Who did the LS2 swap? I'm Interested.

[Ross]

were is the like button at, glad to see you have things going in the right direction cf6mech.

[Synack]

Originally Posted by King Tut

Sell your D3PE kit and buy a Full Blown kit with a GT2817R like my car had. Or just swap your turbo out for a GT28/GTX28.

A new turbo is in the works, along with E85.

[Mikem53]

Originally Posted by cf6mech

My car will not be in the inferior performance department to any stock vette, and why not just buy a vette? Because I see three or four of them a day on my drive to work, mostly driven by middle aged women, they bore me.... I love the FT86 platform, but want the torque and power it deserves naturally aspired....N/A means reliability to me. This is going to be a natural aspired track day monster that can run lap after lap RELIABLE burning pump gas and a DD.....stock LS with a cam and stronger valve springs....suspension components and control arms have already been sorted.....Vorshlag is shoving the engine as far back to the firewall as possible,....im betting the end balance,....front to back,.....corner to corner will actually improve from stock with the FA20.

cf6mech... Looking forward to your LS swap project.. It is certainly a large undertaking that needs to be engineered correctly..
I must comment on your vette comment though.. They may look boring on the outside.. But that's not the case from the drivers seat.. Those little old ladies driving them are helping to defray the cost of them.. Not many youngins can afford a 50k+ ride..
Having owned several late model vettes including 2 Z06's. I can tell you that they are very capable performance machines and work well as DD..
They are also built on a full chassis and have a steel torque tube running from the engine to the rear mounted tranny/diff setup which houses the driveshaft and acts as a spine for extra rigidity. In other words.. It's built to handle the torque and speeds the engine is capable of.. Dropping that much power in a car designed for low power and tq better have some good engineering behind it.
Unibody cars might need seam welding and other supports to handle the power..
I got tired of driving my vettes in the real world after 15 years worth. And I wasn't capable enough on the track to explore its capabilities.. So I'm liking my low power low grip car that I get to use most of its power most of the time in the real world.. Between my camaros and vettes.. I owned the LS1, LS2, LS3, LS6 and LS7.. And an LT1.. Everything except the LS9.. They are awesome engines.. Power comes on like a light switch and they pull hard all the way to redline.. I miss my 0-60 blasts.. But the FRS is more fun overall.. IMO
GM was smart to keep the pushrods and keep tweaking them.. Good luck with your project.. It sounds like you're going to do it right..

[ultra]

Originally Posted by cf6mech

My car will not be in the inferior performance department to any stock vette, and why not just buy a vette? Because I see three or four of them a day on my drive to work, mostly driven by middle aged women, they bore me.... I love the FT86 platform, but want the torque and power it deserves naturally aspired....N/A means reliability to me. This is going to be a natural aspired track day monster that can run lap after lap RELIABLE burning pump gas and a DD.....stock LS with a cam and stronger valve springs....suspension components and control arms have already been sorted.....Vorshlag is shoving the engine as far back to the firewall as possible,....im betting the end balance,....front to back,.....corner to corner will actually improve from stock with the FA20.

Just make sure you sell it as a kit. If I'm proven wrong I'd like to have options.

[mid_life_crisis]

Originally Posted by diss7

People are cheap asses regardless.
You could find a way to double horsepower for $500, and you'd still get bundies saying "of this was $300 I'd buy it"

"bundies"?

[King Tut]

Originally Posted by mid_life_crisis

"bundies"?

It's a Kiwi technical term.

[Acree]

Originally Posted by King Tut

It's a Kiwi technical term.

You sold your BRZ. TRAITOR.

[cf6mech]

Originally Posted by Mikem53

cf6mech... Looking forward to your LS swap project.. It is certainly a large undertaking that needs to be engineered correctly..
I must comment on your vette comment though.. They may look boring on the outside.. But that's not the case from the drivers seat.. Those little old ladies driving them are helping to defray the cost of them.. Not many youngins can afford a 50k+ ride..
Having owned several late model vettes including 2 Z06's. I can tell you that they are very capable performance machines and work well as DD..
They are also built on a full chassis and have a steel torque tube running from the engine to the rear mounted tranny/diff setup which houses the driveshaft and acts as a spine for extra rigidity. In other words.. It's built to handle the torque and speeds the engine is capable of.. Dropping that much power in a car designed for low power and tq better have some good engineering behind it.
Unibody cars might need seam welding and other supports to handle the power..
I got tired of driving my vettes in the real world after 15 years worth. And I wasn't capable enough on the track to explore its capabilities.. So I'm liking my low power low grip car that I get to use most of its power most of the time in the real world.. Between my camaros and vettes.. I owned the LS1, LS2, LS3, LS6 and LS7.. And an LT1.. Everything except the LS9.. They are awesome engines.. Power comes on like a light switch and they pull hard all the way to redline.. I miss my 0-60 blasts.. But the FRS is more fun overall.. IMO
GM was smart to keep the pushrods and keep tweaking them.. Good luck with your project.. It sounds like you're going to do it right..

I phrased that wrong,...I love Corvettes.....always have always will. Just want something different.

[cf6mech]

Originally Posted by ultra

Just make sure you sell it as a kit. If I'm proven wrong I'd like to have options.

That's the sole purpose of my car,....but I have said to much and have been told to refrain from any more info.....kind of over stepped my boundaries....check with vorshlag.com for future developments.

[King Tut]

Originally Posted by Acree

You sold your BRZ. TRAITOR.

For now, but there is a good chance I will be back.

[Synack]

Originally Posted by King Tut

For now, but there is a good chance I will be back.

We don't want you back!

[King Tut]

Originally Posted by Synack

We don't want you back!

Go buy a damn Corvette you motor swapper.

[SmsAlSuwaidi]

Originally Posted by King Tut

Go buy a damn Corvette you motor swapper.

Shots fired...


Sent from my IBrick

[Synack]

Originally Posted by King Tut

Go buy a damn Corvette you motor swapper.

I'm good man, just got my bank to drop my interest rate on the FR-S, gonna fill 'er up with some E85 and new injectors/fuel pump and gain like 75whp.