My 700 HP engine is on the way! [Archive]

CertInsaneC5

11-06-2015, 6:53pm

W00T!! You and G going to install it, or have it done by a shop?

I thought you just ordered it a week or so ago? Damn my CRS is kicking in again. :Jeff '79:

Datawiz

11-06-2015, 6:56pm

W00T!! You and G going to install it, or have it done by a shop?

I thought you just ordered it a week or so ago? Damn my CRS is kicking in again. :Jeff '79:

G and I are going to install it, but the plan was over Christmas break. Early shipping creates a challenge. I never expected it this fast. :lol:

Gonna have engine go from delivery truck to my Tundra, and then to the shop where it will be installed. One of the major points of this project was for G to get her hands dirty, so the Christmas break installation will still be on. Gonna do a fresh web page with pics and vids of her swapping the engine. :yesnod:

Chuck A

11-06-2015, 6:57pm

very cool, indeed

CertInsaneC5

11-06-2015, 6:59pm

G and I are going to install it, but the plan was over Christmas break. Early shipping creates a challenge. I never expected it this fast. :lol:

Gonna have engine go from delivery truck to my Tundra, and then to the shop where it will be installed. One of the major points of this project was for G to get her hands dirty, so the Christmas break installation will still be on. Gonna do a fresh web page with pics and vids of her swapping the engine. :yesnod:

Awesome sauce! Is the old engine out already?

Datawiz

11-06-2015, 7:01pm

Awesome sauce! Is the old engine out already?

No. Car is sitting dead in the garage as it was the day it died. Old engine will go on a stand for the daddy/daughter project to rebuild...with a Miata in its sights. :yesnod:

VITE1

11-06-2015, 7:12pm

That's great news. Post lots of pics.

Shrike6

11-06-2015, 7:34pm

No. Car is sitting dead in the garage as it was the day it died. Old engine will go on a stand for the daddy/daughter project to rebuild...with a Miata in its sights. :yesnod:

You and your daughter putting a rebuilt Z engine in her Miata?
The thought is shorting my brain!
Pix of everything!

wwomanC6

11-06-2015, 7:36pm

That's great news. Post lots of pics.

:iagree: :hurray: :popcorns:

Datawiz

11-06-2015, 7:39pm

You and your daughter putting a rebuilt Z engine in her Miata?
The thought is shorting my brain!
Pix of everything!

Miata build with V8 is in the near future. Not necessarily her Miata. ;)

Bill

11-06-2015, 8:20pm

Miata build with V8 is in the near future. Not necessarily her Miata. ;)

Please include pics of the shoehorn you are planning on using for that, please!

Datawiz

11-06-2015, 8:22pm

Please include pics of the shoehorn you are planning on using for that, please!

LS Miatas are all all over the place. Tons of them out there. Not too many LS7's due to cost.

island14

11-06-2015, 8:28pm

No. Car is sitting dead in the garage as it was the day it died. Old engine will go on a stand for the daddy/daughter project to rebuild...with a Miata in its sights. :yesnod:

LS Miatas are all all over the place. Tons of them out there. Not too many LS7's due to cost.

When this project comes together I would like to do an article with lots of photos on my website if you want.. :island14:

Lemme know..

Congrats on the new engine!!!

:cert:

Kerrmudgeon

11-06-2015, 8:31pm

Did you go with the Texas builders Craig?

Datawiz

11-06-2015, 8:33pm

Did you go with the Texas builders Craig?

:yesnod:

Datawiz

11-06-2015, 8:34pm

When this project comes together I would like to do an article with lots of photos on my website if you want.. :island14:

Lemme know..

Congrats on the new engine!!!

:cert:

Certainly. :yesnod:

Jeff '79

11-06-2015, 8:51pm

This thread sure beats that Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader thread! :D

Jus waitin' for the reviews... :ball:

Bill

11-06-2015, 9:01pm

This thread sure beats that Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader thread! :D

Jus waitin' for the reviews... :ball:

I'm imagining the cheerleaders while I am reading through this thread. Multitasking FTW!

