Leno's Olds Toranado on Rides
 

Tim...you might wana watch it...

They turn it from a luxury FWD barage, to a RWD twin turbo LS1 powerd monster to take on the Bentley GT.

hehe they ripped apart a couple of vettes 2 make a 66 toranado

[That car was pretty bad ass..............as soon as i heard fwd i was pissed but they made me real happy by making it rwd. That burnout was really nice i wouldnt mind having that to play around with :twisted:
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i'm watching it right now, the 1 am showing, lol. I want the exact specs on that motor, it isnt exactly an LS1, but based on it, the engine is a 425ci twin turbo, 1000hp. My lq4 should be right around that hp and displacement(422-427) after the build up, but ill have an ATI 1-DSC instead of twin turbos. :twisted:

While watching the show...I put together a few things....

1- its a one off GMPD motor which looks very much like the LS7 in the C6 Z06
2- It was shipped special to Leno, and GM engineers were involved with the car from start to finish
3- It displaced 7.0...much like the LS7, which is reported to become a crate motor. There is even a spot reserved for it on GMPD.com
4- Bob Lutz was there watching the car, and at the testing.

and one more little thing....if this engine is a one off from GM, displacing a size that GM has not made for production yet....
How did they know it would make 1000hp? HRMMMM?
Ill let you guys ponder that one....

I think GM to the date has released all their "performance" motors to the public as crate motors. I wouldnt be supprised to see the LS7 getting some special press and public show, for it'll be for sale soon.

I saw the show late last night.....and that was the LS7 intake on top :)


but at a compression ratio of 8.3:1, im sure they had to use a lot of forged internals (which would not originally come with the LS7)


engine specs can be found at the bottom here
http://www.seriouswheels.com/top-196...o-Jay-Leno.htm

Actualy, the LS7 has all hand built forged internal parts I belive. At least the crank and rods are. Still no offical news on the pistons.

Yea I also read that the rods and crank will be, but I was mainly referring to the pistons since the CR of Leno's motor was so low, and the LS7 is going to be an N/A motor. Not too sure if GM will go with forged pistons on the final production though...

although i did find some more info....

http://www.z06vette.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70048

That was an awsome show!
I wanted to go to bed, but I couldn't turn away from the TV.
Jay said the vette's were shceduled to be crushed.
Probably some kind of GM test vehicles.

I want a garage like Jay's when I grow up! :)

that was a pretty sweet car. completely stock looking on the outside.