ZOOMOLDS Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Well guys I know i have been on here a bit lookin for ideas for my cutlass.. well I spoke with my instructor yesterday on my fist day of chassis fabrication and high performance engines class and asked him what the hell i should do with my car.. Well I ran the idea of a crate 3.4 dohc with a turbo and the idea of a 3.8 engine swap and he looked at me and said pick something a lil more creative and HARDER to do.. well i have read all the posts and i don't think and engine swap would be EASY.. so in order to get points in this class you have to do work and the better (harder) the work.. the more points awarded.. I picked his brain a lil more and came to the conclusion that makin this car rwd is the only thing that may impress him. but now I am stuck with what motor to put in it and what trans.. the ford 9" rear end is a no brainer... the suspension will be completly custom.. I was thinking Ls1 or even Lt1. but that may be too big.. perhaps a ford 302 would be a funny way to piss some people off ...lol I am going to try and keep as much of the car stock as possible.. I don't know how easy that will be but I am going to try.. So sometime next week i will be trailering the car up here and after all of the welding classes we can get started.. so please include some thoughts, ideas.. or bullshit flags. haha... I will be sure to document everything i can with pics.. ADAM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THe_DeTAiL3R Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Yeah, you might as well convert it to RWD since it's an engine/chassis class, plus you'd impress everyone on the board here Motor/trans from a Grand National Seriously I don't know what I would choose, cause it would obviously have to have some sort of budget. Maybe an older 350 carbbed (less wiring and computer shit to do). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOOMOLDS Posted April 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 What do you guys think will fit without changin the front end? keeping all the stock fenders and such.. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GP1138 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 What school do you go to, out of curiosity? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOOMOLDS Posted April 5, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Wyotech.. in blairsville PA http://www.wyotech.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EurosportZ34 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Impala frame with an LS1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiiirt Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 Thats kind of a rediculous standard to have as a teacher. Are you supposed to have $10,000 cash laying around that can be spent on a modification? I think your teacher needs to be more realistic. I don't know what your budget for the project is but from what I read they must give you a couple grand to work with I also think your teacher lacks the knowledge of w-bodies, not saying he should know them inside out but what you suggested isn't a cake walk. Either way I think the turbo would be sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoroCorona Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 3.4 bored and stroked to 3.6, low compression pistons, high lift cams, port and polished intake, ported exhaust, 5 angle valve job, over sized valves, cryotreated and balanced crank, titanium connecting rods, and an intercooled T76 turbo running 14 psi. Drop the car aproximately 2 inches all the way around, poly mounts and bushings, corvette monoleaf, fully adjustable front suspention, and rear 95 brake conversion. With the trans... either a beefy 4T60-E with a limited slip diff and a 3.96 gear ratio, or a 4T65HD with a 4.11 gear ratio. Or you could always go manual and have a slightly less agressive 3.69 gear ratio. Even with the difference in gear ratios the manual would still be faster, but it would be all on the skill of the driver. I think this setup would prolly be the sickest 3.4 DOHC out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ77 Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 3.4 bored and stroked to 3.6, low compression pistons, high lift cams, port and polished intake, ported exhaust, 5 angle valve job, over sized valves, cryotreated and balanced crank, titanium connecting rods, and an intercooled T76 turbo running 14 psi. Drop the car aproximately 2 inches all the way around, poly mounts and bushings, corvette monoleaf, fully adjustable front suspention, and rear 95 brake conversion. With the trans... either a beefy 4T60-E with a limited slip diff and a 3.96 gear ratio, or a 4T65HD with a 4.11 gear ratio. Or you could always go manual and have a slightly less agressive 3.69 gear ratio. Even with the difference in gear ratios the manual would still be faster, but it would be all on the skill of the driver. I think this setup would prolly be the sickest 3.4 DOHC out there. :shock: Yes, that would be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z34_nut Posted April 5, 2005 Report Share Posted April 5, 2005 3.4 bored and stroked to 3.6, low compression pistons, high lift cams, port and polished intake, ported exhaust, 5 angle valve job, over sized valves, cryotreated and balanced crank, titanium connecting rods, and an intercooled T76 turbo running 14 psi. Drop the car aproximately 2 inches all the way around, poly mounts and bushings, corvette monoleaf, fully adjustable front suspention, and rear 95 brake conversion. With the trans... either a beefy 4T60-E with a limited slip diff and a 3.96 gear ratio, or a 4T65HD with a 4.11 gear ratio. Or you could always go manual and have a slightly less agressive 3.69 gear ratio. Even with the difference in gear ratios the manual would still be faster, but it would be all on the skill of the driver. I think this setup would prolly be the sickest 3.4 DOHC out there. i want to do that! doesn't wyotech offer the choice of doing your own car, or they supply you? i could have sworn thats how it was. if you were going to do you car, then yeah, you need money, but if not, then they supply you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperRed90TGp Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 How many years are you going to be in that class. For what you want to do you may end up with a 4 year degree. Jud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RacerX Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Personally, I would keep the LQ1 naturally aspirated and stroke it and design a staged intake manifold for it. And since you'll need to do chassis fabrication, beefing up the chassis and converting it to rear wheel drive with a 6-speed manual and a Corvette rear differential and suspension. I think the LQ1 could fit longitudinally, and you could make some awesome tube headers for it in that position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95 3-4 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Someone has a W that was or is almost done being rwd conversion. The engine/trans combo escapes me tho. I think RWD would be best, engine could be 3.4, 3.8 s/c-t/c*thm-200* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ77 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/665715/ N* RWD conversion into a GP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95 3-4 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Damn that Northy is a tight fit, Thats a sweet color GP tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ77 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 An LS1 would have been smaller and there are more performance parts avaliable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95 3-4 Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 I know there is no best but GM's LS Alloy Engines are close, love that 500hp 7.0L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topless94style Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 RWD, keep the LQ1, Twin turbo, lower comp pistons, stroke it, heavy duty tranny stick with the auto, 2800 stall, stock maybe a bit more agressive fdr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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