V8 Conversion

[orca]

JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF ANY ONE HAS EVER THOUGHT OF PUTTING A V8 INTO A 32 GTS4 OR GTR. JUST CRUIOUS TO SEE IF IT COULD BE DONE OR WOULD IT COST TO MUCH WITH HEAPS OF CUSTOM WORK. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE COOL WITH THE LOOK OF THE 32 AND THE SOUND OF A V8

[blinko]

  orca said:

JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF ANY ONE HAS EVER THOUGHT OF PUTTING A V8 INTO A 32 GTS4 OR GTR. JUST CRUIOUS TO SEE IF IT COULD BE DONE OR WOULD IT COST TO MUCH WITH HEAPS OF CUSTOM WORK. I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE COOL WITH THE LOOK OF THE 32 AND THE SOUND OF A V8

i went to a cruise a lil while back and there was a white r32 with a v8... so i can be done.. not sure how much it wil cost.. but it can be done.

[342Four]

SEARCH!!! this is our best friend

it can be done

dont talk in caps please

[ras1983]

i remember reading about a GT-R with a LS1 conversion. don't know the exact details though...

[orca]

sorry about the caps. i tried the search but came up with nothing so far. the main point i want to know is if a v8 would work with the 4wd system?

[sewid]

  orca said:

sorry about the caps. i tried the search but came up with nothing so far. the main point i want to know is if a v8 would work with the 4wd system?

Nope. Not without more work than its worth.

LS1 in an R32 GTS-T RWD would be great though.

[ctjet]

Its been done before... one such example is on youtube somewhere with a white R33 packing a 5.7ltr going through a cone run on a sid pan and it sounds VERY nice

[bubba]

Seen a white R33 with an LS1 over here in Perth, was built by a guy that went to jail for kiddy fiddling

I also found this photo somewhere on this site.. pretty sure I saw the car at Motorvation this year.. RWD 32 4door I think.

Edited April 2, 2007 by bubba

[ctjet]

  bubba said:

Seen a white R33 with an LS1 over here in Perth, was built by a guy that went to jail for kiddy fiddling

LOL was that last part entirely necessary

[dan_the_man]

yeah... he was a well known mechanic in perth. shocked us all

[HKS99]

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/890530d...8be00cce994.htm

34 but still

Edited April 3, 2007 by HKS99

[orca]

ok so if the 4wd dosent work then what engin and gear box combo would you guys go for ?

if its been done before it might get interesting

[ctjet]

what car?

or did i miss it...

[orca]

the car would be a r32 gtst or gts4, if someone knows for shore if an eight can be fitted without insane amounts of money.

the idea is to get something different with out going over the price of a good gtr, it would not be worth it otherwise.

[ctjet]

why would you out such a nice engine and spend all that money on such a shitbox 20yo car?

meh, each to there own

[mad082]

you can make a v8 fit anything. i have seen a datsun 1200 ute with a 350 chev in it.

the length of the motor isn't the problem, its the width. there was a r33 with a v8 (i think lexus v8) at jamboree in qld this year. i think they are on this forum.

you could start with a gts instead of a gts-t, but then you would have to upgrade the diff and the brakes, but it may be cheaper to do it that way than buy a gts-t. you won't get the 4wd to work without huge money spent.

[mad082]

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why would you out such a nice engine and spend all that money on such a shitbox 20yo car?

i wouldn't really class the rb20 as a nice engine. more like the smaller brother of a nice engine.

[ctjet]

I was referreing to a new or rebuilt V8 in a 32... I will never refer to an RB20 engine in a positive way

ever

[mad082]

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I was referreing to a new or rebuilt V8 in a 32... I will never refer to an RB20 engine in a positive way

ever

thats ok then

[ctjet]

thanks papi