[s-cars] NAC: biggest engine in American Muscle Car

[Theodore Chen]

you left out mustangs.  there's a guy who built a twin-turbo 351W (5.8 liters)
using a couple of garrett T03 turbos scavenged from the junkyard.  the
turbos came from an '85-'86 thunderbird turbo coupe.

installed in a capri (sister car to the mustang), that motor pushed
it to an ET of 10.4 sec at 132.35 mph.  he did it on a budget, too.
he spent less on that motor than a lot of people do on their
bling! bling! wheels.

-teddy


--- TM <t44tq at mindspring.com> wrote:
> The new Viper is 500cid/500hp/500lb-ft.
>
> Buick Regal T-Types and GNs are the reason why I laugh when people
> think they're hot sh*t with 12s Audi S4s. Given proper driver
> experience in drag racing, it is so much cheaper and easier to take
> a GN into the 11s if all we're talking about is the 1320.
>
> Give me a GN for drag racing, an Evo8 for the track and an S4tt Avant
> for
> daily driving.
>
> Taka
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Charlie Smith
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 6:35 PM
> To: Frederic L'Huillier
> Cc: Audi S Car List; Charlie Smith
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] NAC: biggest engine in American Muscle Car
>
>
> Earlier, Frederic L'Huillier wrote:
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> > Agreed, but I was talking about the Classic American Muscle Cars. I
> > very recently saw one in Paris. I prefer the CTS vs the new BMW 5
> > series in term of look.
>
> Don't know if anybody has mentioned the Dodge Viper yet.
>
> The older ones had an 8 liter (488? Cu In) V10, that was over 400 HP
> depending on the year.  I understand the current Viper SuperGee-Whiz
> model has a larger V10 that's rated 500 HP.
>
> Also, I don't see the Buick V6 turbos mentioned.  I don't have the specs
> on them, but some of them are running around that are as improved as
> some of our UrS cars.  At that stage, they are making lots and lots of
> horsepower.
>
> Talking about crate engines.  Frederic, these are complete engines sold
> by the manufacturers - that don't necessarily meet emission standards or
> any other regulation to speak of.  I know Chrysler (The parent of Dodge)
> sells both various V8 crate engines and a V10 crate engine.  Some of
> these engines are way over 500 HP direct from the factory, and are ready
> to bolt into your (race) car.  Of course, these are intended for off
> road use only.  Right.
>
> If you are really interested in some of these, I'll turn a friend or two
> that are into older supercars and hot rods loose on finding something
> for you  :-)
>
>     - Charlie
>
>
>
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