me personly am not an LS1 fann , but i have respect for what my friends did , and i also have respect to your post .

 

ya and this also has a supercharger , so it has both

 

That's the intake and it's leading into the supercharger. You can see a gold colored pulley on the side of it.

 

To each his own. i would love to see this set up actually run with four wheel drive make sure to post a video and many pics when car is running.

 

thumbs up for the swap. very impressive.

 

Do you mean the intake? It's a OHV V8 mate...the heads are those things on the side

Er, what are you talking about? The new Z absolutely *****slaps the Elise at the strip or at a road course

 

+1 for a test drive to see what this monster can do.

 

I think that is AWESOME. I have taken part in quite a few LT1, LT4, LS1 swaps, it is not an easy task even in larger engine bays. Alot of respect for this project. We had a 1997 Blazer AWD with an LS1 in it, beastly. I beleive that they will be able to make the EVO AWD, they certainly seem to have the funds to, and money can buy you just about anything.

 

that's crazy

 

sup man, i see u have fully transformed to the dark side eh...

 

I'm thinking he is neutral .

 

So is the Evo X not going to be an Evo because it has a 4B11T and not a 4G63?

Back on topic...

I think it is a crazy *** swap. I love the original idea. I can only imagine how fast that thing will be when it's done.

 

props to you for a crazy swap. I would love to see this car run, i think it will be a real beast!!!

 

Heh heh, yeah I've been around here a little while. There's definitely a lot of valuable information and discussion here...unfortunately, there's also several rather less valuable posts that I've run across

 

A bigger turbo will make more power. Is that so hard to understand? A big turbo with variable geometry will have linear spoolup. Is that so hard to understand? In theory, it doesn't matter what displacement you have. A smaller turbo engine can always be modified to produce similar results to the larger naturally aspirated displacement engine. From what I gathered, I thought we were comparing small displacement turbo engines to naturally aspirated large displacement engines. Large displacement turbo engines do indeed provide superior performance, however in the real world they suffer from excessive traction problems and massive reliability problems (can you say shattered drivetrain?). In the end, its all about what the target horsepower level you want, and what kind of power/torque curve you want. If your target is 2000 HP, sure then yes I would choose a variable turbine turbo V8. Wait a second, who the hell needs 2000 hp? Maybe an alcohol powered rail car dragster. When your target horsepower level becomes a little more realistic, say around 1000 HP, there becomes less and less need for a large displacement engine to do the job. A large displacement engine should also be avoided for these reasons:

1.) Cost
2.) Complexity
3.) Center of gravity (V8's usually have a much higher center of gravity than inline four cylinders)

For low power (realistic) levels, a small displacement engine can easily be made to to perform well with modern forced induction technology while also keeping the cost, complexity, and center of gravity DOWN. A high tech, lightweight, small displacement engine to me has a distinct advantage on a race track versus their higher displacement V-configuration counter parts. Displacement IS still an advantage (since it will always allow better power curve and a higher theoretical power output), but it definitely does not come without its disadvantages.