This has to be the stupidest LSx swap ever

"offroadkarter" (04RauderDTR) 10/30/2013 at 01:37 • Filed to: ford, mustang, the fuck?, LOLCARS

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Who...does...this?!

This guy in Kuwait put a stock LS1 with a maggie 112 (which is based off the eaton m112, you know, the same blower as the terminator has stock) in a 03 cobra. The car comes with a supercharged DOHC V8 with fully forged internals, and he swaps it out for a pushrod v8 with cast internals. Then he adds a blower, which in its basic form is the same as the blower that the car came with, and puts down LESS power than your average bolt on + pulley terminator does with a 4.6!

On top of all that, he took out the awesome cobra electroluminescent gauge cluster for a custom gauge setup which IMO looks like crap (Do those gauges say auto MOTOR? nice fucking knock off's dude) because the gauge cluster requires a PATS signal to operate, from the PCM that is now probably in the trash.

Mark this one up as totaled..... I feel the need to coyote swap a ZL1 now

edit: relevant

StoneCold > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 01:40

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HJKSFHLHLSF

As a Mustang fan, there are curse words for men and women like this. These words are similar to the ones used for people who put 350s in Cobra kit cars.

gmctavish needs more space > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 01:40

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offroadkarter > StoneCold 10/30/2013 at 01:42

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I actually saw a cobra kit car with a SBC in it, I promptly walked away and turned to the one that actually had a 427 in it, which was next to the one with a 289

YSI-what can brown do for you > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 01:50

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He really wanted to do a 1UZ swap, he just didn't know it.

Squid > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 01:51

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That is offensive. The Cobras 4.6 is such a stout power plant that to put a ls whatever in it is just fucking stupid. Now, if it was just some tarted up v6 mustang, I wouldn't give a shit. It is just an affront to how the aluminum DOHC 4.6 performs. If you want massive power, just take the supercharger off and put some fat turbos on it and presto enough horsies to melt all the rubber in the world.

offroadkarter > Squid 10/30/2013 at 01:57

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my 4.6 makes more rwhp than this car does, with the stock cams, through an auto

so it really is just a big wtf to me

offroadkarter > YSI-what can brown do for you 10/30/2013 at 01:59

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I don't know how I'd feel seeing a 1UZ in a terminator... confused mostly

I really need to get one for myself before they are divided into 2 sections. Very clean examples that go for a ton of money, and hacked up shitboxes that all live on the track.

YSI-what can brown do for you > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 02:06

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Well if you want to be as sacrilegious as possible this is the way. Not only is it not a Ford engine, but a Japanese one at that :O Still sounds awesome.

But it is an awesome engine. It's kind of like a race engine, but Toyota sticks it in their luxury cars. . . kind of stupid if you ask me. They are also ridiculously cheap.

http://www.ebay.com/bhp/1uz-engine

I might need one. . . just incase.

offroadkarter > YSI-what can brown do for you 10/30/2013 at 02:06

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meanwhile honda won't build a production v8 because they are afraid

All Motor Is Best Motor > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 02:09

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While I agree the swap is stupid, it's possible the original engine was grenaded or something. It doesn't really say, so maybe they're just idiots like they appear to be.

YSI-what can brown do for you > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 02:10

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Just wait. . . apparently they are coming out with one

offroadkarter > YSI-what can brown do for you 10/30/2013 at 02:11

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a v8 with vtec would kick the earth off its rotational axis, honda must be out of its fucking mind

offroadkarter > All Motor Is Best Motor 10/30/2013 at 02:12

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It took way more work to swap an LS in over another 4.6. He had to swap the PCM out and rewire everything, as well as rewire the gauges since the OEM gauge cluster won't work.

The car looks like a pile of shit, I see some of the side skirt missing. Shame

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 02:14

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It's okay, they got more power out of it eventually. 482rwhp with a slipping s/c belt. So it'll go higher when they sort that out.

YSI-what can brown do for you > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 02:15

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Lets just hope this rumor is true.

offroadkarter > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/30/2013 at 02:17

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Unless this car is putting out over 1000rwhp with a giant turbo, its still not worth it.

Even still, that can be hit with a turbo DOHC, so... what the fuck?

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 02:28

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it still seems like a work in progress to me man, so I'm not gonna hate on it.

