The Nissan/Datsun Z cars have been popular since… well, since forever. Affordable, reliable, and powerful with the inline six under the hood, what more could one wish for? Well, this guy had an idea: Throw an LS6 in a 1975 280z and rule the streets (and the strip). This Datsun has many modifications and ran […] More »
This week’s Drag Race features a wicked C5 Corvette Z06 blasting down the quarter mile in the low 9 second range with the help of a little nitrous oxide…and probably more than a few other modifications. I don’t know what all is done to the LS6 engine powering this Corvette, but simply from listening to […] More »
Do the math and add it up. This beast ROCKS! Enough said, but the seller wants $30,000. Is it too much for a 340 horsepower 1984 Porsche 944 or is it worth it? “This car has been completely restored, only test driven,” the owner claims. What do you think about this swap? Tell us about […] More »
When my car hits 147,000 miles, the only thing I’ll do is cross my fingers that it lasts until 200,000. When a 2005 Cadillac CTS-V hit that mark, its owner, a man by the screen name of Hammar, decided to have some fun instead of worry. He went to the dyno. His well-traveled machine has […] More »
It’s one thing to modify your car’s engine to make more horsepower. It’s another to do it all over again after that motor floats a valve and craps out. “LS1Tech member cadivette is a patient man” is an understatement. The first power plant he twin-turboed in his 2005 Cadillac CTS-V went the way of […] More »
Well this is a fun little comparison. Take one 4th gen Camaro with an LS6, and let it run down the track. Then, put another Camaro with a high-compression LS1 in the same lane behind it. Now, without more information it’s impossible to tell what the real differences are between these two. A high compression […] More »