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So. Some of you may know, but I built a 91 twinturbo 300zx about as far as I could. bored, wiseco pistons, eagle rods, dual gt28rses, os giken carbon carbon clutch, the list goes on and on. It was one of the fastest 300s around. My friend did this. http://imgur.com/a/4Wpkx?gallery Chassis is hosed, but my monster engine just lost its ICs and rad, no biggie. So here I am, with this kickass engine, and I kinda dont want to just slap it in another 300. I want to do something new. I want to find a 60s or 70s American car that can hold a big block (so I know the wide rear end vg30dett will fit.) Imagine, a 68 Mustang. A 69 Chevelle. A goddamn Nova. How many heads would catch fire seeing this sacrilege, a 3L jap twinturbo engine in classic muscle, making far more power than almost any american lump I could use. I know a guy that has a th400 on one of these engines in a 300, so I know thatll work. I'll buy a roller, or at worst one with a blown engine, so I wont be ruining anything special, in my mind. Thoughts? Better suggestions? Mad at even the idea? Let me hear it.
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Go for it. Find a roller chassis Dart, or Nova, or something and put a smooth sounding Japanese engine in it.
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MustardFacial posted:Go for it. Find a roller chassis Dart, or Nova, or something and put a smooth sounding Japanese engine in it. my engine is far from smooth, but a Nova with a .060 over vg30dett at >7krpm with two turbos flowing over 700cfm each would be a loving noise that i dont think a Nova has ever made. And embarassing real big block Novas would tickle me in a way that nothing else could Any car that can hold an old big block should fit my engine well, its a wide motherfucker. I think it would also fit where Ford mod motors went, 4.6/5.4s. How about a TT V6 Terminator Cobra for purist rage. Or maybe get one in a Regal and just INSIST its a Grand National. Method Loser fucked around with this message at 07:44 on May 13, 2015 |
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May 13, 2015 07:41
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I'm gonna vote to drop it into a Chevette, if you want to drop it into a domestic. It's a little heavy for a compact car of its era, but still really light (a bit over 1800 lbs in base model trim, vs the 3200-3600 in the Z32), rear wheel drive, and has an engine bay that can (barely) hold a big block V8. It'll probably try to kill you every time you drive it, but it'll be worth it. e: if you're going to piss off GN purists, drop in a diesel and crank up the boost. 
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May 13, 2015 07:51
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Drop it into a C3 Corvette.
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May 13, 2015 12:00
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'67 Nova. Make sure you re-chrome all the brightwork, no stealth here. Paint it in a nice, bright, 70s hot rod color.
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May 13, 2015 13:03
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I know a nice '86 300ZX donor chassis. Only some light frame rust here and there.
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May 13, 2015 13:11
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Adiabatic posted:I know a nice '86 300ZX donor chassis. Only some light frame rust here and there. I'm not sure Method Loser is euphoric enough for that
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May 13, 2015 13:36
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Raluek posted:I'm not sure Method Loser is euphoric enough for that I seem to recall this being tried, a Z32 turbo motor in a Z31, and it was all tears. I just want something with a black hole of an engine bay that also will piss people off. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK
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May 13, 2015 15:46
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Method Loser posted:I seem to recall this being tried, a Z32 turbo motor in a Z31, and it was all tears. I just want something with a black hole of an engine bay that also will piss people off. IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK Muscle truck.
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May 13, 2015 15:48
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Raluek posted:Muscle truck. The Syclone did it better than I ever could
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May 13, 2015 15:55
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Mid 90s to mid 00s Volvo wagon. E: Ford owned Volvo from 2000 to 2010, it counts
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May 13, 2015 16:06
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Method Loser posted:my engine is far from smooth, but a Nova with a .060 over vg30dett at >7krpm with two turbos flowing over 700cfm each would be a loving noise that i dont think a Nova has ever made. And embarassing real big block Novas would tickle me in a way that nothing else could Oh! Dump it into a tri 5 Bel air, or a camaro
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May 13, 2015 16:14
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Rip out a numbers matching aluminum big block yenko camaro and stick it in there. Refuse to sell the motor to the next owner.
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May 13, 2015 16:31
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Pretty much anything big and old should have room for it. Of course you could go full on wacky races and rear mount it in an original Mini,
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May 13, 2015 17:06
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Less of a "troll" and more of an insane, hilarious surprise would be a Mustang II or Pinto. People have apparently fit engines as big as 460s in them. Most feasible is probably like a late 60s-early 70s Chevy Nova, IIRC the prices on those are still pretty reasonable.
