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Originally Posted by husam2012
Definitely the best idea, Zs aren't meant to be 9.5 second cars that you can daily aswell.. The GTR is there for that duty.
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Originally Posted by DaveZ03
The money you will have invested into this platform to get to your mentioned goals both power wise, with reliability goals isn't gonna be worth it. The motor will be on the razors edge and something WILL go wrong eventually.
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Ok, so I gather from these comments that it's doable but not desirable on this chassis.
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Originally Posted by Spooler
All I can say is wait. One car is being put together now with an auto and he is a drag racer. Me, not so much at all. Wait and see how his car does. You will be dropping 50 to 60k for sure. Not going to lie, it is damn hard to get these things to live. The trans is the problem. Auto or manual. They both suck. Then, head lift. As was stated above, you will be fighting a loosing battle and developing the car on your own which is not cheap. I am trying to figure out what I am going to do myself. A VR38 swap is sounding good right now. The problem is I have to start over. Not sure if I am willing to do that.
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Originally Posted by DaveZ03
Two, and this is a big one, you WILL PAY for proprietary information. There are a handful of guys who have sunk $$$ into this goal, with "secret" information discovered/developed through their builds to get them somewhat "reliable". Cost of pushing the envelope and this information WILL NOT be given freely. You have to remember, this is a mass produced car with a mass produced engine. Can it be done, sure, there are a handful of guys who have gone into the "dark side of the moon", but most are lost to the void these days.
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Ok fair enough I understand. It seems like if I wanted to go down the motor build path, I would need to rebuild and learn from each build several times. Something I was hoping and not looking forward to doing, more inclining me to another platform.
But what about the SOHO HB stage 2 longblock? If I were to purchase that one and keep my power at 800whp, would I still need to rebuild it over and over again if I were to do a few 1/4 mile passes, and some weekend highway runs everynow and then?
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Originally Posted by SeeThruHead
GR Supra is pretty easy to get to 9 seconds. Way easier platform to make power than the 370z. If you don't mind the looks/automatic. (manual coming next year?)
It's kind of comical how easy it is to make power on them. Folks are calling it the "next gtr" because it's filling that niche.
https://youtu.be/csp7zAWWvnk?t=640
But you'll need a 2020 model. Or be willing to reflash and swap in 2020 ECU somewhere in russia. iirc |
Yup this is the next platform I was looking at and already know a ton about this platform already. It seems like it will be so much more easier to reach my goal. Some people mention GTR, but unfortunately the R35 GTR has skyrocketed in price in my country, atleast 25-30K more than the Supra, the money I was going to use to upgrade the Supra if I were to get one. I mean I really still love my Z, and want to build it but it sounds like its a much harder path to reach my goal.
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Originally Posted by Elmo370z
Horsepower Doesn’t break motors. Running tiny turbos and making that kind of power isn’t the proper way to make 900whp. Will it last probably not long, but if you can make that power and manage torque and keep it around 550
To 600. It will
Be able to make
Several passes before letting go. Soho stock block last a year at 700ft/lbs before it
Shot a hole
Out the block.
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Soho stock block? Which one is that?