v8 coupe drifting

[keith0486]

i saw this video on another forum and it is just sick v8 supercharged 240sx coupe so nice.

http://www.youtube.com/jp.swf?...WrBB1
Modified by keith0486 at 11:21 AM 8/7/2007

[Randomslider]

Link did not work fo me

[keith0486]

try it now it should work

[BOOM_STICK]

SHWEET!!!11!1!!

[s13coupe805]

yes that's mike peters supercharged ls1, he's still working out kinks on what i keep reading, and seems to be breaking alot of stuff. none th eless the car is bad ***

[Rex]

How 'bout this onehttp://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=268221.

[Steinkrunk]

That's exactly what im plannin on doin, i just need to find the 240sx shell first..

[Joe]

How 'bout this onehttp://forums.nicoclub.com/zerothread?id=268221.

no aftermarket support or parts support if something breaks

LSx > VH/VK.

[Rex]

no aftermarket support or parts support if something breaks

LSx > VH/VK.

As long as you don't have a 90-93 with the plastic backed guides and the engine saw "regular" Oil Change Intervals, it's not gonna break.

181k on mine and it sees 7200 red line a few times a week ... at least for the past 3 years.

[Joe]

a whole few times a week eh?

everything breaks when you beat on it in a track situation. street driving is nothing like track.

[Rex]

a whole few times a week eh?

everything breaks when you beat on it in a track situation. street driving is nothing like track.

Yes, a "whole few times a week". My point is if at >180k, it can still take (near daily) red line runs (to >7000RPM), it's not that "fragile". True track beating is a lot harder on an engine, I just think you've not had any hands on (long term) VH45DE time to understand what it "is".

LSx has a lot more aftermarket options, but so does an old push rod SBC. Not that that is a bad thing .

[Joe]

this is just discussion, im not picking a fight <3:

i have nothing against a VH, but you know mileage is only a number. it is NOT a gauge on engine condition at all. it all depends on how it was taken care of. not the number of miles on it. ive seen 40k engines that look utterly trashed and 300k engines that are SPOTLESS and look brand new.

i may not have a ton of first hand with the VH but i know its very well put together and a great engine for a daily driven car. but the bottom line is if you are using it in a track application (this is the drift forum, right?) it will break. EVERYTHING breaks. and WHEN it breaks youll have to find parts for it. and when its not broken, youre going to spend all your money/time fabricating parts to make more power because you cant order cams, or a turbo kit, or intake manifold, or anything of that nature off the shelf (for the most part). thats why im not a fan of it. there is no support for it anywhere if you plan on tracking the car.

if all you want is a car with a near stock swap thats different, awesome. but if your going to use the car there are better options, and i dont even mean a LSx. that is NOT a normal swap that the average person can do or is willing to spend the money on. **** i probably have 200 hours total into my swap. thats an assload of work and i do this **** day in and day out!

this isnt directed at you, but there are a lot of people on this board who think nissan can do no wrong and every engine was built by god, the ecu was programmed by jesus with the disciples doing suspension and chassis design. gotta think outside the box and see whats better for your application. since this is the drift forum and hopefully most of the people in here will be on track, im pushing the practical answer. not the "different" answer

thats why i seem anti VH. ive got nothing against it as an engine or as a swap but for where we are (the engine abuse forum ) and what people do, its a practicality thing.

[Rex]

this is just discussion, im not picking a fight <3:

I wasn't picking a fight ... I might have been stirring the pot though

I'm not a live and die by the brand guy ... if I was to pick just one make/brand, I don't know that I'd hang my hat on Nissan.

And you're right this is the Drift sub-forum, and given my "perspective" that most on NICO in this sub-forum are using an S-chassis, I think a stock VH gives them plenty of torque for drifting. Seeing how it has forged internals and a stock red line of 6700 RPM, it should provide enough "wheel spinning power" to easily get the job done.

And you're right tracked cars break, it happens all the time. And yes 180k babied/granny miles wouldn't be nearly as bad as 40k worth of drive it like you stole it abuse. Though my current Q, spent ~90k in the hands of the previous owner that both auto-crossed and 1/4 mile'd the car. He had a goal of making it a 13 sec car, but never got below 14.2, though he did break his other goal of 100 mph trap.

To date, the hundreds of Q owners that have posted on NICO, VH's have only seen early demise due to 3 issues, bent valves (plastic backed timing guides), warped heads (run hotter than hell in Cali for hours) and tossed a rod (Wes, that had seen less than 5 oil changes in the first 100k, by the previous owner).

The VH is not the end all be all, but it's a strong torque-y motor that would give a S-chassis guy 300ft lbs of torque, with "stock like" reliability. Even if you beat on it every weekend.

There is a guy (Slim) in GA running a twin-turbo (VH45DE) Z32 that makes ~450 hp using stock internals and injectors. He's put about 20k on the motor that had 140k on it before the swap, and he did not tear in to the motor before putting it in his Z32.

Good discussions, IMHO.

[phanatikz32]

the link works but the video isnt playing for some reason. maybe its just the computer im using....

[phanatikz32]

damn! that thing is crazy!