Re: Getting power out of small motors.

[Kwattro@aol.com]

In a message dated 99-04-09 22:49:08 EDT, you write:

<<  To get a Honda to put out 350 hp you need to stuff it 
 with 30PSI of boost, of course with that kind of power you need a custom 
head 
 high po bottom end pieces a turbo and a load of $$$$$.  A 5000T engine will 
 yield ~240-250 Hp with a chip change and a trunk full of intercoolers.  An S 
 4 engine will crank out 300 hp with a simple chip replacement, and 350 is a 
 turbo change away.  If you want more than 500 horsepower buy a sup >>


I beg to differ on whoever wrote this - The R-Type V-Tec's with a jackson 
racing supercharger, bolt on, (read - less than a turbo conversion - about 
2400$.) churns out about 250 hp.  Now, if you're not impressed by that, 
there's something wrong with you.  The Greddy turbo V-Tec had some sick 
amount of horsepower (upwards of three hundred) and wasn't running 30 psi - 
max was 17 or eighteen.  Sorry, Audi guys - Audi/VW is way behind the likes 
of Honda, Subaru (22B), and Mitsu (Lancer Evo 4) in terms of turbocharging 
potential - and all three cars (22B, Lancer 5, and V-Tec with supercharger) 
run less than a base S4.  Want to go fast?  As I have always said, Audis are 
not the source of ultimate speed, but are a much better rounded car than many 
of the others....BTW, I believe the V-Tec's are still 1.8 liters, almost a 
full liter smaller than the audi.  Naturally aspirated, it's turning 195 hp.  
More than say...a 30v V6 Audi.  Not trying to diss anyone at all, but Honda 
is years ahead of everyone else.

Later!
Carter J
Kwattro@aol.com