My understanding of GM's warranty is that they will honor it as long as its not in a boat or put in an off road vehicle.
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I'm all for being different but there is something to be said for opening the crate, dropping it in, plugging in the harness/ sensors/ecu, pressing start and just going.
It's very tough to replicate the performance potential, reliability, and drivability in an aftermarket setup
I just tried quickly skimming through this thread, and (albeit in the "dreaming" catagory...) I didn't see anyone suggest the Nissan GTR VR38dett engine. Now it does have some significant negatives...
CON's:
-Crazy Expensive (I'm sure it is... although I'm not sure what the cost is of a brand new vr38dett actually is)
-Difficult to find a used one, if your looking to keep costs semi-reasonable.
-Heavy (according to wikipedia, Nissan VR engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , with turbos and cats and everything its 608 lb's)
But the advantages are astonishing!...
PRO's:
-Power!: 485 to 545 engine HP stock (depending on the year of the engine)! and its upgradable to 900 HP + for on pump gas (AMS performance and Switzer Performance have these types of packages that are 9 second 1/4 mile capable), or there 1500+ HP packages that run on ethanol/race gas (all of these requiring stupid amounts of money, of course...)
-Mileage: A friend of a friend has a 700 HP GTR, and he told me that even at that power level he still gets 30 MPG on the freeway.
-Engine Bay fitment: This would have to be confirmed with Fran, but it seems like the vr38dett wouldn't have too hard of a time fitting into the SLC's engine bay, perhaps a little taller than an LS, but I'm sure that's manageable.
-Sound: For those (like me) who would prefer not to have the loppy, american sounding engine idle, this v6 sounds amazing!
This is all just dreaming and speculation of course, but that would be my dream SLC engine choice. And if we could swap in the dual clutch electro-magical super-fast-auto-shifting AWD transmission setup, then we'd have the world's ultra-ultimate performance car bar-none! :drunk:
If you were to go that route, I would just look at a VQ37VHR, the internals are actually pretty strong. You can get about 500whp out of the stock bottom end. If you strengthened the internals the sky is the limit. You can pick up a used VQ37VHR for about $2.5k or so. I wouldn't bother looking for a VR38, there are differences, but not enough to account for what it would probably cost you.
If you were to go that route, I would just look at a VQ37VHR, the internals are actually pretty strong. You can get about 500whp out of the stock bottom end. If you strengthened the internals the sky is the limit. You can pick up a used VQ37VHR for about $2.5k or so. I wouldn't bother looking for a VR38, there are differences, but not enough to account for what it would probably cost you.
Now we have a solid new option for the SLC, especially for the racers!The HPD-developed twin-turbocharged Honda engines to be used in the TUDOR championship are both derived from the Honda J35 series of production V6 engines, and include relevant twin-turbocharger technology, along with the efficiency provided by direct fuel injection.
The HR35TT is yet another competition application of the ubiquitous J35 engine. The first, the HR28TT, was designed for LMP2 competition and won in its American Le Mans Series debut in 2011. The engine has gone on to record 24 individual race victories and three series titles in the American Le Mans Series, World Endurance Championship and European Le Mans Series Competition.