Swapping an atlas motor into a VX. these blown engines seem common, and an atlas I6 has 245 base hp and 245 lb tq.
I think it'd be a pretty awesome combo in one of those small vx's
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Swapping an atlas motor into a VX. these blown engines seem common, and an atlas I6 has 245 base hp and 245 lb tq.
I think it'd be a pretty awesome combo in one of those small vx's
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theres an LS1 in a VX in alaska.. new transmission too, not sure what else there is left to do but its not completed yet, but the components fit!
"Engineers believe if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet"
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LS1 as in the small block v8? That thing fits in a VX?
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Yep. Here ya go:
http://www.geocities.com/ironmanvx20...ion/index.html
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Dang. Wish I could get phase 2 and 3. Crazy conversion though. If I get one within the year, I'll prob romp on the engine pretty hard and get an atlas or an old school 250 inline 6 and make a very back to basic vehicross. LS1 get about 12-14 mpg on the usual, whereas those inline sixes can up 20 mpg. I don't need that horsepower anyway, and some inlines, can produce equal amounts of small block torque.
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Forget the LS1/6, get the LS7 with 500/500+ hp/tq and 28 mpg!!! Slightly spendy though. Coachreed only had wiring still to do I believe.......
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haha, the godly LS7. IDK about that 28 mpg, but I know it's dang near perfect in terms of HP and MPG. Definitely have to pay for it though. Last I checked, dropping one in my nova would have been over 10 grand, not even including the wiring and transmission you'd have to pair it with.
There's a reason Corvettes cost so much,
and it's not their fiber glass bodies.
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I had heard the 28 mpg was not just factory hype and that quite a few owners are quoting 28 or better depending on how it's driven. I look at the spendy engine price a little differently though. I consider I got my VX for $7000. Now I throw in a $15,000 engine/trans/conversion costs and I'm only paying $22,000 for a vehicle that would dominate anything else out there(within reason). The VX already rules, but with 2X hp and torque=:_drool:
So for me that's still a cheap SUV that is unparalleled and cheaper than they were new to boot
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Well I'm not calling you a liar or anything, but if that was so Corvette would be "fuel efficient". And I know it's not.
Maybe an LS7 in a hyundai is getting 28 mpg? Is this a recent LS7 your quoting? If it's a 2006-07 model IDK much about that edition.
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Super VXer
Well I'm certainly not a liar, so if you need any more of these let me know, I don't post things without being able to back it up.
http://www.mpgomatic.com/2007/10/10/...eage-1979-2007
http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/direct/view/.f11ee12
http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/04/auto...ving/index.htm
http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...73244466514443
Super VXer
Come on man, you KNOW you are full of crap! LOL, jk. Your thinking about the cost makes sense to me. I mean, I have $6000 left on my VX. Pay that off, drive it for another 40k, buy that time I will probably be ready for a new vehicle, and spending 15k on the VX to make it "new" again isn't a bad investment, provided everything actually works...Originally Posted by Ascinder
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Super VXer
the new Z06 engine is 18k as a crate piece
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