900 bhp Mk2 Golf

I was referring to a '3k' car like an lt1 or ls1, yours is an ls2 looking at the pic? which are alrady tuned some

if you take a 3k camaro say another 3k will take it from 285hp to near your 400 easily.
 
breadturbo said:
I was referring to a '3k' car like an lt1 or ls1, yours is an ls2 looking at the pic? which are alrady tuned some

if you take a 3k camaro say another 3k will take it from 285hp to near your 400 easily.
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You might find this interesting reading. http://www.chevyhiperformance.com/t...0609ch_small_block_chevy_engines/viewall.html

As for what I would do with this bullet--slap it in a chassis car weighing 3,200 pounds in front of a TH350 and steep gears, and it would make for one fun Saturday night special. 12s would be a walk in the park and on the unit, and it's anyone's guess but mid-10s wouldn't be unreasonable. I am eyeing a '73 Camaro, so we may have to test that theory out in a future issue.
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That's a $5,500 engine and there is no way the drive train in a 3K camaro would get you anywhere near 8s. Nice idea though :).
 
Matt82 said:
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get a mk2 golf, £££
get a 1.8t engine, £££

dump the rest into the engine

decimate all
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Hardly.

A Mk2 Golf is what 1k for a good un, you then need to spend another 1 - 2k sorting the chassi suspension and tyres out, which leaves you with 3k, a good 1.8t engine is just over 1 - 1.5k leaving you with hardly any money to play with.
 
Awesome how everyone gets a few car lengths out infront then he unleashes hell :p

Isn't ken blocks gymkhana fiesta a bit faster than that? They claim 0-60 in 2 seconds flat, albeit with a ridiculous amount of money thrown at it no doubt.
 
Something like this....
2-3k for a cheap 4th gen
1k for a custom tkit
£400 for a full stainless, £600 for mega ported heads
£300 for rims and slicks (or MT patterns), tuning,

sure the tranny wont last longa s mentioned earlier but it will work :)

like this

 
Firestar_3x said:
Hardly.

A Mk2 Golf is what 1k for a good un, you then need to spend another 1 - 2k sorting the chassi suspension and tyres out, which leaves you with 3k, a good 1.8t engine is just over 1 - 1.5k leaving you with hardly any money to play with.
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those criteria werent applied for the yank tank that was suggested

you could get a snotter of a mk2 for hundreds

the engine for hundreds

a cage might be a good idea, slicks, do something with the suspension

put the rest intot he engine

i recon £1000 just about puts you into 300bhp territory

by which point youve already got the manifold, you get an even bigger turbot

youll need rods at some point but that budget is huge
 
breadturbo said:
Something like this....
2-3k for a cheap 4th gen
1k for a custom tkit
£400 for a full stainless, £600 for mega ported heads
£300 for rims and slicks (or MT patterns), tuning,

sure the tranny wont last longa s mentioned earlier but it will work :)

like this

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Maybe triple or quadruple the sum of those parts prices, then you might be in the right ballpark.

You'll need more than just that as well. You need intercoolers, a high-stall convertor, an LSD, different ratios for the diff, an upgraded cooling system........the list goes on. To do it properly, or at least with a modicum of reliability.

The easiest way to do it? Well, you're kind of on the right path - but it's easier. If you wanted to stick with a Camaro (anything from the 60s to 00s will do), then get one with a decent 350 V8 in it putting around 350bhp out. Put some drag radials on it, a few other bolt ons, cut a load of weight off it and dump 200bhp's worth of nitrous down the intake via a decent system. That'll see you in the tens. Maybe even the 9s if you get it running really, really well.

Or a home-built hotrod with a 500ci Caddy V8 in it. Those motor pretty well :D
 
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ive had 2 camaros, all parts are obtainable at that price
the ls1 cooling would be fine lt1 may need tweaking.
car has lsd already which is good for the job, youd only need a moser/ford rear if going for big big power although admittadly it would help for long term reliability.
IC's come with the kits normally, and high stall is only for auto. 4.11 gears or similar can be had for 90-100quid.

i know a bunch of guys in the US i used to hang about with who ran these daily without any problems, the smallblocks are built like bomb shelters.
One guy even had his mustang running 750hp with no IC, just a top mount kenne bell and water injection, that thing used 3-4litres a day rofl.

to add, i was only showing the bare minimum to get the job done, if you want it as a daily driver then you're better stickign more $ into it of course :)
 
Lashout_UK said:
Maybe triple or quadruple the sum of those parts prices, then you might be in the right ballpark.

You'll need more than just that as well. You need intercoolers, a high-stall convertor, an LSD, different ratios for the diff, an upgraded cooling system........the list goes on.
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The ten bolt in 3rd/4th gen wouldn't even handle that power anyway so the whole rear axle would need swapping out for something more beefy.
 
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Decimate all :)
 
dunno about an 8 second car but a guy i used to know managed a 13 second n/a sierra with a rubbish v8 and a couple of Grand (if that) in parts

http://www.burgerman.info/sierra.htm


now if you were willing to get your hands dirty and throw buckets of nitrous at a decent v8 you could be running silly quick 1/4s for not a lot of dosh

oh and Johns nitrous site if anyones interested
http://www.nitrous.info/index.htm

lots of good info on there :)
 
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