R33 Build Or R32 Ls1

[SmashBoxx]

Looking for a new project car... can't decide whether to build an r33 rb25det monster or just drop in an ls1 into an r32.. hard choice and can't decide. just looking for opinions and pro's and cons of both.

thanks, Ryan.

[bozodos]

oh dude.. i've been trying to convince a few mates who own R32's to drop an LS1 into one for ages! I reckon that would be awesome! Not to mention it would be really puzzling for people

[infamous_t]

LS1s are a great combo for a R32... just make sure you add a pair of huffers on the side

[SmashBoxx]

LS1s are a great combo for a R32... just make sure you add a pair of huffers on the side

yea that's what i was thinking.. i know the ls1 has nice low down torque and would slide nice also but i'd love to go twin turbo ls1 but the kits are in excess of $10k... ill have all the time in the world as i'm losing my license for a while. what would be the approx cost of the ls1 build.. from an r32 NA auto + ls1 + 6spd + custom fabs for the mounts and such?

[chris_r31]

i got a gen3 with 6speed..

i had a r32...

so many workshops turned me down big name shops, cause they told me balance of car would be way out..

i had a budget of 20k as i already own the gen3, i no alot of stupid money but it was a project and i allowed at least 8k for just front end setup, and still alot of workshops turned me down..

i was very disapointed and it turned me off..

they all reckon the s15 or 14 silvia with the gen3 in it is so far off balance its a miracle it can drift the way it does..lol jelousy now i think about it....

do it man it would be an absolute street weapon, and with turn a whole freeway up in smoke at 120km's

[SmashBoxx]

yea i'm really wishing to.. but i have that sort of budget for the lot!

i'm still wondering how it would throw the balance off?? ls1 is lighter than an rb?

[chris_r31]

yer but honestly i cant sit there an argue with a workshop owner and end up leaving my pride and joy in there hands, its like im forcing them to do something there jelous of..

kunts, but if your good on the tools and you do have the time, i say do it, but once you start to look into it, you cant spare any cash on the front end setup..

i cant find any pics of the silvia gen3, but it showed the whole front setup an fabrication, its like a work of art..

if only i had the time, i realy cant stay up till 12, 1 in the morning these days my day time job is to demanding, lol but f*k im thinking about it once again...

[SmashBoxx]

haha yea it's like that ay.. i work 7 days a week atm and it's a struggle!

I've just been watching vids and there a bloke called mikespeed with a blown ls1 s13 and it's farking nuts!!! but then i'd also love to just build a really solid rb and that would be easier.. ahh i dno what to do yet.

[chris_r31]

you want a fun rb then it has to be either a tuff 20, or single huffer 26..

lol at the 25, but f**k a gen3 r32 its sounds so good..

my leg is twitching lol i am in think mode again, i want one...

[SmashBoxx]

what's wrong with the 25??

ls1 r32 would be a never ending project.. i can see it now!

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

how will it effect the balance enough to matter... the weight difference is marginal at best (ls1 lighter than rb)

[chris_r31]

how will it effect the balance enough to matter... the weight difference is marginal at best (ls1 lighter than rb)

honestly i only started to research the project after i gave up with wanker workshop owners giving me the bullshit lines.. it got to a stage were i had to bring 6k cash in my hand to show the bastards i wasnt lieing..

but after a bit of research and talkin to a few guys it is possible and if the front end is done properly, you wont have to maintain the thing forever..

but either way big dollars but good results...

[gts-4 dreamer]

What are the costs for a similar setup when one has an ls1 with associated oil leaks, an r33t car, 4 stock 33t turb's working.. no piping work, exhuasts appropriate manifolds, gaskets, lines etc... management....

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if you go to the trouble of getting an ls1 into a 33... you may aswell add the stock 33t turbs of the side... a pair of t3's should work nicely for a lower boost mod... internally stock ls1...

I know it's been done.... I would have preffered a savage na 91 ron monster 33 but for 10c more I could have something that eats more money...

seriously though... what costing involved? as a REAL project for someone good with thier hands... modest budget and space available for hte thing to sit there until it is ready for use?

[SmashBoxx]

now.. knowing that getting an r32 NA top start with i'm going to have to upgrade a lot of the running gear and suspension to cope with the power.. but what kind of budget would i be looking at roughly - car, + labour?