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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 04:35 PM
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Hi Guy's,

Just picked up my Ultima GTR ( ultimasports.co.uk) from the workshop fresh from getting a LS2 installed.

If you don't know these car's they are pretty much the quickest things around a track and make driving numpties like me look pretty good.

Anyhow I've swapped out an LT5 (truth was that is a great motor) for a stock LS2 so I can start the upgrade process, looking for around 500-550hp but would like it peaky e.g. lotsa power coming in higher in the rev range.

Don't like the thought of turbo's though as had a bad experience with em' in the past when I was midway through a corner (got on the gas too soon and....like I said, I'm a driving numpty so.....crash).

Have a few teething problems which is to be expected after a 11 months & $20K build but hopefully will be sorted soon then the next phase, Horsepower Hunting, can begin.

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Rob.
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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 04:37 PM
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Oh, check out my photo album for shots of the car and install.

Cheers,
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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 06:20 PM
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Welcome! I checked out your photo album and the car looks crazy ! Good stuff. You can definately reach some power with that LS2.
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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 06:45 PM
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welcome!

look into a forged rotating assembly to make it a 402ci. that with some good heads and youll well exceed 500 to the wheels.
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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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looks awesome and i would love to have an lt5 those are great motors and very hard to find nowadays, but def more potential with the ls2
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Old Apr 23, 2010 | 06:59 AM
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very cool idea.
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Old Apr 23, 2010 | 07:31 AM
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LT5! got any pics of the car with that motor in? i would love to build a car with one of those motors
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