Lime Creek's chevy in a 240

[Drakon]

Lime Creek has on their site about putting a small chevy engine in a s14.

I think its wrong to pollute a Japanese car with the american flith of an engine. Its like in Indiana Jones where the Nazi symbol got burned off the box with the ark of the covenant. Its just wrong. what do u think?

I dont mean to diss on Lime creek, i'm just talking about that one project.Is it wrong to do that?

[Eklectrick]

while it is a bada$$ car and quicker than I'll ever even come close to, I have to agree. not so much because it is Japanese/domestic, but I have a problem with merging two different car makers in one car. it changes the whole essence of what the car is. but you gotta give him props for pulling it off.

[lessthanjakejohn]

NO

[Drakon]

care to share why NO ? Its sacralidge

american crap in a 240 is not right.

[lessthanjakejohn]

NO

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[lessthanjakejohn]

um Maybe I should write a paper, then turn it in to my teacher (English) for extra creditpoints. btw Lord of the Flies sucks

[[Zero-S]]

Aries gets some major cool points for doing that. And his reasoning behind it is very well thought out. I remember him saying something about heat...yeah...think about it. Think about how much power hes pushing right now, and he's soon to be pushing alot more. That kind of power will rip a nissan engine to shreds if anything just by sheer heat. But I don't need to defend aries, he can do that himself. I'm thinking whatever gets him the power that he wants/needs.

[Zydeco]

I'd reather tell people that I have a 500hp v8 240sx, then a 2.0L turbo with 205 hp.

[ride4lame]

I think the amount of work and just coming up with the idea to do it deserves mad props. That would be one of the last motors i would think about putting in that car. haha anyway i think its awesome, if muscle car guys start putting little motors in their cars though, i will be pissed

[Drakon]

205? pshh. eneways. Look i just think if all you care about is power. go out and sell your nissans right now cause u can get a POS american muscle car and have alot more power if thats all you want. Why are you even driving a Japanese car???? I'll tell you why i am, cause sheer torque and HP isnt everything.

And swapping a different japanese engine is not wrong at all. its just the fact that its a Chevy engine, its gas guzling, cheap HP crap. and it wont last nearly as long as my engine.

[YamaOni]

He just took a different road to win, dont get small cc envy. I am not a big fan of people in the states wanting to put RB engines in their 240's but o well. I got over it you can too.I think that the car is just a way to show people that, If we can do this we can put a SR,RB,VG,FJ into a S14,S13.

[[Zero-S]]

I understand that, but Aries is in for something different. I love my 'sporty' 155 hp KA, gonna love it even more when it becomes a de(t).

[Eklectrick]

I haven't been around that long and I am curious what his reasons were to do that swap? was it cheaper to use that motor rather than build up an RB to 500hp? surely it could be done either way. aries, care to enlighten some of the newer kids?

[lessthanjakejohn]

he said to prove that he could

[Zydeco]

You guy know this topic was brought up last week sometime.

[Cyberkreig]

While it is friggin awesome that he could put a chevy motor in a 240.. it doesnt prove that he knows anything about tuning the motors we are instersted in.

On the other hand, Lime creek has my Business when it comes Nitrous time.

And if i ever had an LT1 Camero I know where i'd go.

[MaineExport]

I think it's the coolest idea.... not to mention well thought out and properly built. No corners cut by the lime creek crew.

[Drakon]

ok well seems like people keep nothing sacred. But i still keep my opinion completly. If all u care about is HP you shouldnt be driving a nissan or even a japanese car.

[JDM]

There is nothing wrong with it. I think its an impressive swap to say the least. And lastly the chevy small block is a GREAT engine, dont you be dissing it! Its just a diffrent path...

[nismodave]

ok well seems like people keep nothing sacred. But i still keep my opinion completly. If all u care about is HP you shouldnt be driving a nissan or even a japanese car.

Tell that to Supra and Skyline owners who push 800 hp.:owned

[JDM]

hehe, try 1000 hp!

[nismodave]

No offense......but maybe you realize now how dumb your statement was.

Fast is fast.....no matter how you do it..... there is a guy here with a 65 Buick Wildcat with a GN 3.8 turbo motor running 10s here.......

Props to Lime Creek :ylsuper

[[Zero-S]]

Exactly there is nothing that equates Japanese cars with low horsepower. Korean cars, now thats a different story. But not Japanese.

[Repo Man]

I am going to own this goddam thread in about thirty seconds. American cars make stupid horsepower. Japanese cars make stupid horsepower. They just make it different...

[nismodave]

Naaahhhh.....you dont own it ....your statement is toooo obvious.....try again;)

[Repo Man]

Yep. Just owned it.

[Repo Man]

Ok, so I'm just messing around. I'll unlock it. I have had too much barley soda to make profound statements regarding import vs. domestic horsepower tonight...

see me tomorrow night...

[trpower7]

Are you kidding me, whoever said "american crap" needs to have a knife jammed in your eye. All of you kids need to go read who was making the biggest best horsepower FIRST, and who decided to evolve it from some econo-car. The Chevy 350 has gone virtually unchanged for going on THREE DECADES!!!! Any jap motors do that?? Certainly not. Can you get reliable torquey fun horsepower out of anything else for that kind of price. NO. Would I rather have a 500hp NA engine than a 500hp FI engine, absolutely, any day of the week. Ever seen an old Datsun with a Scarab conversion and a small block?? INSANE fast. Any of you idiots who say that what he put in his car was "american crap" need to go back to watching F&F and get off this board.

[Drakon]

skyline's and supra's i? Of course they make crazy power. Its just so obvious i didnt think it needed to be mentioned. Look if i didnt think a jap car could be faster than a domestic then i wouldnt drive one. I was making statements based on what most people are saying about having lots of hp is all that matters so its all good. They want the fastest route to power it sounds like so they shouldnt be driving Japanese cars. cause u can make a american car fast for alot less money. I have this silly thing about quality and technology being really important. I couldnt give a damn if a american car could run the 1/4 in 7 seconds flat i wouldnt get one. I have numerous friends who had american cars for years and after put up with all the crap of one they finally wised up to imports and regreted waiting so long.

[Drakon]

Hey trpower, ur the kid who needs to get off this board. what are you even doing here?? shouldnt you be on some old *** american crap msg board? I know that domestic cars started it, now they need to step back and let the people who made everything invented better do it. (Japanese) YOu did make a good point thou...the 350 is old as F*** . and reliable? my ***. If people who put up with the maintenance crap of an american car went out and got a Nissan or a honda or even a toyota they would never go back. now not EVERY single american car is complete crap. but its a generalization i can easily live with.