fjm57

Hey guys

Appreciate the feedback. My conversion has been on the road for about 2 1/2 years, 23,000 miles, its had several different looks but the engine has been the same, except for the Aluminum heads, I installed last year. It is carbed, I am old school and wanted something simple in my otherwise hectic life.

Why the 5.0? Well 2 1/2 years ago the LS1 was a bit pricey, especially for a project I had never done before, at least with the 5.0, I could swap it into a pickup, which is really what needed instead of a toy. Plus it would help keep it ~ 50/50, I have a corner weight sheet if you interested. The AL heads put me just a tad lighter than the LS1. And the TZ series T-5 is a bit lighter than a t-56. My project was designed to produce modest power, my intention was to produce 300 rwhp and torque about the same. I wanted to at least pull a mid 8 1/8 and a mid 13 quarter.

Best dyno (need to do it again, just installed a new custom exhaust)

313 rwhp

306 rwtq

1/8 - 8.67 2.0 60'

1/4 - 13.52 @ 104 2.1 60'

The precisely tweaked rotaries that a lot of you have, have nothing to fear from me, I just wanted a peppy nimble street ride.

Some of you were interested in some pics. Here are a couple, the engine pic is somewhat dated but will be updated soon, got a couple of items I need to tidy up. Since the exterior pic, I have added a MazSpeed front lip spoiler.









Main pic link,

http://www.kvine.com/mazda/

Authentic

there's plenty of 50-50 fc and fd ls1s out there, this looks like a old school small block with the big filter and all, different than the fox mustang 5.0 i was thinking of.



when i said FI, i meant forced induction, i thought the it was going to be a race car. and without boost stangers are dead in the water usually.

yeah about a million more, always with turbo or the supercharger from hell, they have aftermarket like civics, and many many sponsored events allowing turbo v8s. 5.0 and 4.6s ford v8s are all but figured out as far as turbos go, far unlike the newer domestic fuel injected v8s by dodge or gm. I've plentya seen 8 sec cars in the doorslammer class with windows, stock styel suspension and still hovering aroudn 2900 pounds.

fjm57

Yup, it is pretty old school, the engine is a 94 roller motor. The front brackets are one off custom units. It is not a race car but I do take it to the strip and hit the twisties with it around the smokies. It could server as my daily driver as easily as anyone of our other 3 stock vehicles. My speck sheet is located at my main pic link.

Forced Induction is enticing and if I do it, it will be in a different chassis.

Hope you weren't to underwhelmed.

casio

hey fjm57, the pics and link are dead. this thread isnt that old, what gives? i kinda wanted to see what you had. if its not too much trouble...

fjm57

Sorry about that, I thought I had another week to migrate my site to another isp. Anyway, here is a link to the site I am moving my stuff to. Mostly under construction and a few pictures are a little dated but as time allows I'll tidy it up.

Appreciate the interest.

jim

http://www.8ntrite.com/ImageGallery.asp