Someone's Built A Monstrous 8.5-litre V12 From Two LS1 V8s
This huge V12 was created by grafting together two cut down General Motors LS1 V8s and adding a custom crankshaft
The result of this mad project? 707bhp at 6300rpm, and 627lb ft of torque at 5700. It’ll be heading to a customer in the USA, who’s apparently planning on squeezing it into the engine bay of a Chevrolet Camaro.
All this has us in mind of an amazing project we spotted a couple of years ago, which saw one heroic hot rod builder stick together two 1JZ straight-sixes to make a one-off V12.
Video via Motor Authority
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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That’s enough ‘murica for one day.
The fact that they started with two V8s and didn’t end up with a V16 is unacceptable.
Git gud, Aussies. 😜
Someone has to post this, might as well be me.
dang this would be so cool if gm actually made this
One question, how did it not become a V16 ( ° ʖ ° )
My Favorite engine mashup is the V12 1JZ
He should of turned it into a v16 would of been maaad
Why does everyone want to put engines like this in hot rods? Do something cool like chuck it in RWD Fiesta and lend it to your grandma for a laugh.
I think it’s impossible the make a V16 out of 2 V8s. Cutting a cylinder in half of each block and welding will keep the distance between each cylinder and the one next to each equal ( Considering that would make the crankshaft design much simpler). They could have cut one half of the cylinder in one engine and the same in the other, and after welding they would get a V14 (2*(3.5+3.5)) but a V12 makes more sense.
And i guess it did.
Amazing job.
How does an average joe even get their hands on a “custom crankshaft”? Not the easiest of things to machine…