What motor would you choose? To put in a Z car.

[hippiekiller]

sr20, easy enough to find. Make good power. Nissan heritage. And not too terribly expensive. Shouldn't throw the balance off too much either. Might be a bit boring, but it is pretty practical and fits your needs.

[brando]

ls2 w/spray and supporting mods to get it into the car and youll be around the 11.00 range

[turbotalon1g]

^I should be past 11s.
LS2 with boltons would be 11s.

[Goat Blower]

my vote would be a vh45de with a single turbo

Exactly. However, I might not even put a turbo on it, just raise the compression a bit and get some cams made. It's got a laundry list of awesome parts right from the factory.

I've been thinking for a while of putting one in a DSM and making it RWD. Would need a decent tranny though.

- Forged steel crankshaft.
- Forged steel connecting rods.
- 6 Bolt main bearing caps with studs.
- Full-length main bearing girdle.
- Lightweight, floating pistons with molybdenum coating.
- Sodium-filled exhaust valves.
- Cross-flow cooling system.
- Hydraulic lash adjusters.
- Single-row silent timing chain.
- Coil-on-plug ignition system.
- Roller rocker arms for reduced friction.
- Variable Valve Timing.
- Redline of 6900 rpm.
- Compression ratio of 10.2 to 1.
- Bore of 93 mm and stroke of 82.7 mm.
- Dimensions: 890 mm(L) x 740 mm(W) x 725 mm(H)

[GSXMatt]

I say 2JZGTE + massive single.

[carlvr4]

THANK YOU! I'm glad someone else understands the badassery that is the vh45de. Plus since it's still a nissan motor the car might not reject the heart-transplant lol.

a z32 trans can be mated to it with relative ease (there are existing adaptor plates on the market). not that the z32 trans is the strongest tranny but it isn't terrible
Exactly. However, I might not even put a turbo on it, just raise the compression a bit and get some cams made. It's got a laundry list of awesome parts right from the factory.

I've been thinking for a while of putting one in a DSM and making it RWD. Would need a decent tranny though.

- Forged steel crankshaft.
- Forged steel connecting rods.
- 6 Bolt main bearing caps with studs.
- Full-length main bearing girdle.
- Lightweight, floating pistons with molybdenum coating.
- Sodium-filled exhaust valves.
- Cross-flow cooling system.
- Hydraulic lash adjusters.
- Single-row silent timing chain.
- Coil-on-plug ignition system.
- Roller rocker arms for reduced friction.
- Variable Valve Timing.
- Redline of 6900 rpm.
- Compression ratio of 10.2 to 1.
- Bore of 93 mm and stroke of 82.7 mm.
- Dimensions: 890 mm(L) x 740 mm(W) x 725 mm(H)

[munchgsx]

THANK YOU! I'm glad someone else understands the badassery that is the vh45de. Plus since it's still a nissan motor the car might not reject the heart-transplant lol.

a z32 trans can be mated to it with relative ease (there are existing adaptor plates on the market). not that the z32 trans is the strongest tranny but it isn't terrible


But you can get a LS base LQ4/9 for like 500 bucks with a harness and computer.

[turbotalon1g]

^True that.

Carl do you have any more infomation on it? Cost?
Apparently the motor is pretty wide it would be a tight squeeze.

Not doubted teh badassery of the VH, just the cost and size of me wallet.

[JET]

There is a corvette parts place right up by us on 65, get a C5 drivetrain, use the LS1, have the driveshaft shortened and use the corvette rear mounted tranny :D

[FattyBoomBatty]

lots of good suggestions, and a few really stupid ones.

You need a v8. Personally, I would stay away from chevy products. If I were doing this, as of right now, I'd choose the 1uzfe or whatever the version of the 4.0 v8 is that's in the 99-03 (or thereabouts) lexus gs400. Even in that car, it feels nice and with 1400lbs less, it would really boogie.

Also, the most important part, they are already rwd.