How Much

BamaTJ · Nov 11, 2007

I have a lot of research ahead of me, and if you guys see any good deals on various motors post up. Also the TH350's they are getting are stupid cheap, http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TURBO...mZ260159062258, and if you buy directly and not though eBay it is about a bill cheaper.

wngrog · Nov 12, 2007

Blacksheep...that is the article I was talking about that swayed me. I ended up doing the first section of the mods.....comes in right at 400HP for less than a grand more. $750 more would have gotten me 450, but I wanted to keep the stock cam in it.

The TH350 thing is what will bite you in the ass. I would not expect to pay anything less than $1000 for a quality built TH350. Mine has some additional goodies and is costing $1650 shipped.

As for 80#.....I weigh 170....don't think I can make that up with a diet....couple of the guys here might be able to, but not me.

The buggy I am building has not been built yet by Twisted Customs so I don't know what it will weigh...the closest will be Kula's when it is finished, but he has the LS1 but will be running heavier axles.

We will see. I am thinking it will weigh in at 3300# if I go SKIMPY on everything else. AL links and stuff will help a ton.

blacksheep10 · Nov 12, 2007

gun drilled c/o shafts and **** :flipoff1:

I dont' remember what build they were talking about aht on, but, wow laughing

jontrich2 · Nov 13, 2007

get a junkyard carbed 350 buy a good tuned port system and put a tiny lil turbo on it.. we can get wasted " crown and diet sprite for you" and build it in a day. it will be kinda like the buggy motor. LT1 minus opti spark = junk yard 350 .... tiny turbo= centrifugal blower= 6-10 psi = 100 extra hp smooth power though not the kind that breahs ****. and fantastic fuel economy with a 12:1 fmic. and it will whistle some mild port and polishing and some 40+ pound fuel injectors and you can make a very reliable 500 horsepower without worrying about breaking driveline parts. Of course build the bottom end... all in all less than 2500 bucks.

wngrog · Nov 13, 2007

Yeah, that sounds very simple. :flipoff1:

jontrich2 · Nov 13, 2007

easier than most.. i would get a ford focus 2.3 or a cobalt motor and turbo the **** out of it put it mid ship and use a limited slip in the tranny one axle to the front diff one to the rear. theres all wheel drive. light wieght 400 plus hp and all the balance in the world.. and you could jump it smoothly... hint to all those building a buggy for xrra.

BamaTJ · Nov 13, 2007

jontrich2 said:
get a junkyard carbed 350 buy a good tuned port system and put a tiny lil turbo on it.. we can get wasted " crown and diet sprite for you" and build it in a day. it will be kinda like the buggy motor. LT1 minus opti spark = junk yard 350 .... tiny turbo= centrifugal blower= 6-10 psi = 100 extra hp smooth power though not the kind that breahs ****. and fantastic fuel economy with a 12:1 fmic. and it will whistle some mild port and polishing and some 40+ pound fuel injectors and you can make a very reliable 500 horsepower without worrying about breaking driveline parts. Of course build the bottom end... all in all less than 2500 bucks.

Lightweight is something I am looking for also and has to be factored into the equation. Not sure how much something like that would weigh compared to an all aluminum LS1

jontrich2 · Nov 13, 2007

poooo on ls1 i can build enough power to get you over ls1 craziness. if you find a truck motor with vortec heads you are light enough anyways.

wngrog · Nov 13, 2007

BamaTJ said:
Lightweight is something I am looking for also and has to be factored into the equation. Not sure how much something like that would weigh compared to an all aluminum LS1

I live for light, but I also want my motor to survive the **** I throw at it. I am very unimpressed with the ability of an LS1 to take it.

80#...I will make it up in other places. Give me reliability over a little extra weight up front and down low.

jontrich2 · Nov 13, 2007

wngrog said:
I live for light, but I also want my motor to survive the **** I throw at it. I am very unimpressed with the ability of an LS1 to take it.

80#...I will make it up in other places. Give me reliability over a little extra weight up front and down low.

i like he way this guy thinks. and we could even go as far as build you a stroker. kinda like havin a really light big block.

blacksheep10 · Nov 14, 2007

jon, get in this century and get down with the lsx. light, strong and cheap with easy retunes.

wngrog · Nov 14, 2007

Of the research I did, the Gen IV 6.0 weighs the same as the Gen IV 5.3. (LSX v LQ)

No replacement for displacement

blacksheep10 · Nov 15, 2007

yep yep yep, you can't even tell the difference looking at it. they are pretty much the same block and all. My only 5.3 argument is the 1000 bux less they cost