I've got a new project arriving next week and my mate is insanely jealous... He's got a 200sx that he's had for 9 years and we always have jovial rivalry on the car front constantly, anyway not to be outdone he went and bought this engine & gearbox yesterday:

 

 

Yes that's an 8.3L V10 Viper engine :lol:

 

And the funny thing is he doesn't even know what it's going in yet lol :lol::lol:

 

Who'd like that in their Z?!

Tell your mate he can fit that in my Zed if he wants :thumbup:

It's huge mate! But the engine only weighs 250kg thanks to the Lamborghini aluminium block. B@stard lol

I bet after buying that, your mates wallet doesn't weigh much either!!

Those v10s sound ungodly

I bet after buying that, your mates wallet doesn't weigh much either!!

 

It was rather a lot lol

It'll be worth every penny once you hear it fire into life like a rumble of thunder and then proceeds to turn the doner vehicles tyres into molten rubber

Thats a big one :tt1:

Aint no substitute for cubic inches as they say. Viper v10 powered zed yes please

Lol "ain't no replacement for displacement"

I can't really compete with him this time. I'll have to stick with my pesky 6.6 charger V8!

Sorry? What 6.6l v8?

Sorry? What 6.6l v8?

 

The one sat in my garage thought I told you about it lol

You probably did lol my heads a sieve a lot if the time. That's not going in the 99 is it?

You probably did lol my heads a sieve a lot if the time. That's not going in the 99 is it?

 

No mate. Something MUCH older ;)

The next three words do not pass my lips very often .......... Wow that's huge!

omg me want one of these.

I need that in my life!............

Seen a car with one of these in on Wednesday night. It was a dodge Viper. Sounded absolutely AWESOME!!

 

Peter

seen one of these in the SRT Ram think it had a Borla Exhaust but omg i loved it id love to see that in a Z

I am a Ausie ,what does petrol cost over there? Seems he may have to win Loto to run it.

Just googled it 2.51 Australian dollars a litre.

 

10mpg???? So that 11 dollars a gallon. A dollar a mile!

 

Whats that in pounds... 1.40 a litre 6 quid a gallon, 60p a mile.

Just googled it 2.51 Australian dollars a litre.

 

10mpg???? So that 11 dollars a gallon. A dollar a mile!

 

Whats that in pounds... 1.40 a litre 6 quid a gallon, 60p a mile.

 

When you put it that way, it's not that bad :whistling:

Smiles not miles pet gallon is the best way to justify it.

Very adaptable engine, with a cracking weight ! Its amazing what it will fit in.

My mate has a SRT 10 Ram. On full chat, 150mph+ its guzzling at 4mpg !

Wrong forum if consumption worries you !!

 

Heres an interesting read.

 

http://www.carbuildindex.com/23418/short-take-datsun-240z-with-viper-v10-engine-swap/

 

And for the exhibionist amongst us !!

 

http://forum.xcitefun.net/the-bike-with-viper-v10-engine-t37028.html

 

 

Alan.........

Thanks for the links Alan... He is toying with the idea of a Datsun so I'll forward it onto him!