Millenium Vette

11-06-2015, 9:57pm

I'm imagining the cheerleaders while I am reading through this thread. Multitasking FTW!

At least your one handed typing is error free. :cert:

Kerrmudgeon

11-06-2015, 10:34pm

I'll bet G is just salivating....waiting to get her mitts into some serious HP. :thumbs:

CertInsaneC5

11-07-2015, 3:40am

I'll bet G is just salivating....waiting to get her mitts into some serious HP. :thumbs:

:iagree: Heck, any of us gear heads would be. I would love to be there to help out. Or just stand back and supervise and drink beer. :Jeff '79: :cert:

Jeff '79

11-07-2015, 7:00am

I'm imagining the cheerleaders while I am reading through this thread. Multitasking FTW!

At least your one handed typing is error free. :cert:

:rofl:

wwomanC6

11-07-2015, 7:25am

I'm imagining the cheerleaders while I am reading through this thread. Multitasking FTW!

At least your one handed typing is error free. :cert:

:lolsmile: :rofl: Y'all crack me up!

SteelCityBlue

11-07-2015, 12:33pm

Is this a track car? Is this a new crate engine or a rebuild?

The Cripp

11-07-2015, 4:33pm

Fandamntastic! :seasix:

Datawiz

11-07-2015, 4:36pm

I'll bet G is just salivating....waiting to get her mitts into some serious HP. :thumbs:

I can't wait for her to drive this beast. At least she got to race it once under the old configuration. Back then she referred to it as a monster. Can't wait to get her analysis of the new configuration.

In the 8 years I have had this car I have let over 100 people take a hot lap in my car. THOSE days are over when this car is back running. WAY to much car for 90% of drivers, and quite frankly, I no longer want the wear and tear.

Datawiz

11-07-2015, 4:38pm

Is this a track car? Is this a new crate engine or a rebuild?

It's a track car, and the engine is a brand new build from Texas Speed Performance. Only the GM 7.0 L block is GM. Everything else is top notch race stuff.

Jeff '79

11-07-2015, 4:58pm

I can't wait for her to drive this beast. At least she got to race it once under the old configuration. Back then she referred to it as a monster. Can't wait to get her analysis of the new configuration.

In the 8 years I have had this car I have let over 100 people take a hot lap in my car. THOSE days are over when this car is back running. WAY to much car for 90% of drivers, and quite frankly, I no longer want the wear and tear.

Even me??? :wtf:

Datawiz

11-07-2015, 6:34pm

Even me??? :wtf:

You won't fit. :leaving:

:lol:

Jeff '79

11-07-2015, 6:38pm

You won't fit. :leaving:

:lol:

I'll bring a shoe horn :D

SteelCityBlue

11-07-2015, 8:19pm

It's a track car, and the engine is a brand new build from Texas Speed Performance. Only the GM 7.0 L block is GM. Everything else is top notch race stuff.

What car? Also what block?

Datawiz

11-07-2015, 8:22pm

What car? Also what block?

2008 Z06, Stock GM LS7 Aluminum Block.

Build sheet attached. Price doesn't include the headers (no cats) and the cold air intake coming as well.

CertInsaneC5

11-07-2015, 8:48pm

island14

11-07-2015, 8:51pm

Some really nice parts here.. :yesnod:

Not sure what they are using for the rockers, since they are calling it their own.. is this a shaft system? or set up on studs?

427 Cubic Inches (427SB-LS7) is this LS based on a small block? or is that something new GM has come up with?

I suspect it is something new but am a bit out of the loop these days.

CertInsaneC5

11-07-2015, 9:07pm

Not new Tim. The LS7 series block is what the Z's had in them. His just has all the goodies you would want on a racing engine. :cert:

island14

11-07-2015, 10:07pm

That's what I'm getting at.. as I thought it was a different block completely.

Is there an advantage to using them instead of the older SB?

I am about 15 or more years behind on technology. :D