How's this for a chain of swaps

"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228)
01/09/2014 at 16:32 • Filed to: PCH to the max

Step 1: buy !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Step 2: buy !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Step 3: swap Rover V8 in place of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Step 4: rebuild T/R 6 to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (injection, hot cam, maybe rebore to 3.0l, or if I want to go crazy a 24v head based on the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! )

Step 5: Swap hot 3.0l T/R 6 into a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Step 6: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! into a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

Step 7: ?????

Step 8: stand back and revel in your 3.9l SD1, 3.0l TR6 and 2.5l Spitfire, and your complete lack of money to drive them

Any other ideas? Bonus points if you can go full-circle.

DISCUSSION (26)

BoumboQC > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
01/09/2014 at 16:34

Lol, who got the time to do that ?

RaymondStantz > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
01/09/2014 at 16:35

Stop showing me these pornographic images.

CPT Speedbump > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
01/09/2014 at 16:37

I just want to put a LS3 in my 350z..then put its Vq35de into a 240z

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
01/09/2014 at 16:38

Take straight four from Spit and put in a Honda motorcycle for better exhaust note and low revs.

Take Honda motorcycle engine and put in Singer Chamois

Take Singer Chamois's slant four and install in tractor, allowing you to fit dual carb setup under hood

Take tractor engine and swap for Rover V8.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
01/09/2014 at 16:39

You're doing it the wrong way. You should get yourself a 5.0L TVR-tuned V8 (Griffith 500 HC/Blackpool 340 spec) and fit it in a specially modified SD1 with a reinforced chassis and Vitesse appearence.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > BoumboQC
01/09/2014 at 16:40

Me possibly :) mucking about with old cars is what I do

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > CPT Speedbump
01/09/2014 at 16:41

That's plenty good enough :)

All you need is something for the L24 to go into...

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
01/09/2014 at 16:43

OI MATE... You forgot the NSFW tag on this..

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
01/09/2014 at 16:43

That's the ticket!

I was thinking I could buy a Rangey to get the 3.9l engine from, and then find a way to swap the Spit I4 into something and eventually get a diesel to put back into the Range.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > RaymondStantz
01/09/2014 at 16:44

I've got more...

Kinja'd!!!

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Goshen, formerly Darkcode
01/09/2014 at 16:48

Good point. I definitely want an SD1 that has 'TVR' written under the bonnet.

You shouldn't need to beef up the chassis though. They raced the SD1 in Group A touring cars with mostly stock components so you can put a decent amount of power through them.

Kinja'd!!!

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
01/09/2014 at 16:50

Ah, the TWR Vitesses...I forgot about this can of awesomeness for so much time...

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
01/09/2014 at 16:50

Well, taking my chain, you might swap a gas tractor six for a Kubota four, then kit the kubota four with a turbo and thence into the Rangie..

CPT Speedbump > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
01/09/2014 at 16:50

yeahh, that's rattling my brain now, lol

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > CPT Speedbump
01/09/2014 at 17:00

I know you can bore and stroke them out to 3.0l. There must be something you can do with that.

feather-throttle-not-hair > CPT Speedbump
01/09/2014 at 17:36

Lol. can't believe you already posted this before I got here. I've thought about this a lot (and i also own a 350Z)

My buddy has a 2006 GTO. He gets an LS9 out of a ZR1 corvette.

The LS2 from his GTO goes into my 350Z.

The VQ35 from the Z goes into a 240SX

The KA24 from the 240SX goes into a Datsun 510

Then you either trash the 510 engine or put it in the Corvette.

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > CPT Speedbump
01/09/2014 at 17:53

VQ35 into a Datsun.

Just like the Aardvark

Elmo > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
01/09/2014 at 18:13

Step 1: Buy Chevy Silverado SS 454

Step 2: Buy LS9 crate engine

Step 3: Swap LS9 in place of Chevy F/I 454

Step 4: Rebuild 454 and make it pump out well over 500hp

Step 5: Swap 454 into the rear of a base 930 Carrera

Step 6: Rebuild flat-6 from Carrera

Step 7: Swap flat-6 into a Super Beetle

CPT Speedbump > feather-throttle-not-hair
01/09/2014 at 19:15

i was also considering vq35de in a 510 instead of a 240...not sure witch one weighs less, lol

CPT Speedbump > feather-throttle-not-hair
01/09/2014 at 19:16

Just grab the last engine you have, make a tube frame buggy, and shove it all together.. rock/dirt hooner :)

CPT Speedbump > 04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches.
01/09/2014 at 19:17

I think there's a joke in here somewhere but I dont get it D: elaborate?

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > CPT Speedbump
01/09/2014 at 19:20

No joke. Just awesomeness.

http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/12/buildi…

CPT Speedbump > 04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches.
01/09/2014 at 19:25

Ohhh, I've scene that one..Didn't know Speedhunters had a article on it :O Thanks for sharing!! Also, there's a guy in Cali I believe with a Rb26 swapped older Z, and last I saw/heard he was making a twin turbo vq35 one..with full carbon fiber body..

04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches. > CPT Speedbump
01/09/2014 at 20:38

I've always wanted an ITB VQ35 in something small and light like the 260Z. An RB26 would be cool as well, but something about N/A sixxers in a Datsun just seems perfect.

A full carbon body would not be a task I'd like to take on. If its a tube chassis with a shell, like the Aardvark then it might not be so bad.

But an entire body that actually needs structure, no thanks lol. Carbon fiber is strong, but it needs to be layered in just the right spots or it can still be fragile. I've had a hard time making some hoods and other miscellaneous body parts before and it's an engineers game for sure.

CPT Speedbump > 04sneaky - Boxers. Blowers. Bikes. And bitches.
01/09/2014 at 20:51

Probably is a tube frame, not sure, if I was made of money my Z would already be a tube frame and carbon car.. lol, but nope, only carbon fiber I have is some dash pieces and glove box door, a few engine shroud pieces and a layer of firewall in my 65' beetle, lol

samssun > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
01/10/2014 at 06:57

Ecoboost TT 3.5 into B8 S4 = "B5 S4ord"

SC 3.0 from S4 into S3 = "RS3.0"

Turbo 4 from S3 into Miata = real car

Miata 4 into Ford Flex (yep that's the donor) to some hipster for a markup that would cover the other swaps