Improved Production Racing in Australia

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faaaaaaaaark
i could build 4 honda civics for that and still have change
dude you've got expensive tastes

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Clutch I would go a crate motor LS2 from the states and give it an edit and exhaust, will give it well over 300kw at the crank, what do the gt40 replicas weigh.

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Originally Posted by ballast

faaaaaaaaark
i could 4 honda civics for that and still have change
dude you've got expensive tastes

You got that right, once the wife and kids come along, there isnt much left over. To be young and single again

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mate go high tech put a lexas 32valve alloy v8 in it
you won't get 300kw but it won't weigh as much but it'll make about 250kw with a bit of work

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Originally Posted by ballast

faaaaaaaaark
i could 4 honda civics for that and still have change
dude you've got expensive tastes

yeah, every time i see th eprice i get discouraged then try and convince myself i can manage it if i buy each stage one at a time over several months..

Originally Posted by charged

Clutch I would go a crate motor LS2 from the states and give it an edit and exhaust, will give it well over 300kw at the crank, what do the gt40 replicas weigh.

that seems like the best option
edit: i have pics of some nutter in europe who put a msaerati V12 in his

Originally Posted by charged

You got that right, once the wife and kids come along, there isnt much left over. To be young and single again

hell, i have 5 years before i even graduate... i have time besides, next to HECS fees, this should be trifling

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don't talk to me about about bloody kids, my son is 9 and he's already into me about buying a gokart so i told him go and get a job and buy one yourself!

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Originally Posted by ballast

mate go high tech put a lexas 32valve alloy v8 in it
you won't get 300kw but it won't weigh as much but it'll make about 250kw with a bit of work

Dont let a guy from america called slicks* hear you say that , the 4 litre lexus motor is a sweety, 6 bolts, main knife edge crank and a super strong bottom end, which says give me boost. Was talking to the tuner for who tunes ledgers WRX and he was saying they built a 4l lexus with a supercharger running on methanol and put the wrong pulley on and got over 1000hp all on a stock bottom end. A little supercharger with 10 psi would give it very close to 500hp with a nice fat torque curve.

* Slicks is a ls1 fanboy that wont hear a bad word about the LS1, and thinks hp/l is as he says for noobs and people that know nothing about engines

here are some of his posts

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/forum...earchid=948607

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isn't the lexus motor a bit expensive to mod though?

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Originally Posted by ballast

don't talk to me about about bloody kids, my son is 9 and he's already into me about buying a gokart so i told him go and get a job and buy one yourself!

I feel your pain brother, my oldest daughter just got a new motor bike, now shes trying to hit me up for a new 1000dollar wakeboard for Christmas .

She's in for a rude shock

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clutch
all depends on what you want,i would think between 5 and 10 grand for a tricked up lexus motor would be about right probably cost more for an ls2 crate motor?

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Originally Posted by clutch-monkey

isn't the lexus motor a bit expensive to mod though?

nah they are cheap now to buy second hand, you can get a good one for under a grand probably 3-5 grand on supercharger, decent ecu,new low comp pistons and new rings, freshen of the bottom end bearings and a different bell housing for the holden 6 speed and you would have a bulletproof drivetrain for 6or so grand. The beauty of the 4 litre is its very smooth and revs well due to its shortish stroke, combined with the supercharger would give a very linear( controllable) power delivery.

The guys that tune our engine would do the whole lot including final dyno on their engine dyno, 80% of their work is from interstaters.

Eventually once the kids are older, I want to put a twin turbo lexus motor in a Charger for a bit of old skool meets new skool, with a decent 4 speed auto and rear irs

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clutch
just had a quik word with a mate ls2 crate motors out of the states start at $5500usd to $12000usd

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ouch time to start touring the wreckers i think

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BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!! A CHEV MOTOR IN A FORD GT40??? I can only imagine what old Henry's minions will do to you in hell FPV for even SUGGESTING such a thing.

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Hey if it was my car, there'd be an alloy 5.4 going in there, but that'd end up being a $10K+ engine