[VQ35DE]: My Quest for 9000 (and beyond?)
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[VQ35DE]: My Quest for 9000 (and beyond?)
It has started. The Rainbow Brite G35 is gathering it's pieces to start the climb towards 9000 RPMs - NA build with possibly a touch of nitrous down the road. Been supercharged in the passed and with the help of PowerFabAuto in Houston, hoping to make this possible. The shop already has a head built, deciding on cams and then working on the oil pump and built internals for higher compression.
We're gonna see how the DE does at 9000 before we do anything further (nitrous or possibly 10,000 RPM after additional needed parts for that engine speed).
No other updates. Will keep you posted (probably few and far between) as I try to afford this build part by part
Why high revving, high compression NA? Because the car won't grip anyway!
We're gonna see how the DE does at 9000 before we do anything further (nitrous or possibly 10,000 RPM after additional needed parts for that engine speed).
No other updates. Will keep you posted (probably few and far between) as I try to afford this build part by part
Why high revving, high compression NA? Because the car won't grip anyway!
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What are your power goals? The VQ does not make great power NA to begin with. I think the end result is going to be a high revving VQ that still makes not that great power and is still slow. Your car is sick and I'm sure there are better ways to spend the money vs doing an NA build.
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-5 camber on 225s stretched won't catch traction with any high horsepower. This isn't going to be a huge power maker. Just something new to try. We have looked into the dry sump and other routes. Of course, the first thing we looked into was the Dailey Engineering dry sump. I think $5000 for a pump on a car that will not be tracked is insane and also the AC issue. So, we are looking at other ideas. It's doable without the Dailey pump, but we won't know reliability of it until it's done. At that point, we will go back and look into the dry sump.
Like I said, this is in its baby stages. The head is done, but still debating if I want to go through with this til the end so all opinions and input is needed - I'll also give my thoughts in return.
I will be asking for help and input as I progress though!! And thanks for the comments so far!!
Like I said, this is in its baby stages. The head is done, but still debating if I want to go through with this til the end so all opinions and input is needed - I'll also give my thoughts in return.
I will be asking for help and input as I progress though!! And thanks for the comments so far!!
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To make up for any power that is not made up top I will just throw a little nitrous on it. Nothing insane, again, this isn't about making big power. It's just about hearing the VQ sing.
Looking at a pretty aggressive cam that will be pretty tough for street use in order to make any kind of power. A lot of things could change with this though. All that is done is the head. No cams decided on and again, the oil pump ideas we're throwing around. Also looking into lightened internals and such... I have a budget, so if this ever exceeds that then I'm scraping the entire NA project.
I'm looking at Kelford 302/292 cams... I've seen a lot of long tube headers, but not many clips on YouTube. Anyone have any advice?
Looking at a pretty aggressive cam that will be pretty tough for street use in order to make any kind of power. A lot of things could change with this though. All that is done is the head. No cams decided on and again, the oil pump ideas we're throwing around. Also looking into lightened internals and such... I have a budget, so if this ever exceeds that then I'm scraping the entire NA project.
I'm looking at Kelford 302/292 cams... I've seen a lot of long tube headers, but not many clips on YouTube. Anyone have any advice?
Last edited by AmateuRN; Feb 8, 2012 at 08:08 AM.
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This is a great looking car! Those rims have a sick look! 
My 2 cents:
1- If you are looking for some power for fun (325-375WHP).
2-You are on a budget.
You should think on a FI kit (T, TT, SC) that meet your budget and power goals.
You can keep stock internals and is bolt on = easy installation = save money and time.
Good Luck!
My 2 cents:
1- If you are looking for some power for fun (325-375WHP).
2-You are on a budget.
You should think on a FI kit (T, TT, SC) that meet your budget and power goals.
You can keep stock internals and is bolt on = easy installation = save money and time.
Good Luck!
Your car is gorgeous. Buy an AP1 S2000 instead and spin it up to 9000rpm. You'll end up spending less and won't have to worry about reliability issues. That's what it was made for. Just my opinion...
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-5 camber on 225s stretched won't catch traction with any high horsepower. This isn't going to be a huge power maker. Just something new to try. We have looked into the dry sump and other routes. Of course, the first thing we looked into was the Dailey Engineering dry sump. I think $5000 for a pump on a car that will not be tracked is insane and also the AC issue. So, we are looking at other ideas. It's doable without the Dailey pump, but we won't know reliability of it until it's done. At that point, we will go back and look into the dry sump.
Like I said, this is in its baby stages. The head is done, but still debating if I want to go through with this til the end so all opinions and input is needed - I'll also give my thoughts in return.
I will be asking for help and input as I progress though!! And thanks for the comments so far!!
Like I said, this is in its baby stages. The head is done, but still debating if I want to go through with this til the end so all opinions and input is needed - I'll also give my thoughts in return.
I will be asking for help and input as I progress though!! And thanks for the comments so far!!
