Here's something to throw into the pot then:
At the shop I worked at, we had an older Ford Granada with a 6cyl. That was
torn out and replaced with a 351 Cleveland, Comp Cams valvetrain, Edelbrock
Intake, Holley Carb, and a set of custom built headers. (Along with the
stock C4 trans revamped and a 3.73 LSD installed). The weight gain was
about 100lbs more but the 1/4 mile times (obviously) went up drastically.
Yup, a Ferd Granada (4-Door) running 13's was a lot of fun at the local
cruising strip. They laughed...until they were smoked by a Granada.
Now take that Granada and put a Paxton on it, and a god handling package
(yes, they actually made them for the Granada's) and you could easily put it
into the 12's. Case in point: We could have modified the 6 popper with
parts from Clifford Performance...but for the HP gains, we opted for the V8
instead. The speed lost from the added weight was far outweighed by the HP
from the engine.
- Bernd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandman" <sandman@swconnect.net>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 12:23 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: RE: godzilla,
> That's very true, but you also have to take into consideration the weight
> factor. Case in point, the guy that has the 300zx TT is making like
700-750
> HP I believe, and most of the mods made to the engine added little to no
> weight to the car. It was mostly electronic programming, bigger
injectors,
> stuff like that. He did add free flow exhaust, and made some suspension
> mods that prolly added some weight though. That car will fly however.
> Friday and Saturday nights we have drags around here and I've only seen
that
> car get beat once. He raced a guy in an all fiberglass body ford coupe
with
> a 456 (I think that was the displacement) Keith Black hemi under the hood.
> Of course the guy stomped him, but that car is no where close to street
> legal either, and the 300z is.
>
> Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
>
> > I don't doubt the HP that they're getting...but image the same mods on a
> > larger displacement engine. Still remains a fact: No replacement for
> > Displacement.
> >
> > - Bernd
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Sandman
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 6:41 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: Re: RE: godzilla,
> >
> > There's no replacement for displacement may not be around for much
> > longer...... Some of the horsepower these guys are getting outa the
> > rice burners is getting scary. Granted it takes ALOT more money to do
> > it... but.... damn. Just last week at a car show I saw an Acura I
> > think it was that was so heavily modded out it was making like 450-500
> > hp. I know a guy that lives around here that has a 300zx TT that makes
> > insane power too. He has the Jim Wolf (I think that's what it is) mods
> > on it. You can get insane power outa Toyota supras too.
> >
> > brett burford wrote:
>
>
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