04 G35 build
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Front and rear cameras, tire pressure for all four tires can display on screen,folding side view mir
They are doing everything you said and will be putting it on a dyno after and tuning it. It will end up costing around $7500 and thats about the limit of what I had to spend for now.they wanted to put crowley connecting rods in but they were 1100 dollars so i did a little research and found the eagles for less than half of that....eventually id like to add a super charger but that wont happen for a year or so.....the car had close to 200k on it and according to the shop the engine was clean when they broke it down. the 15hp gain you mentioned is that wheel horsepower? Id be happy with that. I'm hoping for noticeable gains with all thats being done and the amount of money I spent. Regardless i will have a fresh engine and thats worth what I spent regardless. i looked into purchasing a long block to have put in and that would have actually cost more with the install price.
Are you going to obtain some sort of special insurance coverage?
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I like that your doing it right and building for the future too many people throw FI on a car and then hope it wont pop. I'm curious though why SC instead of twins or a single Turbo, I lean to the turbo side but have always liked them and like to hear which routes people choose etc. I personally had a hard time trying to choose for what I wanted to do.
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My insurance has an option to pay a little more to cover it to a certain amount if I carry full coverage. In the next couple months I’m having it painted also so ill have something like 15k in it and no way they would give me that if it was totaled without the extra coverage.
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The rods are rated to 1500hp but it will never see anything close to that, and I’m not sure about the rest of it. I want to have 400-450 or so when I’m done and the engine will be more than capable to handle that. I think any more than that and I have to start worrying about the clutch and other driveline related issues. If down the road I get used to the power and want more I would be able to do that without having to worry about whether or not the engine could take it. I think though, with all I’ve done I can safely get what I want out of it and not have to worry about breaking anything for a long time. I get it back tomorrow afternoon and will post pics sometime this weekend.
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Mad respect for VQ FI builds, but for 7500 plus FI kit plus tuning etc etc... I'd do a well documented ls swap with junkyard truck motor, build that in my garage, and 450 bulletproof NA horsepower with 450 torque at 2000 rpm.... And then turbo THAT as a later project.
Good thing it's not my money That's going to be one hell of an engine!
Good thing it's not my money That's going to be one hell of an engine!
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Mad respect for VQ FI builds, but for 7500 plus FI kit plus tuning etc etc... I'd do a well documented ls swap with junkyard truck motor, build that in my garage, and 450 bulletproof NA horsepower with 450 torque at 2000 rpm.... And then turbo THAT as a later project.
Good thing it's not my money That's going to be one hell of an engine!
Good thing it's not my money That's going to be one hell of an engine!
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298hp at the wheels I think. its been a year or so but I have the dyno numbers if I take the time to find them.
Edit: was 242at the wheels I just found the dyno sheet. 298 is stock I think before I did anything to the car.
Edit: was 242at the wheels I just found the dyno sheet. 298 is stock I think before I did anything to the car.
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G35 sedan w/ too much money in mods
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Thanks. Now Ive got to figure out the best way to get better traction. Granted it was extremely cold outside when I drove it home and Ive got summer performance tires on it but it was really easy to break traction at higher rpms even at 50mph.