What about a Chevy small block? - Page 2 - G35Driver - Infiniti G35 & G37 Forum Discussion

Oct 17, 2006 | 11:51 AM

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I say get the new '07 sedan. It has the beefed up internals and should be ready to safely take 10-12 PSI. Has a factory LSD too. Throw $10K into an FI kit and you have an absolute killer.

Oct 17, 2006 | 12:01 PM

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You'd have a fun toy................!

Drop an LS7 in a G coupe and you would have a
fun ride for sure. The conversion would cost you
a bundle, and you'd have one hell of a time selling
it! (if you ever wanted to)

Oct 17, 2006 | 12:03 PM

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1) you didn't really specify WHICH Chevy small block. Iron = heavy Aluminum = light.
2) This has been discussed. Along with the all mighty RB26DETT conversion!

https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...light=rb26dett
3) this conversion would be way more work and cost more than 99% of us would be willing to do.

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Originally Posted by ChiefyMan

People put Chevy smallblock V8's in Fords, Dodges, Chevy's (obviously), Z-cars, RX-7's, old Datson trucks, and so forth. So has there ever been one dropped into a G? I wonder how much it would cost and how much work and $$ would be involved? We've already got RWD, so that isn't much of a worry.

Also, what kind of harm (or improvement - isn't the G rear-weight biased?) would it do to the weight distribution?

Oct 17, 2006 | 12:40 PM

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I don't know why it would be such a big deal. The guys in the Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift put a Skyline engine in a Mustang in one night, so how hard could it be to go the other direction?

Oct 17, 2006 | 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by vt_maverick

I don't know why it would be such a big deal. The guys in the Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift put a Skyline engine in a Mustang in one night, so how hard could it be to go the other direction?

I'm sure that when they did it, they pretty much hacked the thing just to make it work and work for the duration of the shot. I doubt it would last very long on the street.

Oct 17, 2006 | 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by badtziscool

I'm sure that when they did it, they pretty much hacked the thing just to make it work and work for the duration of the shot. I doubt it would last very long on the street.

I was being sarcastic. It took a team of engineers and mechanics a month to figure out how to make the conversion work, and even so you'd have to think that the sustainability of that setup would be a big question mark.