Quote Originally Posted by Speed[]v[]onkey
so will lightspeed. and apparently marcin says he already accepted.. well, lightspeed told me he hadn't said anything back yet.. who knows.i
OK, so to clarify what I said... I said that I was tired of waiting for Marcin to come race. I didnt say he never got back to me. He supposedly accepted, but then it never materialized (even though he said he couldnt come up to run me, but he would come up to race 2.3evo )
Quote Originally Posted by slowhawk01
If the race happens I would like to side bet with someone. I got my money on the camaro. i got $200.00 on the maro anyone want to match me and take the EVO??? Will???? Lightspeed????
I think a more likely bet is that the race doesnt happen, given my past experiences with call-outs on here. If it does happen and you are out, we can talk about it then.
Quote Originally Posted by WINDSOR
show me any 8 second 1/4 mile 4 cylinder car that can really be driven daily and can be roadraced. Nobody roadraces mega hp cars unless they are race cars. In the end there is no replacement for displacement. Boost for boost the v8 will always be faster and make more power.
Oh come on... How many 8 sec 1/4 mile cars are going to be roadracing anyway? The suspension and tires required to go 8's are not going to lend themselves to being a good roadracing setup anyway.
Have you ever heard of Formula 1? Grand Prix? Howabout IMSA? GTU classes? I think its realistic to argue that small dispacement (N/A and turbo) cars are the most successful road racing cars ever.
And if you or distortion think a N/A 1000 HP bigblock is going to be any more reliable or streetable than a 1000 whp properly built turbo inline-6, you are mistaken. With a mild cam and a properly setup turbo, you can make all the power you can ever need. Even a big block N/A motor with 1000 whp is going to be heavily cammed, high-compression and/or running a rediculous shot of nitrous.
HP boils down to airflow in and out of an engine. If you can flow enough air through an efficient head on a small motor with a huge turbo, and you can turn the RPM to support it, you can make rediculous power. If you gear your car so that you can use this RPM, there is no need for "low end torque" or HP.
Yes, there ultimately is a physical limit to how much air you can stuff into a small cylinder and get out of it through the smaller valve openings, so larger displacement engines will ultimately make more power. But with modern technology, there is no usable "limit" to how much power you can make with a small dispalcement engine.