V8 on a V6 to a V8

[Viper_Storm]

Originally Posted by King Of Crunk

yeah why not go with the v8 stuff...it would have NO downside at all except maybe the cost....good luck with it...

ok, then why list the parts as V8 or V6? are the V8 parts much stronger?

example:

Strut Tower Brace (v8): $price
Strut Tower Brace (v6): $price?

are they in the end the same part? or is the v8 1 stronger?

[Viper_Storm]

Originally Posted by King Of Crunk

no the v8 wouldn't be THAT much heavier than the v6... the only reason that it would handle weird is if it raised the car up....which i'm sure it won't it would just have stiffer springs and everything...

ok, so if i get a kit that lowers 1.8 inches for a V8 is should lower a V6 1.8 inches aswell then correct?

[88camaroproject]

no, if you had a v8 with a v6 suspension your suspension will be compressed more, and probably really bouncy and the shocks could bottom out or something, but if you have a v8 suspension on a v6 it will be a little higher then with a v8 and it will be a little stiffer then if it had a v8. go for it

[Viper_Storm]

ok, thank you. that pretty much clears it up

[King Of Crunk]

what he said^^

[Viper_Storm]

ty, post whore

[blindeyed]

Well if you think about it... the cast iron V6's are pretty much the same weight as the aluminum LSx's. The car would most likely sit the same height as it would with the V8 in it.

[King Of Crunk]

Originally Posted by Viper_Storm

ty, post whore

Shaddup j00!! I realized that after i sent it...but it was too late to hit "stop" on my browser...i'm not really a post whore....am i?!

[Viper_Storm]

no but i am, and i will post whore any where and any time so watch out.

[King Of Crunk]

lol...how else would we get the huge amounts of posting?

[Mr. Luos]

Originally Posted by 88camaroproject

no, if you had a v8 with a v6 suspension your suspension will be compressed more, and probably really bouncy and the shocks could bottom out or something, but if you have a v8 suspension on a v6 it will be a little higher then with a v8 and it will be a little stiffer then if it had a v8. go for it

I disagree.

The V6 suspension IS softer, but because it is meant for more of a daily driver car.
The V6 and the LSx motors weigh about the same. So that weight issue doesn't exist.

[1986Z28]

dam dude, ls7 thats like 15G for a crate motor plus all the other crap you need, like tranny, rearend, accsesorries for motor and shit like that, you willing to spend like 20000?

[Viper_Storm]

Originally Posted by blownalcoholboy

dam dude, ls7 thats like 15G for a crate motor plus all the other crap you need, like tranny, rearend, accsesorries for motor and shit like that, you willing to spend like 20000?

in the end i will prob have spent more then 35k / 40k on it and thats with me selling off old parts to help pay for new parts... i wanna be ables to smoke any car at any time on any track / course.

and yes, im willing to spend the money on a 1000 hp to the wheels car as long as it remains street legal and i can get it to give me atleast 24 mpg. (still looking on ways to do that).

[blindeyed]

Originally Posted by Viper_Storm

in the end i will prob have spent more then 35k / 40k on it and thats with me selling off old parts to help pay for new parts... i wanna be ables to smoke any car at any time on any track / course.

and yes, im willing to spend the money on a 1000 hp to the wheels car as long as it remains street legal and i can get it to give me atleast 24 mpg. (still looking on ways to do that).

And.. you plan to pay for all that how? Heck, if I were gonna spend that kind of money, I would just go out and buy a used Corvette.

[Rally Sport]

looks better too, unless that is you got a 3rd gen Camaro that you're doing this on.