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Friday, February 20, 2015
No you don't.....Show me time slips and dyno sheets.....Then maybe we'll talk,,,
I love how people pull numbers out of their ass and expect you to take them at face value. Got an email the other day from some clown claiming to have a 1,000 hp 4,000 lb Chevelle that runs 9s on street tires and purrs like a kitten and gets 22 mpg, and says he only has 14 grand in the whole car. "I believe you, Wayne" "Not!" There's so many holes that you could drive a truck through in this statement. # 1. Price. A blown 638 hp ZR1 'Vette engine costs $22,000 through GMPP-and that's just the motor. Mast Motorsports builds Stompin' LS engines with 500-1,000 hp but they start at $12,000 for the 500 hp model and get well over 25K for the big dogs. And that's just for the engine-to put all that power to the ground-you'll need a heavy duty transmission, rear end and suspension and some sticky tires. Did someone give him a car for free with a TCI built TH400, a 9 inch Ford Rear End, a Competition engineering 4-link suspension, and an 8-point cage?-( which most tracks require for anything that runs quicker than 11.50 ). Which brings up- #2 Putting the power down. In 2008 Hot Rod did a "Crate Motor Shootout" which included small-blocks, big blocks and LS engines. The test mule was a '68 Chevelle with an 8-point cage, a gutted interior a Currie 9 inch rear and a ladder bar suspension. It also had a TCI TH400 with a trans brake and a 4,800 rpm converter and 4.30 gears and was running 12 inch slicks. The 720 hp 572 inch Rat motor ran the fastest time which was a 10.17, with a Pro Stock Drag Racing champion driving it who said he could barely hold it in the road-That to go any faster the car really needed wheel tubs and much bigger slicks and more suspension tweaking. So if this gutted race car with a total drag race suspension, a 4,800 rpm converter, and running on huge slicks couldn't even put 700 hp down without frying the tires halfway down the track-how does this guys street car put 1000+ down?? The answer? It doesn't. Because he doesn't have 1,000 hp!! Because--# 3. Let's see GM, Ford, and Chrysler with all their billions of dollars and engineers who graduated MIT can only make 650- 700 hp with their premium engines. NASCAR NEXTEL CUP cars can only make 850hp with their state-of the-art $40,000 engines,Legends Like John Lingenfelter and Jack Roush can build you mega hp engines-for $15-30,000 on up. But THIS genius makes over 1,000 hp for like 5 grand. Sure. # 4. Drivability. Read the "Engine Masters Challenge" that they have every year. Everything from Flathead Fords,Small-Block Chevys, Chrysler Hemis, Boss-Nine Fords, Pontiacs, LS motors, Ford Mod Motors,etc all compete. The ones who make 700+ hp are full on race motors. Most of them if their put in a car-need a vacuum reservoir because they can't even make 9 inches of vacuum at idle-thus no power brakes or operating a vacuum modulater to make a transmission shift. So does this guy have a transmission with electric shift solenoids and an elaborate hydroboost system like a diesel to operate his power accessories-or is he claiming that his "1,000" hp engine also makes 15 inches of vacuum at idle? And remember he built this for 14K including the purchase price of the car.... Anyhow-I've seen many a person who like The "Fast&Furious" movies claimed to have a "10 second" car-and when they got to the strip couldn't break out of the 12s. Not that 12s is anything to sneeze at, but it's a far cry from the 10s. I'd like to see Mr 1,000 hp run his car against an all-wheel-drive Nissan GTR which with "only" 550 hp according to Car and Driver runs 0-60 in 2.9 seconds and the 1/4 in 10.80 and see how he fares. I'm sure his car is quicker than 90% of the people he has "Stoplight Gran Prixs" with, but spare me the virtually impossible power and performance claims.....Mastermind
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