Should a had a V8, Brew__HAHA's LSX Swap
holy ****. with the right tires I bet that animal can go 0-TREE in less than 4.0 seconds
seriously before the turbos the next upgrade you do should be on your life insurance policy
seriously before the turbos the next upgrade you do should be on your life insurance policy
Knock on wood no first born yet but there was alot of help from different companies to get this thing where it is today.
I went crazy in some places that were not needed i spent anywhere from 15-20K after all was said and done but i went over the top to build the car not just the motor. 1500 for wheels here cool LCD cluster there ect running swap i would say you could do for under 10k deff less than a supercharger or turbo charger purchased installed and tuned
I went crazy in some places that were not needed i spent anywhere from 15-20K after all was said and done but i went over the top to build the car not just the motor. 1500 for wheels here cool LCD cluster there ect running swap i would say you could do for under 10k deff less than a supercharger or turbo charger purchased installed and tuned
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Pretty sweet^. So, what she do in the quarter? 12.5, 12 flat with drag radials? Have you run it on a track to do a rolling pull on anyone? Be safe and again, really cool setup!
best time at the track unfortunately was a 13.2 at 117 spinning through 3rd at with the tires set at 20psi and -3 deg of camber :/ with the right tires it will hit 12's easily. Have raced everything from a brand new M3 to vettes with bolt ons and pulled them with no problem.
michelin pilot super sport 255 on a 10.5 wheel :/ and rolling out of the box not even launching it. once i have time and can get some mockup for the rocket bunny fender flares i have sitting here ill get some bigger tires
Last edited by Brew_haha; Feb 28, 2012 at 10:35 AM.
Its been a while but i have some updates and new parts we have designed for this swap.
I was running the stock G35 radiator for the time being with no problems on cooling the LQ9 but wanted to gain some room to play around with piping for a single turbo application. I used a chasebays tucked radiator designed for the g35 LSX swap. This radiator is a dual pass and i ordered mine with both inlets and outlets -16AN.
Since i am still waiting to have a single turbo hot/cold side made up - (waiting in line for the local fab expert) i decided ill put a heavy wet shot on to tide me over. I swapped from the 102mm to the 92mm because i wouldnt loose any HP and i was having a weird idle issue this solved it right away.
I also hated the fact that for HP tuners i had to go back to my tuner to change any little things that i wanted done. So i switched to the Haltech Platnium sport 2000. With the milspec harness that i have it was easy to just pop off the back half of harness that connected to the stock GM ECU and swap it for haltech plugs.
I was running the stock G35 radiator for the time being with no problems on cooling the LQ9 but wanted to gain some room to play around with piping for a single turbo application. I used a chasebays tucked radiator designed for the g35 LSX swap. This radiator is a dual pass and i ordered mine with both inlets and outlets -16AN.
Since i am still waiting to have a single turbo hot/cold side made up - (waiting in line for the local fab expert) i decided ill put a heavy wet shot on to tide me over. I swapped from the 102mm to the 92mm because i wouldnt loose any HP and i was having a weird idle issue this solved it right away.
I also hated the fact that for HP tuners i had to go back to my tuner to change any little things that i wanted done. So i switched to the Haltech Platnium sport 2000. With the milspec harness that i have it was easy to just pop off the back half of harness that connected to the stock GM ECU and swap it for haltech plugs.
Last edited by Brew_haha; May 9, 2012 at 03:11 PM.