[v8hunter]

There's lots of haters of anything foreign or of anything different than the mighty lsx. I love my f body, but looking at the low buck power potential (bolt ons) of the 2jz -vs- ls1 most would take the 2jz. Looking at the forged motor internals most would take a 2jz over the ls1. Looking at not breaking stock parts (rear ends, trannies) at even slightly modified power levels...most would take a 2jz over an ls1. The only substantial things counting against the 2jz are the lack of low end power and their higher purchase price. Only when the lsx motor is a ls2 or better would I personally rather have the lsx v8 if I was going to do a swap into a project car.

I remember when I had only some bolt ons (not quite bpu) in my old (automatic) supra I raced an 2001 ws6 with afr heads, healthy cam, & bolt ons at the track. I ran a few tenths faster than him with just over 2 mph higher trap speed. I have the timeslip somewhere..it was something like 12.2 @ 118 for me and 12.4 @ 115.7 for him. The reason why I have my fbody now is because back when I had a supra I heard of stories of some ls1 fbodys being high 12 second cars stock and I coudn't afford another tt supra (I'm not much for the styling anymore either). I wonder what a torque convertor and drag radials or spraying nitrous would have done for the old supra.

Call me a hater or a ricer, but really I just care about what is faster...that's why I'm considering ditching the fbody for a terminator.

My .02