80tq: 20v Project Update, 415whp, 12.25, etc

[Jim Green]

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:07:58 -0500, Marc Swanson <mswanson at sonitrol.net> wrote:
> > http://www.80tq.com/20vtMotor.html
> 
> I had the opportunity to see Javad's 80tq in action on a recent trip to
> CA.  FAST doesn't really begin to describe it.
> 
> As if being pinned to the seat and giggling like a school girl at WOT
> wasn't confirmation enough that the car has serious power, the car
> accelerates so fast that the stock 80q tach can't keep up!  IIRC Javad
> has the redline set close to 8k and when the car RIPS to that level the
> stock needle has only managed to reach ~6500.

Now that's the kind of issues I hate about swaps like this, I mean,
why would you even want to put a motor in your car that would do that
to your poor Tachometer ;)

-- 
Jim Green
'89 90tq
'89 80q
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html