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I thought the SVX had no performance support.
Hello all. My name is Jake Wagg. I am a Nissan 300ZX fan and I own a 1990 Twin turbo. For many years I have admired the SVX in a way, because it is unique and rare. I have always thought that the SVX had no performance support ( I really haven't found much anyway), but there is somebody around town here in Great Falls, MT that is supposedly pushing 565 WHP with a twin turbo flat 6, 6 speed and buy what I have heard he is pushing low 10s in the quarter. I didn't realize that SVXs had such mods to put them in this power level. Is it common for people to turbo there SVXs? It's news to me.
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does this guy have an svx that's twin turbo'd or has the engine that's twin turbo'd?
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key here is "supposedly"....I think either someone is pulling your leg or they've confused the SVX with a Supra (along with the configuration of the 6 cylinders) -Bill
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Well the "source" that I heard this from knows what a SVX is, and he stated that it had a built flat 6 (not sure what engine code you guys have) and had twin GT28RS turbos. I take it that this is not common in the SVX community? I have yet to see the car myself, but several people have mentioned it.
Is it unusual to find an SVX upgraded to this level?
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There are a handful of people that have done much to their motors, so most of us are not much above the stock power levels. My attempts at gaining a better performing car by purchasing 'performance' parts from a paticular SVX ecu-tuning company have not yielded any positive results, so I will never see high HP levels either. p.s. I'm just glad our engine bay isn't as packed as yours.
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Yes, the engine compartment for the Z32(90-96 300ZX) is very cramped but can be cleaned up a bit buy deleting emissions systems an unnecessary components as well as relocating other components out of the way.
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I'm the polar opposite of Twinboosted, have a SVX and love 300zx's
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I didnt know that you could do that...
Not that I want to, but I thought you couldnt. Isnt it a law in say California? Is it not where you are? -Dennis
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He has a 91 Twin turbo, t-top. They are awesome cars..
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Extremely unusual to the point of nonexistence The closest anyone has gotten is a single turbo now running on E85, a couple of folks running ECUTune's Stage III Whipple-based supercharger, and one person running a Jet Technologies T-5 supercharger. Two (?) of the Stage III kits are running on "built" engines, while all of the others (to my knowledge) are running on stock bottom ends. We have yet to see anything north of ~270 whp to date. Personally, I'd love to see pics of the SVX you're hearing about. -Bill
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Retired NASA Rocket Scientist Most famous NASA "Child" - OSIRIS-REx delivered samples from asteroid BENNU to Earth in Sept. 2023 Center Network Member #989 '92 Fully caged, 5 speed, waiting for its fully built EG33 '92 "Test Mule", 4:44 Auto, JDM 4:44 Rear Diff with Mech LSD, Tuned headers, Full one-off suspension '92(?) Laguna, 6 spd and other stuff (still at OT's place) My Locker |
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I don't know how stout the internals of an EG33, but are there any performance part manufacturers for forged internals such as pistons and rods? I am just as curious about this guy's car as much as you are except I don't know as much about them as you guys.
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The only thing you'll find on this board for build engine parts is those done by ECUTune. Forged 8.5:1 (?) pistons, rods, and cams. There are other sets of cams out there, but for the bottom end that's all there is. Unless this guy had a set of one-off forged pistons done, I'm extremely skeptical. One member here, TomsSVX (also called YT, or Young Tom) blew up a stock motor running 12 lbs of boost with his supercharger.
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Man I had to dig back to '03 for this... I knew it was there though
http://www.sdsefi.com/air31.htm Tom |
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The lack of smooth paint adding too much drag?
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