Droooooolllll
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DrifterExtreme;246419 wrote:
if the guys that owned civic had 40k to drop on just the drivetrain, yeah a 4 cly would make power to.cool stuff but just goes to show that money can buy anything.
You are now dumber for saying that, the only one ive seen even come close is that guy who made the 4 liter 4 cylinder for that dragster, that one can make around 1800-2000 at full tilt. And i havent heard a word about it for over a year. The cars nelson builds and sells make anywhere from 750hp all the way to 2500hp, and they all do it reliably with insane driveability.
How much money do you think a guy like Brent Rau has into that 4g63 to make 1000+whp? and it blows headgaskets all the time, gets rebuilt every few passes and runs on alcohol. This white camaro probably makes 1200-1300whp and has a fucking warrantee, can be driven cross country and back, then put on the dyno and make those #'s, not to mention it probably gets around 20mpg.
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Gary your right about the reliability of the V8 compared to a 4cyl at the same HP. but the fact that only about 5% of the population of fargo could afford to drop that kind of cash on an engine like that and theres even a less percentage of people that are into race cars. Most of us "ricers" (I hate that freaking word) build what we can afford. and its alot cheaper to hop up a 4cyl than a V8.
this is like comparing a ferrari to a civic. you can rant and rave all you want about the ferrari and compare the specs to the civic, but the 99.99% will have to settle for the civic. all we can do is sit droooolll over what we cant have and probably never will have.
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fdfreak;246453 wrote:
Gary your right about the reliability of the V8 compared to a 4cyl at the same HP. but the fact that only about 5% of the population of fargo could afford to drop that kind of cash on an engine like that and theres even a less percentage of people that are into race cars. Most of us "ricers" (I hate that freaking word) build what we can afford. and its alot cheaper to hop up a 4cyl than a V8.this is like comparing a ferrari to a civic. you can rant and rave all you want about the ferrari and compare the specs to the civic, but the 99.99% will have to settle for the civic. all we can do is sit droooolll over what we cant have and probably never will have.
well said
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zbrown;246457 wrote:
please explain.......ok, ask travis how much he has into his civic (its nothing extravegant, but respectable). I think he said he was putting down somewhere between 320-340 in his coupe and at the track he was running mid 12's.
I dont know very many people around here with V8's, but I am willing to bet it would cost more to build a v8 to see the same track times.
Im not saying thats the case everytime. but probably majority.
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What people fail to take into consideration is the very reason I went sport compact was the ability to make reasonable power not only cheap but to keep the car economical in the process. Not that it cant be done in a V8 but its not going to be cheap to make your typical SBC economical and have reasonable power to boot. Another reason "I" went to the sport compact was the "fun" factor. It's a helluva lot funner to hang some corners "with confidence" or rice around in with most of these cars. There was NO FUKN WAY I was gonna try to hang corners in my Chevelle or Nova. I remeber all of my Muscle cars were fun to drive but got boring just cruising around and not being able to get on it without passing a gas station. Meanwhile.... someone comes along and with as quick a car (more agile too) and having half the $$ into it.
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fdfreak;246459 wrote:
ok, ask travis how much he has into his civic (its nothing extravegant, but respectable). I think he said he was putting down somewhere between 320-340 in his coupe and at the track he was running mid 12's.I dont know very many people around here with V8's, but I am willing to bet it would cost more to build a v8 to see the same track times.
Im not saying thats the case everytime. but probably majority.
your kidding right? so its cheaper to take a 15+ second car with huge limitations in traction, and drivetrain, and make it go 11s-12s relaibly and corner well, than to buy a 14 sec V8 car with rear wheel drive and strong drivetrain to do the same? In my GN i didnt have shit into it, most was just rebuilding or making better like a new fuel tank and lines, paint work and such. In reality i had maybe $8k into my drivetrain front to back. Zac had around 2500 in his RX7 drivetrain (alot of overkill in prep for a turbo setup) and i know for a fact that would have run 12s.
Actually i can go buy a LT1 camaro for about 2500 and put 100 shot and tires on it and run 12s, hell you can buy a nice RCSB chevy pickup with a 5.3 and get it to put down good power for a couple thousand at most.
I wont even get into fox bodies or 80s GM v8s, thats just too easyBTW, ask travis how long that transmission is going to last
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ok, you win. i dont care. put mpg into the equation. a lot of these kids use their cars as year round DD. much cheaper than a v8. doesnt matter. I cant afford those engines and If I had $30k to spare, still wouldnt buy it but they are fun to look at.
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travis isn't putting down any ridiculous numbers on that tranny i doubt heel have to many problems with it aside from having to replace clutches a little more then usual. i enjoy my high 20 low 30mpg and still being able to have enough power to have fun. idk about rotarys vs V8s on gas mileage though lol could watch jons gas guage go down if he was driving around in boost :icon_geek: sport compacts are much more fun to drive in the twistys versus trying to throw a tank through em.
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