Originally Posted by Crash Meh. It's a pretty much maxed out N/A motor, but makes a good twin turbo motor. FWIW, there's a reason the new LS9 isn't the 7.0L,
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02-26-2009, 06:31 AM | #61 (permalink) | |
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As for the LS7 being weak...the stock valvetrain in the LSX series has usually been hailed as one of their strongest points, so I'm a little surprised - its always possible that particular one was flawed...as you said, the 2nd's holding strong right? But the other guy's right - look at anything powered by a Wankle - Apex seals what? May as well become an ASE certified mechanic before you buy an RX-7/8 heh... And Ninja - no offense taken, my other message board thrives off of its Gloves-off section. I probably went a little overboard anyway. Maybe I just learned fast that street racing is really overrated, I don't know heh. High horsepower cars were really cool to me at one point...now, I see them as purposeless unless they can actually put the power down to the ground with a reason... Last edited by MightyBobo; 02-26-2009 at 06:40 AM. |
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Yeah. Leno did a twin turbo LS7 in a grand torino a while ago. It made 1200hp. I have a few friends that have done the same thing.
I knew that they went to a 6.2 because it was stronger for the LS9, but the problem is that they can't get that motor to hold it's boost (is what I'm hearing). But if you're willing to spend 21K on a motor, then the LS9 is the way to go.
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I have a friend back in Omaha who has a single-turbo in his FD. Nice car. Think it puts down a little north of 400 to the wheels. Still blows apex seals all the time. And I KNOW he takes good care of it... BTW, the racing rotaries (3-rotors, yes?) are CONSIDERABLY better than the ones you find in production cars I believe... |
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Final Dyno Numbers - MY350Z.COM Forums If they can make ~350whp (mustang dyno, low reading) on an Intake, header and full exhaust and a COBB AP tune on a vq37vhr(the motor in the 370Z/G37)...I think it's possible to hit ~400 with some nitrous... |
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That's funny. The link is even posted on this site...Yet everyone in this thread missed it. Wonderful, lol.
http://www.the370z.com/vq37vhr/657-w...pect-370z.html |
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Either way it seems possible with a MILD build. Full boltons with some cams and valvetrain might be able to put him at or near the 400 mark. I don't know why some of you think he'd need a forged block or something if they made ~90 whp above stock on Intake, header, exhaust, and tune... |
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03-07-2009, 09:30 PM | #70 (permalink) | |
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Cams isn't going to happen in this car - only on the exhaust side. The only way to get the valves to open up more would be either a LOT of money into the intake VVEL system, or simply tuning the valves to be open more and more often. Its going to be VERY complicated either way, and a tuners nightmare at first Im sure. And problem is, he wont be making more than 90WHP to hit 400 WHP than stock...on a dynojet dyno (generally recognized as the most inaccurate...), they're putting down what, about 280ish to the wheels stock? He'll need 120WHP more. That translates to approx 140+ CRANK horsepower more. You think full boltons will do that? Because when an LSX based motor - something with a LOT more displacement and room to grow - can pick up 140 crank horsepower from boltons, well, god damn. It all slows down very fast after the "big" boltons, IE headers-back exhaust. |
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AH! So that's how the VVEL works! I was wondering how they were doing it. Makes sense to use an screw-style actuator setup. They're very reliable so long as the motor doesn't burn out.
I'm 100% positive that someone will come up with a baseline configuration for tuning the VVEL and tuners can just use that as a starting point.
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^^^ That will change fast as snot. LS2's were cracked in about 3 weeks followed by a billion other tuners shortly after.
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This motor is considerably more difficult to tune with, assuming you're tuning for anything OTHER than WOT more than likely. |
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