Biggest bang for the buck is the nitrous system. You will have alot more in a 351 W than 700.00 and even after doubling that, it will still be a cast crank, cast pistoned stock cammed, turd. Nitrous and gears are the single most efficient use of your money. If I were you ( and depending on what N2O system you had) I'd install the system, add maybe a n2o retard system that pulls out timing, be sure that I had a fuel pump that was up to the task of keeping everything safe pressure wise and have some gears thrown in it for my money.
Speed costs $..............how fast do you want to go? Oh about $700.00 worth.............oh...........good luck with that
Problem is, when you want to go fast with basic parts, you end up breaking parts and costing yourself even more than the $700 that you started with................ask me how I know.
Problem is, when you want to go fast with basic parts, you end up breaking parts and costing yourself even more than the $700 that you started with................ask me how I know.
Nitrous is cool. Until the bottle's empty.
No problem you say? Just fill it up again? Ok. Up, empty again! Now what? Oh..ok. Fill it back up. Crap it's empty again!!!!
See where I'm going with this?
125 is a safe HP power level for stock internals. Probably get another 50 on top of that if you are diligent w/ timing retard, proper octane, and fuel pressure. What else can he do for the money he has to go any faster?
The good thing about Nitrous is it's there when you want it. No added heat from some hairdryer attached to your exhaust or hogging up power from your crank. Yes you have to refill the bottle, but 700.00 will afford a lot of refills, at 35.00 a charge.
Let's add this up shall we?
Each fill =35.00; Net are 7-10 1/4 mile races per charge. That equates to 7-10 stock 351W kills.
700.00 / 35.00= 20 recharges. 20 x 7 = 140 ass beaten stock 351 windsors.
Hey,..I didn't say it was perfect. It's perfect when you don't have alot of money to spend,and you want to go fast. I had a 302 in one of my Fairmonts. World SR. heads, some POS Nitrous Comp cam, 4.11:1 gears and intake and 650 carb. Compression was stock.
Thing was a pig N/A,...( ran 8.70's in 1/8th) but on the bottle,......6.60's
Drove a pig in the gate,...and pressed a button to get a Cheetah.
Yeah, for track use I guess that's ideal. I've used up many a bottle on the street. Kinda like a fire cracker... a few seconds entertainment, then it's gone. The cost of those firecrackers adds up after a bit, too.
Sell the juice, sell the 40s, buy a set of TW 170s or 190s if you can manage it.
You forgot one variable- distance to fill location. I don't know his situation, but I know I'm at least 45-60 minutes drive from the nearest nitrous fill station. About 35 miles. My car gets about 17 mpg. 70 miles round trip / 17 mpg x 4$ per gallon = ~$16.50. So now we're over $50 per fill, plus time wasted.
I dunno, I'd rather have 50 hp ALL the time, than 150 hp sometimes.
You forgot one variable- distance to fill location. I don't know his situation, but I know I'm at least 45-60 minutes drive from the nearest nitrous fill station. About 35 miles. My car gets about 17 mpg. 70 miles round trip / 17 mpg x 4$ per gallon = ~$16.50. So now we're over $50 per fill, plus time wasted.
I dunno, I'd rather have 50 hp ALL the time, than 150 hp sometimes.
JEEZ! If I was as "out of the loop" as you guys, I would have to sell my junk. An hour's drive to get my bottle refilled? Driving An hour in Birmingham gets you to Montgomery.
Then go to a salvage/used appliance dealer and get a little upright freezer. On your way back from Crazy Elmos' Used appliances, stop off at Walmart, or Office depot and get a freight scale rated for at least 25 lbs. Get a 10' long -4 line for the 50lb Master bottle and you got your very own N20 refill station.....................................In Your Garage.
(Hopefully it's closer than 45 miles)
good luck finding a GT40 351 lower for under 400 bucks
you need a few other parts but yea thats about right.... we have all that set up in the trailer. so we can top off bottles at the track.
So do all of the extra parts from Summit you'll be buying after the warm and fuzzy wears off from putting on a set of Aluminum heads that only yield 35 more HP.