DaveFJ
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| posted on 10/8/04 at 03:06 PM |
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How much BHP is enough ?
come on then lets sort the men from the boys.....
Dave
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 10/8/04 at 03:09 PM |
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As much as i can afford....
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Louis M
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| posted on 10/8/04 at 04:00 PM |
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I'm gonna try for around 250-260hp
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drmike54
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| posted on 10/8/04 at 04:12 PM |
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I'm going for 220 hp because thats what a Ford Turbo should do with minor mods. BTW the engine only cost $300 and I am not rich.
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derf
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| posted on 10/8/04 at 04:29 PM |
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my reply to the other BHP topic:
too much is never enough, (this is my American bigger is better raving lunatic answer, pay no attention to me whats ever its a slow day for me at
work) If you are having problems stripping out tranny gears that means that you bought an inferior tranny, that will give you a good reason to upgrade
to a 6 speed sequential with paddle shift behind the steering wheel box. If your having problems with grip you need a limited slip rear axle and some
real big sticky tires, ones that are coated with glue. If your frame stars to bend thats alrighjt, just bend it back on a chassis jig and add some
extra support, the chassis is meant to be bent a few times. If you are looking for 1000 hp from a 1.6l engine, just add a few sequential turbos, and
some boost 100lbs should do fine, just dont forget to re-do the fuel system.
Remember the key phrase is bigger is better, now go out there and find yourself a v16 engine to stuff into our chass, and dont forget to add a few big
turbos to it.
[Edited on 10/8/04 by derf]
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MonkeyHunter
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| posted on 10/8/04 at 04:34 PM |
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230 but im not rich unfortunately 
Middy with a 1.6L DOHC Honda Vtec + Turbo 
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type 907
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| posted on 10/8/04 at 05:12 PM |
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I'v just worked it out.
My engine cost me £0 - 37.5p per BHP
Happy Bunny
Too much is just enough
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 11/8/04 at 11:33 AM |
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My dad used to follow a Rolls-Royce merlin around and he said they werz best until he discovered a Napier Sabre.
Anyone got a big mallet suitable for sorting computers when they don't work?
Beware of the Goldfish in the tulip mines. The ONLY defence against them is smoking peanut butter sandwiches.
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garage19
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| posted on 11/8/04 at 11:53 AM |
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If i include my engine management mine is over £4 per bhp!!!
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type 907
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| posted on 11/8/04 at 12:08 PM |
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Mmmmmmm, Over £4
Ah..... but I did have to fork out £10 for a
dizzy off an MGB GT.
But then again, on the plus side.......
It did come with twin 45's. The've gotta
be worth a tenner havn't they.
Too much is just enough
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timf
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| posted on 11/8/04 at 12:14 PM |
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hmm £3.50/ bhp
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TPAFKAMH
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| posted on 11/8/04 at 09:53 PM |
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£1.51 per bhp
That'll do me 
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 11/8/04 at 10:05 PM |
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how much is enough?
depends on what you want to do...
with thrust ssc, the power they quoted was approx 100,000 horsepower.
They wanted to do mach 1, and did mach 1.02.
so, a 100,000 was barely enough.
atb
steve
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Dale
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| posted on 12/8/04 at 04:17 PM |
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Start with aprox 175-200 keeping the engine stock. $1.75cnd /hp. More hp will be add untill I can do under 4.5sec to 60mph. Being my car may be
upto 1500lbs -its a bit bigger and a ford2.3t. The next 50-75hp will cost nothing more than time and some diegrinding bits.
btw drmike54 I see your using the same engine--how goes the build
Dale
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Viper
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| posted on 12/8/04 at 06:42 PM |
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when the available power outweighs the available grip
then you have enough power
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sgraber
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| posted on 13/8/04 at 07:34 PM |
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If you can't leave two black burnout stripes the entire way down the straightaway you don't have enough power.
Actually, I expect the limits of sanity are close to 300BHP in a car the size and weight of mine. I can't wait to find out!
4AGZE (Supercharger removed) - Turbo Added - Intercooler - MegaSquirt = Around 300Hp
[Edited on 8/13/04 by sgraber]
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"Quickness through lightness"
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derf
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| posted on 13/8/04 at 08:26 PM |
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Viper, I dissagree with your statement "when the avalable power outweighs the available grip", when that happens there are still a few
options that will work:
Option 1. Slip the clutch a bit, this is not the most cost-effective way of doing it because you will constantly be burning up clutches, which could
cost a tenner (I'm learning to speak British) or two.
Option 2. Pedal modulation. Maintain maximum pedal pressure without spinning the tires
Option 3. Better gearing. You could go out and change the final drive to go for higher speed and still maintain excellent acceleration.
Option 4. Bigger tires. There are some big honkin' (thats real english) tyres (spelled the Brittish way) in this world, real honkin'
big.
All of these will allow you to use the "my wanker is bigger than yours" approch to meeting new friends in the law enforcement community.
(I am almost an expert in the Brittish language)
[Edited on 13/8/04 by derf]
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JoelP
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| posted on 13/8/04 at 09:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by derf
All of these will allow you to use the "my wanker is bigger than yours" approch to meeting new friends in the law enforcement community.
(I am almost an expert in the Brittish language)
[Edited on 13/8/04 by derf]
er... i think you might still have wanker a little out of context there!
as you say, there are ways to increase grip but i think viper wasnt completely serious. and of course, if you increase grip then the power is no
longer greater than the grip, and hence more is needed! so he's right really
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sgraber
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| posted on 13/8/04 at 09:20 PM |
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Somebody should find a way to put THIS into a car.... Enough power then?
Graber
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bike_power
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 07:32 AM |
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You can never have too much power, it's like socks, you buy a set number and a few months later you're sure you've got less than you
bought, so buy some more. This happens maybe twice a year . . . at the end of the year you still fell you've got no more socks than you started
with . . .
If I take off £1500 from the cost of my engine to allow for the fact that I got a 6 speed sequential gearbox with it, each one of my bhp has cost me
£11.40. Once the turbo goes on each bhp will have cost me £13.30.
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Trev Borg
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 12:06 PM |
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Ouch
That hits a Yorkshireman where it hurts most !
(his pocket)
Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes.
By that time, who cares.
You're a mile away, and you've got his shoes
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mad4x4
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| posted on 16/8/04 at 05:33 PM |
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Cost per bhp = £0.00
Engine was free from a mate
I suppose the haed gaket and the carbs could count .......
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
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