What form of aspiration does your car use?

[Shelby Z]

Its only a 8 valve head but it still gets me over 300 lb-ft of torque. there is a 16 valve head available for these cars which would get me more HP but i'm not going to spend $3000 on it.

 

[Dudebusta]

ok. your engine will die in a few years with 20lb boost going through it. all you get is 300hp. get a v6 or v8. they dont need any boost, they have heaps of grunt already. any motor that needs a turbo or blower to do under 11 or 12 is a ****box.

 

[-Fred-]

and you're an ass...

why would we all want V8s?


grow up and realise V8s are not the ultimate things out there...

 

[Dudebusta]

no they arent the ultimate things but id rather a decent pushrod donk than a twin cam bottle of coke...

 

[-Fred-]

whatever floats your boat...

 

[Dudebusta]

water.

 

[Shelby Z]

I dont like V8's, they are slowly on there way out especially with the gas prices today. give it 10 to 15 years and they'll be history.
and btw. some how i dont have any problems blowing away a 300hp cameros or mustangs.

 

[speedy_2]

I have a 1965 Mustang with a 289 V-8 in it. It's an NA engine, but I plan on making it supercharged which will put me somewhere over 500HP.

 

[Shelby Z]

check this page out it might change your mind on the supercharger

http://www.pentastarpower.com/feets/newpage.html

 

[Dudebusta]

ive got no problems with blowers. you can blow away camaros or mustangs because you have what they dont, a light car and boost. duh

 

[speedy_2]

Yeah that mopar is nice. But I doubt I'll go with twin turbos. Looks at that thing though. it's only made to go in a straight line. I want speed and handling. In my little mustang that much power can't be handled on the tires i want. But maybe a single turbo will work for me.

 

[AltF8]

Originally posted by speedy_2
Yeah that mopar is nice. But I doubt I'll go with twin turbos. Looks at that thing though. it's only made to go in a straight line. I want speed and handling. In my little mustang that much power can't be handled on the tires i want. But maybe a single turbo will work for me.

Usually, for street usage a single turbo is best. For show purposes, or for top end power (drag racing for example), twin is better.

 

[risingson77]

...unless you have a sequential twin turbo (like the last generation Supra). One turbo is low boost and comes on just off-idle, then there's a higher boost turbo that picks up further in the rev band.

 

[Puffy]

NA for me

 

[aljones]

My Vauxhall Astra is NA, thought the new 2.2 litre Turbo Astra SRi is a great car to drive.

 

[Shelby Z]

do you have any pictures of that turbo Astra and its engine.
I thought Opel makes the Astra?