charge pipes gripes
12-27-2002, 10:57 AM
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Re:charge pipes gripes
Yo im likely to stir some crap up with this comment but what the heck..
I disagree completly about the 8 cyl boosted beats a 4 cvyl boosted... Look at the car they both go into... A honda is small and light.. A maro is a pig.. and a chevvell is even bigger and heavier... Its all about power to weight ratio not hp in general..
A lighter boosted 4 cyl car is likely to be faster than a heavy boosted iron pig...
This goes way back... Porshe, Jaguar, Ferrari, e.t.c. all build light small powerfull cars that will torture most muscle cars.. and these are stock what if they are built...?
I disagree completly about the 8 cyl boosted beats a 4 cvyl boosted... Look at the car they both go into... A honda is small and light.. A maro is a pig.. and a chevvell is even bigger and heavier... Its all about power to weight ratio not hp in general..
A lighter boosted 4 cyl car is likely to be faster than a heavy boosted iron pig...
This goes way back... Porshe, Jaguar, Ferrari, e.t.c. all build light small powerfull cars that will torture most muscle cars.. and these are stock what if they are built...?
12-27-2002, 01:22 PM
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Re:charge pipes gripes
I'm very sorry, but no matter how much i loove working on these Honda's, i can EASILY without breaking a sweat (or my bank account), make a V8 car go a HELL of a lot faster than a 4cylinder dollar for dollar.. or ----, give you $1.00 to every $0.50 i put into a V8, and i'll still whoop up on ya.
Of course this is assuming that we are talking about drag racing. There is no argument that can be made that will make a built 4 cylinder engine out run a built V8 at the strip.
If all i wanted to do was go really really fast in the 1/4, i would have been going in the 9's already with a V8 and less than $5k in my car. So, with my Honda, i'm going slower, and spending more money doing it... doesn't make sense, does it? LoL. But i'll tell ya what, what makes it fun, is how these imports drive.
Now, just one more example to put this all into perspective... if we are talking about a CRX with over $10,000 put into it running against a bone-stock Vette with nothing done to it, of course the CRX will win, because it is built. BUT, if you were to take away the cost of entry amount, and then give both drivers $10,000 to put in their car, then i can guarantee that the Vette will outrun that CRX all day long. Keep in mind, it still doesn't matter that i only have roughly $12,000 into my car total, and he has $30,000 into his car... what matters is the amount put into it. He has a car that goes just as fast as mine, its nicer, has A/C/leather/stereo, and can pick up chicks MUCH easier with it... speaking of which, WHY am i building a honda again?!?!? arrrgh... haha.
Of course this is assuming that we are talking about drag racing. There is no argument that can be made that will make a built 4 cylinder engine out run a built V8 at the strip.
If all i wanted to do was go really really fast in the 1/4, i would have been going in the 9's already with a V8 and less than $5k in my car. So, with my Honda, i'm going slower, and spending more money doing it... doesn't make sense, does it? LoL. But i'll tell ya what, what makes it fun, is how these imports drive.
Now, just one more example to put this all into perspective... if we are talking about a CRX with over $10,000 put into it running against a bone-stock Vette with nothing done to it, of course the CRX will win, because it is built. BUT, if you were to take away the cost of entry amount, and then give both drivers $10,000 to put in their car, then i can guarantee that the Vette will outrun that CRX all day long. Keep in mind, it still doesn't matter that i only have roughly $12,000 into my car total, and he has $30,000 into his car... what matters is the amount put into it. He has a car that goes just as fast as mine, its nicer, has A/C/leather/stereo, and can pick up chicks MUCH easier with it... speaking of which, WHY am i building a honda again?!?!? arrrgh... haha.
12-27-2002, 06:03 PM
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Re:charge pipes gripes
you guys also have to keep in mind the fact that pulling things has always been easier to do than pull things. along with the power to weight ratio. but if you have a boosted v8 or v6 it will (sorry to say) go faster than any boosted 4 cylinder. my buddy and i are building his crate 350 v8 at 320hp in and el-camino. when we are done it will be pushing over 700hp at 10psi. my honda at 10psi would theoreticaly be pushing close to 300hp. both motors are stock internals just turboed. built both would push tons more hp. my buddy and i are also in the works of building a turbo v6 srtoker motor. the will be estimated to be pushing around 450hp in a feiro. we will get back with the results when the project is finished. seeing as how the feiro weighs close if not more than a honda. future updates to come.
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