Also Kuwait, maybe it's cheaper for him to get the power he wants out of an LS1 there than it is the Modular V8? who knows

offroadkarter > beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard 10/30/2013 at 02:46

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Its cheaper to get power out of an LSx vs a Modular anywhere in the world, but if he's driving a car that wasn't native to his country, I think he can afford to build the correct motor for the car. Its not like this one came with an essex v6

Squid > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 03:00

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That was probably just a v6 with the cobra body parts. the fender after the wheel doesn't look right, and if you look at the steering wheel it has just the regular pony on it and no Cobra signification on it. So I feel better that the actual powerplant wasn't destroyed for this. I also can't help to think that a regular old 4.6 with a blower on it could make the same power, or if you went the turbo route blow these numbers out tog the watre. But take solace knowing that a Cobra wasn't sacrificed for this project.

On another note, I can't be the only one that was secretly wanting the car to jump off the dyno. Running a car with no straps and just wheel chocks and your buddies sitting on the trunk is asking for problems. . .

offroadkarter > Squid 10/30/2013 at 03:12

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I would feel a lot better if this wasn't a terminator, but I'm not entirely sure lol.

I just noticed now that the car does NOT have an IRS, and I think the mirrors are wrong. Aaaand the steering wheel doesn't have "Cobra" on it. Your claim may hold some validity, and this guy is an asshole for lying.

Yeah the safety at this shop is apparently priority #1, normally you don't need someone in the trunk for 400rwhp. But I doubt that Kuwait has an equivalent to OSHA

Also, here is my 4.6 with a M112, 3.4L pulley and 10lbs of boost. Aside from the blower, the car has LT headers, and... thats it actually, still the stock exhaust pipes aside from mufflers. This is through a 4R70W auto

13 degrees of timing

16 degrees of timing

Mod motors LOVE boost!

Squid > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 03:18

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Marauder? If so, you basically have a N/A Cobra motor in there which proves it loves boost by that torque curve. That is a thing of beauty. I almost doesn't look real because of how linear the curves are.

You get a high five for that one!

offroadkarter > Squid 10/30/2013 at 03:20

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Yes, a real one, not a 2v with some body parts like the car thats apparently in the video lol

Squid > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 03:26

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It always made me happy when I got to drive a Marauder around, even if it was just through the shop and carwash. . . One guy had his cammed to the point it wouldn't idle for shit but it sure was ballsy out on the road. Its a shame that most of them have gone to shit, or at least the ones you find for sale now. There is nothing like cruising with shit tons of power and air ride in the rear.

Also that is one sweet sounding beast you got there. I like that it is one of the burgundy cars to and not one of the generic black cars.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 03:52

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I dunno, take the badges away and it seems like a good idea.

5.7L aluminium vs 4.6L Iron block. There's no replacement for displacement.

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 05:47

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Dude it's the sun, it bakes their brains. It has to be, nobody is that stupid without some sort of external influence.

This guy is so fucking stupid it actually offends me.

PS9 > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 06:28

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Nah, as far as dumb mustang swaps go, this rotary still takes the cake.

offroadkarter > PS9 10/30/2013 at 08:13

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I can see the comedic value of a rotary swap. At least mazda was owned by ford at one time! Kinda owned.... partly

xx45xx > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 08:14

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wheres a car bomb when you need one?

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 08:57

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Ugh, I was watching Counts Kustoms and they put an LS motor in a Ford F100. I took everything I had to not put the knife, I happened to have handy, through the tv.

Captain_Overboost > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 09:50

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"... I can see the comedic value of a rotary swap..."

If you squint. Maybe. On a clear day with good visibility.

Otherwise, this guy needs to, as Nancy Reagan would've said, "Just say no"! Put the crack pipe down, geeeeently... back away from the pipe and sit down right over here. A doctor will be with you as soon as possible.

offroadkarter > Captain_Overboost 10/30/2013 at 09:52

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I'm not saying I'd do this myself, but at least it isn't another 2JZ or LSx swap

on that note, who does a rotary swap anyways?

offroadkarter > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 10/30/2013 at 09:54

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Dammit Danny, Y U DO DIS?

I've seen them put SBC's and LSx's in many things but I missed that episode

Casper > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 10:32

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Is anyone sure it was ever a Cobra? My guess is it was a crap base car and it was just cheaper/more interesting to go LS than try to make it a Cobra.

offroadkarter > Casper 10/30/2013 at 10:55

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Squid and I think its a regular car. The first time I watched it I was so blinded by rage I missed the solid rear axle and mustang airbag cover.

Casper > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 10:59

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Ah, good call. Yeah, I couldn't see anyone wanting to yank a nice Cobra engine for a basic boosted LSx...

Captain_Overboost > offroadkarter 10/30/2013 at 13:05

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On the rotary, ummm, dare to be differen t? Maybe ? I guess ? lol