# 350 z goes down tonight **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/350-z-goes-down-tonight/202501 **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive **Created:** [April 11, 2009, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/350-z-goes-down-tonight/202501 "2009-04-11T21:56:48Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 122
### Author: ![MKIVlife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@MKIVlife](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MKIVlife) #### Post date: [September 20, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/350-z-goes-down-tonight/202501/122 "2009-09-20T19:41:30Z")
> [@OFFICIAL '07-'08 BUFFALO SABRES SEASON THREAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-07-08-buffalo-sabres-season-thread/36504/822): > > get the hell out of here. You don’t talk bench racing, but you’re quoting shit that other people have built. Lemme guess… next he’s gonna be your ‘buddy,’ and it’ll be 1700rwhp and crack off 8’s. on all season tires. in the rain. uphill. > > Basic performance upgrades on a 350z is still probably slow enough that you don’t actually need to wear a helmet at the track per NHRA rules (I’m embellishing a bit obviously) > > If you pull a motor out to build it and replace all of the parts with new ones (VQ35 based motor I’m guessing?), what’s the difference if you replace it with new parts that are different (LS9 in an STS). Just food for thought. I don’t care either way :op: I’m quoting shit that I’ve seen run firsthand. Benchracing is theory, what I’ve seen is fact. Also, because the car is owned by the shop that tuned my car and I am friends with the guys that own the shop, yes they are my “buddies”. Btw, 1200 rwhp is goood enough for 8’s. The 350z I’m speaking of ran that 9.35 on one if it’s first times to the track, it probably has run 8’s since, but I didn’t keep up with it cause it’s not my ride. The rest of your first paragraph is not worth responding to cause it wasn’t worth you typing it. The difference of changing engine vs. building one is that you’re putting a different motor in the car than what it originally came with. Then it just comes down to putting the most powerful engine in the lightest and most aerodynamic ride. It just becomes a pointless conversation until someone decides to put some 8.0L engine in a motorcycle (I’m exaggerating, but you get the point). > [@Anyone have a pallet?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-a-pallet/41150/4): > > bullshit, you dont necessary need a built motor or fuel systme to run a turbo. Please dont go on saying stock v8 motors wont hold psi or power. I can easily prove that statement wrong and have been. > > a ls9 is a 377 ci motor a LS7 is 427. displacement always wins period. you put boost to a 427 ci motor it will make more powre then a 377. your put boost to a 640 big cheif it will make more power then a 572 > > BS the Ls9 still uses hypercast pistons just as the LS7. Ls7 have TI rods, both motors are stout from factory. your talking about LS motors which eveyrone knows are touched by god. > > in the right hands a STOCK INTERNAL LS motor will make every bit of 800hp easily with FI. No one in the LS world has truely found the weak link in the motors. some push water, some lift head and bend rods cause of coolant in cylinders. if you dont detonate the LS motors last A ls9 will hold more boost b/c the cylinder walls are a hell of a lot thicker than the ls7. The ls9 block was designed to work under those conditions, the ls7 was not. That’s not saying you can’t put a turbo or sc the ls7, it is simply has less potential due to its build. We’ll agree to disagree on this one. > [@BMW Unveils Twin Turbo V8](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bmw-unveils-twin-turbo-v8/41149/4): > > Did you mean to quote me? If you did, I was referencing a 350z, in which case you would definitely be well on your way to a built motor if it made any type of power. That’s what I was getting at. Well, that and how stupid his blanket statement of how to make a 350z a fast car was ridiculous. Trust me, I know that there are a lot of seriously capable cars out there that don’t need ripped into from the factory, regardless of origin or brand :bigthumb: Since you’re obviously concerned about semantics, please tell me how stupid my “blanket statement” was?!? Also, please explain what a fast car is in your opinion? I’m not sure if you have a reading problem or what your deal is. To repeat myself for the third time, I mentioned that there are basic performance upgrades that can be done to a 350Z, which I’m sure will get it to the low 13’s, maybe even 12’s with the right driver. Yes, you can build the engine (this is optional as I’ve read that the stock internals on a 350z can take about 500 rwhp), go with a pair of nice turbos, fuel system, etc. I’m also aware that a lot of cars can take more power than a 350z without having to rip into the internals… I drive one of them. Although, you would probably say otherwise b/c I had to put a fuel system on my car to support the larger turbo. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/350-z-goes-down-tonight/202501)._