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The simplest reason why we wont get a Z.

Originally Posted by ZCanadian Yeah, good luck fitting the Titan 5.6 into a driveable version of the z chassis. Have you looked at it? I spin tires on my 5,300

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Old 03-27-2018, 02:55 PM   #25 (permalink)
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Yeah, good luck fitting the Titan 5.6 into a driveable version of the z chassis. Have you looked at it? I spin tires on my 5,300 lb Titan. The z is no lightweight, but it would stand on its nose, let alone the cooling. Or the clutch - if the z had decent torque and went on a diet, it would be fine as is. But the existing transmissions won’t deal with V8 torque. All for 390hp (tuned to whatever you believe you can get out of it). Then there’s the fuel economy elephant in the room.

In all honesty, you’d need a racing license to handle a 500hp Z without a shipload of other mods anyway. That wouldn’t be cheap.

That’s why you won’t see one. At least not on store shelves. Do what you like with your own, though.
They'd have to stretch the wheelbase about 6"" to realistically pull it off.

A VQ engine isn't exactly small either....

As for handling it...Other companies are selling 700+ HP monsters...this wouldn't be any less safe than any of those, and it would give the Z the low end toque it is so very much lacking with the V6.
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