9 don't have weight listed, but if i had to guess i would guess somewhere around 440 if not a little more.