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May 13, 2015 20:17
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Put it in a BMW E34
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May 14, 2015 05:01
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I don't think your dad is going to feel much like buying another hot rod this soon after you totaled his first one.
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May 14, 2015 05:32
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CORVAIR
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May 14, 2015 05:40
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Roadkill need a new motor for the Gremlin, just saying.
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May 14, 2015 05:43
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What about a kit, like a Factory Five Cobra or something?
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May 14, 2015 23:05
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Lotus 7. There is no way it will fit. Just cut away the body that interferes with the engine. You might have a couple square feet of body left. It would look crazy (in a good way).
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May 15, 2015 03:42
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late 70's Cadillac
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May 15, 2015 03:50
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IROC-Z Z will stand for the Z engine
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https://rochester.craigslist.org/cto/5014183715.html 1987 AMC Eagle. Bonus points if you figure out how to keep the 4WD system.
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May 15, 2015 04:56
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75-79 X-body, in whichever GM corporate flavour you think looks coolest/is most readily available. I always liked the Skylark. It's one of the better malaise-era platforms, they're fairly cheap and there's a good bit of room to work with under the hood.
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May 15, 2015 06:39
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leica posted:IROC-Z Then you could have sick rear end t tops and badge it as an IROC-300ZX 
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May 15, 2015 06:53
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A C4 Corvette or some kind of old Regal can probably be had pretty cheap, and a twin turbo V6 would probably improve both of those.
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Ardemia posted:Then you could have sick rear end t tops and badge it as an IROC-300ZX IROC-ZX with the x in bright red. It would a cheapish option for a heart transplant, but it wouldn't piss people off as much as it being in an old nova or chevelle. But whatever you do decide to do, I salute you, you glorious bastard. Sticking a high powered Japanese I6 or v8 into an old muscle car is a dream project of mine. Or an ecotec engine. Just so long as it will really annoy the greybeards by being "the wrong engine" while being better in every way that the "correct" option. Also, if you didn't go for a muscle car, a model t or a hotrod with that motor would be awesome.
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razorscooter posted:A C4 Corvette or some kind of old Regal can probably be had pretty cheap, and a twin turbo V6 would probably improve both of those. A modern 4 cylinder will match, if not destroy, the power that they came with from the factory. At least in HP. The V8 will put down a bit more torque. My 1980 F-150 had about 150 hp from the factory... from a 351M V8, and by the time I got it it had almost zero oil pressure and told knock knock jokes all day. The 2.2L Ecotec in my current car has 140 HP, and gets at least triple the MPG (my best tank is 35 MPG, city tanks are typically 24 MPG - the F-150 got 3-6 MPG city, ~5-8 highway, best tank was 12 MPG).
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ignore everything like practicality and instead go for casting the widest net for people to piss off. mustang cadillac or nova.
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May 15, 2015 08:32
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Cat Terrist posted:Drop it into a C3 Corvette. Actually this is probably the best pure troll, plus if it's made after 1972 it will be 100% worthless anyway so no harm done.
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People keep throwing Novas around. If you need measurements, let me know. Depending on how wide that engine is, you may want to look for something a bit bigger. A-body maybe?
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Nissan V6 in an RX7 would be the ultimate troll because you would piss off the RADL and the V8 swap people.
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May 15, 2015 16:34
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leica posted:IROC-Z This right here.
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Whatever you do, get a car that has aftermarket support. If I didn't have a gas tank out of a 74 AMC in a ball of crazy I would have had my Bricklin running two years ago. Get a Mustang or a GM product and call it good. You can slap in a pre-made gas tank set up for FI in an hour. I'd avoid AMC products for this reason unless you're really good at fabrication and engineering. Edit: unless of course you don't care about fitting a fuel cell, in which case do something like this: 
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May 15, 2015 21:36
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I'm gonna go against the grain and say something german, like a mercedes SEC or BMW 633i. Or something hilariously inappropriate like an old jag XJ6.
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leica posted:IROC-Z I'm gonna nth the IROC-Z. No real reason other than it would amuse me. A swap into a fox body mustang would be great too, because then you piss off those guys.
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Put it in a Regal.
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