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everyones wrong... common now think. you dont even have the right brand of GM yet

 

hint #1 ive mentiond them before

 

hint #2- the car will be under 2600 lbs fully trimmend with the LG5 in place (~2500lbs stock)

 

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another idea that people have talked about in the past (but has anyone ever actually done it?) - get a 3400 block, throw a 2.8 crank in there with custom forged pistons to make a big bore/short stroke 3.0L 60*V6 that will rev like a mofo with a 7 grand redline. of course you'll need to spend some bucks on the valvetrain. with a short stroke & larger bore you could get rid of some of that torque and gain horsepower which would be great for traction. i imagine an engine like that would love a nice big turbo :twisted:

 

That's what I suggested about 11 posts up. I think it would be the funnest engine, especially since it would rev pretty quick and have a higher redline.

 

Curtis spins his 3.1(3.2 actual displacement I believe) to 8 grand..so you don't necessarily need the 2.8 crank and all if you're shooting for a higher rpm engine.

 

 

Jeff, you gonna put it in a Calais?

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Calais are cool! i wanted to buy this one soooo bad a couple years ago:

 

http://www.turbosedan.com/misccars/90_Calais_HO_Q4-11.jpg

 

black 1990 Cutlass Calais International sedan - 1 of only 214 sedans produced with the HO Quad-4! that car would have been so awesome with low comp forged pistons and a nice big turbo & FMIC...keeping the Q4 of course.

 

BUT...did they ever even come with a 60*V6? are you gonna need fab up custom engine & trans mounts?

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Well, if all 282s use the same case then you should be able to use the Calais 282 trans mounts if you wanted to use a 282. Otherwise, I think they share the same mount as a 2.3 W-bodies so I would look into that. :cool:

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Well, if all 282s use the same case then you should be able to use the Calais 282 trans mounts if you wanted to use a 282. Otherwise, I think they share the same mount as a 2.3 W-bodies so I would look into that. :cool:

 

ah good info. i know the J/L 282 case is different than the W-body 282 case in terms of mounting. not sure on the N-body 282 transmission mounting details. you might be able to get the 284 in there but if not just use a 282 from something else i guess. and i forgot that W-bodies had the Quad-4 (LOL), so that should make things quite a bit easier if 2.3 & 3.1 engine cradle/mounts in the W-body are indeed the same.

 

kinda strange no N-body came with the 60*V6. they came with a large (for an N-body) 3.3L 90* V6 and a powerful 190hp HO Quad-4 but no 60*V6. you'd think the 2.8/3.1 would have been an option just like almost every other GM FWD platform at the time.

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do the extreme including cutting the upper intake open to fully port and polishing it, then rewelding it. (not me getting it done though)

 

i just re read this (and i'll get this back on topic :mrgreen: ) but why not just get the plenum and LIM extrude honed instead? i would imagine cutting open the plenum and rewelding it would make it look like shit afterwards.

 

any more thoughts on the bottom end?

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kinda strange no N-body came with the 60*V6. they came with a large (for an N-body) 3.3L 90* V6 and a powerful 190hp HO Quad-4 but no 60*V6. you'd think the 2.8/3.1 would have been an option just like almost every other GM FWD platform at the time.

 

'94+ did :)

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kinda strange no N-body came with the 60*V6. they came with a large (for an N-body) 3.3L 90* V6 and a powerful 190hp HO Quad-4 but no 60*V6. you'd think the 2.8/3.1 would have been an option just like almost every other GM FWD platform at the time.

 

'94+ did :)

 

yeah but no Calais in '94 :razz:

 

i guess he wants an earlier year N-body (he posted this on tgpforums.com

 

so im looking for one of these (1988-1991 prefered)

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