brianj5600
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I am with 10secgoal. White smoking the tires at speed is fun. I use M/T drag radials all the time now. Regular street tires just spin anytime you go wot upto highway speed and sometimes even then they break loose.
Hmm, Well thats awesome, no doubt it was a kick in the pants. But having said that lets see you drive that car to the beach with the kids or to work everyday like I do my blown 347. I understand that the power isnt the same but as previously stated there isnt many things that sound as good as a blower at 5 grand. I was a gearhead back in the early 80's and watched my brother spend a lot of cash and time with his head under the hood with smoke pouring all over the place adjusting valves on his solid lifter cam....Which BTW isnt as aggresive as my roller Hyd. I have now. My brother is amazed at the power my car has and laughs about all that they used to do to get maybe 300HP...And mine will sit and idle all day and never overheat. Power adders are here to stay and for good reason. They make great power numbers cheaper with better drivability.
IAnd as someone pointed out...a turbo car kills the sound.
And as someone pointed out...a turbo car kills the sound.
The engine made close to 500 lb.ft. at 5k...and from 1500 on up you could barely pull yourself away from the seat back. If anyone builds that kind of power from a stock block 289 or 302 it won't last long.
why you gotta bring me into thisDon't know anyone who has ever been in a boosted car that would go any other way. Only consider going back when they get frustrated with the tune.
Dont know who said that, but appearantly they havent heard all turbo cars...a turbo car kills the sound.
Haha, nah. You have a strange problem for sure. But other people that just can't get it. They sell their car.why you gotta bring me into this
id put an ls1 in it
because we all know LS1s are the end-all and be-all of performance pushrods right?
Turbos by far have the capability to run more boost, everything else being equal, you will make more power on a turbo car than a S/C car, assuming same boost level. Superchargers are fun, but they just cant match the efficiency of a well designed turbo system, but what it all comes down to in the end is what you want out of the car as far as power and driving characteristics go.
my 94gt had stock block, stock crank, stock rods, stock pistons, and stock cam that ran 10.78@130 on pump gas. it made 500rwtq at 3700rpms. i drove it every day to work for years. next.