Cars The Need For Speed

[aphidgod]

People put small block Chevy V8s into anything... I know where to get a kit that'd let me drop one into my 944. I don't understand, but I know where to get one.

And let's not even talk about RX7s - at least there's a good excuse for an engine swap in that community, although I'm not sure I'd go with a huge, lumpen V8 as my first choice.

 

[Stereo]

To be fair, swapping a turbo rotary to an aluminum na LS actually lowers the weight. And pushrod V8s are short enough to fit under the hood unlike more normal overhead cam 4/6s.


One engine swap that I think could really work is a Prius drivetrain into a Caterham 7. It's got decent power it's just in a fullsize sedan. Neither one is really built for top speed, just going 0-60-0 fast repeatedly. Might need to do something for front regenerative braking though to really get the most of it

 

[Nice Glasses]

That thing is in my E30...just posted it to visualize my point about engine building . I've really only seen it the other way around, someone putting a smallblock chevy V8 into older bimmers (E12, E34, E30, etc.). That said I always thought the V8s out of BMWs own range fit the character of the cars much better but that's a different story.

As for the C4 I always loved the L98/LT4 but when thinking about actually building a custom engine I'm wondering about the choice of the low-compression, low output '78 (I guess LG4) engine block as a basis, hence my asking.

Well unfortunately I only bought the engine as a means of replacing the old L98 (rod knock at 165k miles) so I don't actually know whats been done to it. But trust me its far from slow and sure does love a good beating every so often (literally all the time)

 

[Nice Glasses]

oh and heres a nice sounding '94 zr-1 just to try to stay relevent

 

[ALB123]

oh and heres a nice sounding '94 zr-1 just to try to stay relevent

Toss out the Viagra... Mama mia! I can't wait until we get to a point where that cars in our racing sims sound that good and each car is totally unique, like in the real world.

 

[garyjpaterson]

oh and heres a nice sounding '94 zr-1 just to try to stay relevent

Sounds nice but am I the only one that is looking at the way he's holding the steering wheel and thinking wtf!? I suppose when he has nothing but straight lines to contend with you get away with it

 

[arthur666]

To be fair, swapping a turbo rotary to an aluminum na LS actually lowers the weight. And pushrod V8s are short enough to fit under the hood unlike more normal overhead cam 4/6s.


One engine swap that I think could really work is a Prius drivetrain into a Caterham 7. It's got decent power it's just in a fullsize sedan. Neither one is really built for top speed, just going 0-60-0 fast repeatedly. Might need to do something for front regenerative braking though to really get the most of it

I'm with you on the LS, but the Prius gear in a Caterham would mean an automatic, no, worse... a CVT.
Would be interesting though.

Always thought a turbo flat-4 from a WRX would be the perfect engine swap for a RX-7.

 

[Stereo]

I'm with you on the LS, but the Prius gear in a Caterham would mean an automatic, no, worse... a CVT.

Yeah, although I think it has a 1:1 ratio where it just locks the planetary.

I looked into it a tiny bit and you'd be better off getting one from a RAV4 hybrid, the Prius engine has some kinda extreme economy measures (14:1 compression, but cams that keep the intake open and 'waste' some of that so it expands more than compresses - so while it's on paper a 1.8L, it only uses about 1.3L on the intake stroke) so the RAV4 version has 50% more horsepower on about the same displacement.

 

[Ghoults]

I'm not sure if hybrid is worth doing in a car like caterham. I think going full electric might be faster in the end. That being said just for straightline speed any small turbo engine can output as much power as you have (had) money in the bank. Hybrid could be better for daily driver but

 

[Nice Glasses]

some more zr-1 sound porn

 

[Nice Glasses]

hype?

 

[gpktm]

I would like to help with the textures if you guys are interested. I've noticed that the Diablo dials are too blurry.

 

[A3DR]

I would like to help with the textures if you guys are interested. I've noticed that the Diablo dials are too blurry.

I'll have to take another look at them but I remember I've used the best pics I could find for the gauges, unless you can find a better higher res pic to use? the other option would be to make them from scratch using vectors or 3D itself, but that's a very time consuming task (that's why I went with the higher res pic I could find and some PS adjustments).

If you're up for it feel free to improve them and I'll include them on the release.

 

[9kret9]

I would like to help with the textures if you guys are interested. I've noticed that the Diablo dials are too blurry.

I'll have to take another look at them but I remember I've used the best pics I could find for the gauges, unless you can find a better higher res pic to use? the other option would be to make them from scratch using vectors or 3D itself, but that's a very time consuming task (that's why I went with the higher res pic I could find and some PS adjustments).

If you're up for it feel free to improve them and I'll include them on the release.

If you guys need someone to spend time drawing this in vectors, I can help.

 

[A3DR]

If you guys need someone to spend time drawing this in vectors, I can help.

Of course, here are the psd files for both (VT and SE30):

https://drive.google.com/open?id=10K3_WX_IM9A9h2FAAEBPk0H8V9oh3gy5

 

[9kret9]

I`ve started that today, but I`m too tired to finish I`ll do it before the end of the week. I want to make sure all the details are done right.

 

[aphidgod]

I'll work on finishing up a few little physics tweaks in the next ~week or so, then.

 

[A3DR]

Well, while we're talking about updates, I'm adjusting bits here and there, mostly visual stuff.
The Diablo got my new tire treatment that'll be a standard from now on with my mods so they're all consistent to each other, also some tweaks to the paint shader and kn5 optimization.

The 512 will go through the same process as soon as I have some time to do it.

 

[aphidgod]

I love it when a plan comes together.

 

[Dirk Steffen]

Well, while we're talking about updates, I'm adjusting bits here and there, mostly visual stuff.
The Diablo got my new tire treatment that'll be a standard from now on with my mods so they're all consistent to each other, also some tweaks to the paint shader and kn5 optimization.

View attachment 230069

The 512 will go through the same process as soon as I have some time to do it.

Seeing this GORGEOUS Diablo (the last beautiful car Lamborghini ever made) makes me remember this one:

Oh, wouldn't that be nice …