Let's build a GT-R!

[themadscientist]

No, not that kind of GT-R, an Ultima GTR!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh0NXzIT ... ure=fvwrel[/youtube]

[RCA]

It need an KA24 in it...

[themadscientist]

Or a twin turbo Lexus engine.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3y7qbSCB44[/youtube]

[MinisterofDOOM]

Or a twin turbo Lexus engine.

What an odd choice. Really odd. Lexus V8s aren't exactly famous for their power output. I'd have gone with just about any other V8 in the world. Not saying they're bad engines, but they're not on my list of motors to drop into cars they didn't come in.

[Bubba1]

Or a twin turbo Lexus engine.

What an odd choice. Really odd. Lexus V8s aren't exactly famous for their power output. I'd have gone with just about any other V8 in the world. Not saying they're bad engines, but they're not on my list of motors to drop into cars they didn't come in.

Lexus is on the map now for gutsy V8s. The LS-F rivals a new M3 and its V8 puts out 416 hp stock.

[perkman87]

the taillights kill it for me!

But the car is a beast

[themadscientist]

I would like to see what it could do with a lightweight rotary engine.

[Bubba1]

I would like to see what it could do with a lightweight rotary engine.

Hmmm, I can't imagine significantly better than it does now. The 2006 small block V8 model was already the fastest accelerating/decelerating car on the planet.

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Or a twin turbo Lexus engine.

What an odd choice. Really odd. Lexus V8s aren't exactly famous for their power output. I'd have gone with just about any other V8 in the world. Not saying they're bad engines, but they're not on my list of motors to drop into cars they didn't come in.

People have been turbocharging and making good power on the 1UZ for a while now. Mostly Aussies/New Zealanders.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

Yeah, someone even stuck paddle shifters to one and plopped it in a Miata for the GRM 2009 challenge.

[Razi]

Needs one of these in there:
http://www.radicalperformanceengines.co ... oblock-v8/

Plus some turbos.

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Yeah, someone even stuck paddle shifters to one and plopped it in a Miata for the GRM 2009 challenge.

Yeah. The Georgia Tech crew. I helped them push it back to their "garage" that year.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

Did they ever get it running reliably?