rxv8 Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Hi all will be starting my supra v8 project over the winter months, and just picked up my 355ci sbc,its the old school style,but 5.8 litre,alimiuim afr heads,comp cams cam kit 292h,holley 750 dp etc etc made 437hp 449 torque,mated to a t-5 chevy world class gearbox...and its all going in my supra...Before anyone says but you can make a supra faster than a v8...i know...i like to be different and lets face it a v8 sounds awesome,just like a single turbo supra...each to their own:):) i guess loads of people will be slating me but each to there own,like steve dunn,taff,etc who have used the ls1 and the 1uz engines etc... my pals 924 porsche dynod at perfect touch with the same size sbc engine but lower comp and 640 lift cam with a procharger at 19 psi boost...made 605 hp before overtaking the dyno and doing a burnout...LOL and 701 torque....so goes to show sbc,ls1,1uz all have potential...anyone else doing any v8 projects over the winter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Watching with great interest, very different project mate, nice one;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoff Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Gethin (Cadburys Purple) was thinking of doing this based on what Thor did. Good project. Good luck matey:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R Black Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 I think a supra with a V8 burble & a some extra go can only be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Hi all will be starting my supra v8 project over the winter months, and just picked up my 355ci sbc,its the old school style,but 5.8 litre,alimiuim afr heads,comp cams cam kit 292h,holley 750 dp etc etc made 437hp 449 torque,mated to a t-5 chevy world class gearbox...and its all going in my supra...Before anyone says but you can make a supra faster than a v8...i know...i like to be different and lets face it a v8 sounds awesome,just like a single turbo supra...each to their own:):) i guess loads of people will be slating me but each to there own,like steve dunn,taff,etc who have used the ls1 and the 1uz engines etc... my pals 924 porsche dynod at perfect touch with the same size sbc engine but lower comp and 640 lift cam with a procharger at 19 psi boost...made 605 hp before overtaking the dyno and doing a burnout...LOL and 701 torque....so goes to show sbc,ls1,1uz all have potential...anyone else doing any v8 projects over the winter... Started to read it but my eyes ran out of breath! Whatever you are doing - good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 If I was to do this I'd do it with a proper V8. The one from the Z06 Corvette would be top of my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Looking forward to see how you get on with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 If I was to do this I'd do it with a proper V8. The one from the Z06 Corvette would be top of my list. You can't get much more "proper" V8 than a small block chevy you heathen Tempting to get an NA and drop a beast like that in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Lots of pictures and progress reports please. Good luck to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 You can't get much more "proper" V8 than a small block chevy you heathen Tempting to get an NA and drop a beast like that in By 'proper' I meant 7.5l not one of these little 5l jobbies, you loon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Got to be better than using the toyota/lexus v8 offerings! Keep us posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 The muts nuts.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 It's easy to build a 7.2 litre in a small block "block". I have done 2 now, and they were great units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muffleman Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Definitely subscribing to this one ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p111ddy Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Sounds interesting! Good luck with your project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Garfy Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 sounds like a great project, keep us informed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainchaos Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 was thinkin about this last year as we had a blown big block lying here, put one into a 1942 ford van last year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Why on earth would you think you would get slated?? This is a great project, definitely subscribing to this. Can't wait to HEAR your progress Scott =op Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miko_supra Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 awesome. good luck to you with this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevansio Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 I don't think anyone will slate you either, sounds like a great project, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Take loadsa pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxv8 Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 blimey thanks for all the feedback...i will be starting in a few weeks once i have some more bits...but will take pics as requested... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlT67 Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Good luck... Wanna see some videos of the sup rocking when you rev the v8, like in the movies lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Looking forward to hearing more about this, don't forget to take plenty of pics It's a project I've long wanted to do myself. The plan was to get a dirt cheap NA auto and replace with a small block chevy and 5 speed manual. Was even searching the auction listings last week for one PS: If this was on Supraforums everyone would be going nuts telling you a Chevy engine can't go in a Toyota. Thor got ripped to shreds over there when they posted about their Ford V8 (shortly after they changed to a 1UZ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob wild Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 As said above i dont think anyone will slate you! What a great project Makes me want to go watch Bullet with the surround sound turned up! in fact sod it I am see you later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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