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P-car 6 or SBC 8, for Ury |
Crazyhippy |
Aug 18 2005, 10:53 AM
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Enough of the little horsepower pissing match, it's time for the fast cars to have their pissing match.
I'll be honest, my loyalty to the P-motor doesn't run very deep. They are WAY to expensive for the HP you get. The ONLY advantage i can see from a performance standpoint is the weight, and i'm not sure it's as big as everyone imagines (guessing less than the weight of a decent passenger). The SBC is easier to work on, builds more HP easily, lasts longer at the same HP level, and sounds better (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/flipa.gif) (subjective i know). You do lose the front trunk, but a 914 is not a practical car to start with, so no biggy (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/boldblue.gif) I understand people wanting to keep the bloodlines true and blah blah blah.. isn't that kinda like in-breeding? please discuss (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving-girl.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/burnout.gif) |
Crazyhippy |
Aug 18 2005, 07:55 PM
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Insert witty comment here... Group: Members Posts: 1,659 Joined: 28-July 05 From: Home of the Coyotes, AZ Member No.: 4,493 Region Association: None |
Now you're talking about lightweights... the difference is less than a driving instructor for comparable cars. If you wan to throw enough money at it you can go to an aluminum block from donovan and save another 80+lbs, and were into a double digit difference (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)
Sounds like
You are comparing a moped to a superbike. Sure you can ride around your backyard quicker on the moped, and it feels so light and flickable on the street (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) it HAS to be better right? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/bs.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) My last 914 had a mild 327 in it ~290hp. It was an el-cheapo motor, steel heads, reconditioned stock rods, only spun it to 7k rpm. It was faster around most tracks than the Turbo's and vipers in my run group (just DE's, intermediate group usually, occasional advanced) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/w00t.gif) It cornered as well as the boxsters, and was damn near as fast as the viper on the straights (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/mueba.gif) not 1/2 bad for being
Done right a SBC is as smooth (or smoother) than stock, the handling is un-changed, more reliable, and the power, well it exists. I have video somewhere of Scott M.'s monster fo an orange car blowing by a -6 that was trying to accelerate (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/happy11.gif) It was kinda like video taping your 6 year old riding his bike when Lance Armstrong goes flying by (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/aktion035.gif) Anyways, i'm going to get a (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beer3.gif) ro 3 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif) |
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