so i have an 85 gsl. in the summer i'll be swappin a jdm s5 tII motor in and i got a buncha stuff to make it work in the car. my biggest concern as of now it the rear end. im wondering how much power will the stock rear will hold up to and for how long. im hoping to be a lil higher than stock power and id be nice to be have around 220 so let me hear what u think

 

Haven't you heard? Too much is never enough!

 

750HP before you open the NOS bottles...

I overheard of an FD putting 750rwhp down at GroundZero...it had 2 gigantic Nos bottles in the back and the 750 number was without the NOS....


Anway sorry I am no help, but +1 can't have too much HP

I would imagine (uneducated guess) the back end is good to atleast 250 ft/lb of torque.

Good luck finding an answer!

 

stock gsl will handle around 400. always depending on how well they are in the first place. hopefully soon we will be testing that hp rating on a stock gsl-se rear end. so you have nothing to worry about.

 

I think it depends on your vehicle's application.

 

mitch if you have the swap done and running AND DRIVING by end of july i'llgive you a 100bucks.

 

You won't be able to make too much horsepower, so don't even worry about it.

 

Obviously your goals will have a lot to do with what it will hold. Are you going to be dragging the car? Street use only? Track? Autocross? R compound tires...etc.

 

well this car is going to be a daily driverish kind of a car, like it is now. but its a bit of a weekend warrior, i like to autocross it in the spring and hopefully i'll be able to take it out to some drift events so i'll be running street tires mostly (probably crappers) or autocross tires at best if i have the cash.

400hp!!! wow thats ridic!

i'll need a lil more inscentive than that sterling. how bout u let me take ur car out to a gymkhana and i'll pay for the entry if u pay for the gas? eh eh, cmon!

 

what if you don't finish it?

 

um then i guess u'll have to get ur hands dirty for once in ur life and help me swap that thang

 

lol,so if you do it by the end of july i let you drift the t2 and if not then i help you?no deal sir, no deal.

 

Trust me you wont break anything running "crappers", you actually have to hook up to start breaking things, I would know I am on my third rear end, all LSD's, this one I actually welded additional bracing along the housing, and as you can see, it still likes to twist up the splines,

 

what about an embarrasing myspace photo or something i dunno, bargain with me

 

wow thats ridic!!! but yah im not gonna be running slicks or anything along those lines just street radials new or wuteve