The DIY Chevrolet V12
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Who among us hasn't had the idea? Just chop a couple of engines in two and smush the pieces together: instant V-12/V-16/V-24/awesomeness.
Well, the fantasy recipe works, friends. At least it does when you combine it with a suitable dose of extreme welding and cutting skills and a dash of mad genius. V12Baker of the LS1Tech forums has that mixture.
He (or she) also has the photos to prove it, starting with dummy blocks illustrating the mid-cylinder cut and weld line, the cut-and-welded heads, and the reconfigured crank and cam shafts. The result? An 8.9-liter V-12 that's only 8.8 inches longer than a stock LS-block V-8.
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Better yet, the properly mad V12Baker also plans to set a supercharger atop the engine.
With the firing order of a V-16 minus four cylinders rather than a traditional V-12 order, the builder thinks it "should be a wicked sounding V-12."
The finished product will be going into a Datsun 280Z, because when you're bulding a ridiculous custom supercharged V-12, it should end up in a 2,600-pound car.
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This isn't the first time V12Baker has gone down this path (it's the fifth time, actually), but it may be the best.
Hit the fifth page of the thread for a special bonus: an LS-based V-4.