Re: So, is it yes or no?
> Dudes, dudes!!!!!!!! I know we all are
> getting excited, but let us keep our cool!!!
> Phantom, do I notice a bit of scepticism???
> Why is that?
> I might be dumb, but I will have 8:1 motor
> running 15-18 on street, and ~25 on the drag
> track.
> My goal is to have rock-solid reliable
> everyday driven TRUE 400HP
> Rocket. Thou my goal is not to
> have dragster but more like a road-racing
> kinda car. I am plnning to attend one or two
> drag strips when I feel that car is ready to
> run mid 12s.
> I am planning to do it with help of
> compleatly revorked stock sized engine. (
> Forged pistons with specially located rings,
> gapless rings, special coating, titanium
> rods, blanced crank). Nicely made head -
> porting, polishing, valves, springs, etc.
> ~60mm trimed ball bearing turbo, into
> 3 exaust. Disently sized front mount
> intercooler. And of course TECII tuned to
> the balls, along with bunch of other little
> tricks.
> What do you say? Will that be possible? I
> know it will take time and some Grando
> Dinare but never the less...
> Eugene
I'd vote yes, but only if you do it right like you plan (though titanium rods are overkill). 15 psi is fine for a 8-1 motor with a decent sized intercooler. to go higher would require race gas or seriously retarded timing. If you try to do it with low timing (less than 25 degrees) you will be giving up too much power and wasting your time. to run 25 psi be prepared to spend the bucks to run C-16 race gas. Plus even a little detonation at that level can easily crack a piston, even high dollar JE and Ross. Be very sure the car is tuned well, with a good knock detector-not by ear, before cranking up the boost. You realize all the stuff you just mentioned adds up to at least a 6000 dollar motor? sure would hate to blow it just so you can say you are running 25 psi. Timeslips are all that matter.The motor you described better see 11 second timeslips. 8 or 8.5 compression sounds good to me. forget trying to go higher and run lots of boost. yes you could make it live, but it would be better to make it right. I hate to get on a rant here, but what's all the talk of 60-1 turbos now? just a few months ago everybody wanted a hybrid, now they've jumped to full 60-1 t4's or bigger. not that they are bad, but now we are talking serious race turbos that people are wanting to run on their daily drivers. I'd hate to see someone spend close to 2 grand on a ball bearing t4 then find out it sucked at anywhere below 4000 rpm. or even worse that they didn't have a motor to support that kind of turbo. I think I'm really just scared I might run across one of these wickedly fast z's once I finally get my car back together
greg
71 240z
greg
71 240z