There is a guy on auszcar puting a supercharged amg merc motor in a 260z 2 seater. It is going to be an animal.

Jap in muscle is nice in my opinion (rb in mustang in tokyo drift) but taking an Ls1 and droppin it into a datto or the like, just ruins the essence of the car, then again, muscle car lovers probably think the exact opposite of wht i have just written, so its all opinion i guess.

You beat me

What about Japanese mucle. The japs built some nice v8 engines to.

Yep but why not just use Jap v8,s too.
vx 45 series of Nissen v8 or the Toyota u series.they are just more efficient versions of us v8,s.

There was a zoom article of a v8 into a jz81 supra. The car was engenieered for v8 when designed but it never happened. Would be awesome.

But then us cars with Jap engines is also good. Ff4 rb26 mustang is prime example.

Shame merc v8,s so expensive

This is an off topic discussion but i am wanting to see people point of views.

It’s pretty much a guarantee that whenever we post a Japanese car with an American V8 under the hood, a big argument will break out in the comments section. It’s a touchy subject, with some arguing the affordability and ease of power of a V8 swap while purists view the move as nothing less than sacrilegious.

Let’s not forget though that this idea sometimes goes both ways.

What im asking you guys is what is your take on this, taking an American muscle or Australian muscle and giving it that Japanese twist with an engine like a fully built JDM 2JZGTE or vice a versa, taking a chev small block and putting it into a Japanese car. (note - does not need to be a Datsun for this discussion i.e Silva ect.)

Let the discussion begin.