Which car would you take?, Skyline, Supra, RX7, Z06, ect Options

[SlowCelica94]

So what'd you guys think? Something about the R33 really does it for me. But all of it's aftermarket is expensive as hell and you really can't find used parts for it. The community for help would probably be smaller...so I dunno. Supra might be my go since it's such a great platform for drag racing and I am a drag whore.

[Fastbird]

Actually, there's mounds of room for improvement in the C5 ZO6.  The as cast LS6 heads in that car are great as installed, but will blow your mind when fully ported (talking at peak 320+ intake and 220+ exhaust CFM) as compare to the stock LS6 head being around 260/190 IIRC.  The camshaft profile is just enough to give it a 405 flywheel HP rating, and is barely in the 2-teens duration with just a little over .500 lift.  Pop in a 230's Intake and 240's Exhaust duration cam with around .600 lift and a set of ported heads and suddenly you find yourself making 500 REAR WHEEL horsepower.  The exhaust is pretty optimized though, very little gains have been seen with the addition of aftermarket items.  The LS6 is just a more well matched set of parts than the LS1 is, but there is tons of room for improvement.
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thats exactly what i said, the motor can definately make a lot more power, but it takes heads, cam, forced induction, etc.

intake and exhaust wont cut it
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Actually, the LSx series of motors responds REALLY well to just a cam only, which in itself is a swap that on a budget can be performed for about $500-700 depending on components used. A buddy of mine whom has a 03 ZO6 recently put a mild 224/220 .575 lift cam with a 112* LSA into his car and his RWHP moved from about 350/350 up to 405 RWHP and 415 RWTQ. If that's not a cheap way to horsepower I don't know what is. Now granted, he's limited in what he does from this point, meaning he can't really do more to see big gains without the heads, blower, turbo, or nitrous, but I'm just using it as an example of what a cam can do.