so i finally broke down and am goin turbo,
im expecting around 350hp, should i change any internals? like get stronger rods... whats the weakspot in the lsj?

 

the weakspot in the lsj is probably the lsj

i could be wrong

 

lolz

 

Pistons are the only thing required if you don't believe in the stock motor.

 

id run it til it blows, then rebuild

 

Agreed. afaik you don't really need to swap internal parts if you're just turboing unless something blows up.

 

what is the limit of the rods? any one know?

 

for 350hp you should be fine with stock internals. first thing to upgrade though would be the pistons.

 

I don't know that the rods have been a failure point for anyone. Pistons are usualy the failure point for most people. But, if your good with tuning and run everything safely 350 will be fine with stock internals.

 

^^^ Hes right..

The rods OEM are forged, they are fine.

At 350hp youll be just fine.

 

well freds doin all the tuning so i guess i will be alright

 

I don't mean to bash Fred at all, he does great work and tunes well. But, he isn't going to have the time or patiance to get your car perfect. If your going to do it seriously you should pick up a copy of HP tuners yourself I wish I did earlier. There is only so much you can do even with a whole day of dyno tuning. You really have to drive it and tweek it for a long time until you have it perfect. I've had my turbo since this spring and it's not yet completly tuned. I haven't ever made a pull in high boost (15 or higher) to redline that behaved the way I wanted.

 

get the rods cryoed while they are out if anything

 

only thing worth reading so far.

 

Waste, they are factory forged and very nicely done. I would suggest leaving everything stock rods/crank wise unless you are doing a fully built block. Cryo-ing isn't going to yeild any gain whatsoever and its not cheap.

Rods/crank are good to 450+ crank HP as per GM, way beyond what 98% of people will ever see.

 

Just buy a short block from JBP and you should be good.

 

NEVER, I REPEAT NEVER DO THAT

i gotz hook ups. one of my friends at UTI used to work for S and R performance in tampa and he said he'll do it real cheap or free for me

 

Seriously?

Follow the RWD conversion project at all? Stay far, far away from JBP.

Lucky ***. I'll have to send you some VQ parts then, I lost my connect down here for cryo stuff, dude got his law degree and left the shop to start making real money. ******* people, i swear they are so inconsiderate of my needs.

 

yea... way expensive....
http://www.nwcryo.com/pricelist_master.html

not.

 

i have been looking into a lot of the VQ parts for my build when i get back. i want big power, like 600+rwhp, everyone seems to go twin turbo, why not just a big ass single turbo?

 

jbp has some nice parts. i got my lifters from them. Josh at ottp says they are good to go... im sure he knows. im also getting the sleeves.

 

Ok, you spend $200 having the crank and rods cryoed for zero gain...

I'm saying, for what you get, its not like its only $20 to have it done.

Space maybe? I haven't looked around the car at all, i'm guessing it would be a ton of custom fab to make a big single work. For 500-600whp, I would rather have dual 2871R's or something like that. Spool would be fast and hard, and high 20's boost levels on high octane/E85 would make tons of power. Needs a built block, but what doesnt.

I'm personally thinking, HR motor, cams, 150 shot. Mid 11's on street tires, stock block.

 

100 for the crank. and 6 bucks for the rods....

 

hmmm...at least gt30's i have a feeling we are gonna have a lot of fun with our vq's

 

hes going to be running a 54 trim turbo by the way