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Re: [T3] On that note, my baby puts out 91hp at the wheels...so this makes me wonder, is $5000 for a high-per


hey,


 That all depends on a few factors. One, how fast do
you wish to travel?  Unfortunately, let's face it, the
vw was never originally a speed demon else they would
have went to porche technology when they had the
oppourtunity. Two, how much money is too little for
the speed that you wish to go. $5000 is quite a bit of
bread to spend on an engine. Three, are you planning
on doing a nitrous setup eventually?  That is one
method that you might wish to consider trying, but
personally I'd say yes 30+ hp is quite a cool gain for
that kinda dough. :-)  Yeah I agree that is quite the
drastic amount of power. :-) Not to be or sound like a
pain in the butt but those are the questions that I
had to ask.

dennis

ps I am dying to have cars instead of going 0 to 60 in
6 seconds to go from 120 to 65 in those same six
seconds. ;-)

--- Brian Fye <Brian.Fye@susd.k12.or.us> wrote:

> On that note, my baby puts out 91hp at the
> wheels...so this makes me
> wonder, is $5000 for a high-performance engine
> *really* worth it when it
> only gets you +30hp? Well, it would be nice to know
> what a stock FI car
> puts down at the wheels cuz it's less than the rated
> 65hp (measured at
> the crank).
> 
> 
> remember though, a stocker all new engine is 1200
> for the long block. 
> if you add dual 2 barrel carbs you are at 1700+
> already and that is for
> 65hp at the flywheel.  you have 91 hp at the rear
> wheels or 1/3 more HP
> at the wheels that a stocker has at the flywheel. 
> that is a drastic
> increase in performance.
> 
> Brian Fye
> South Umpqua High School
> In -School Suspension Supervisor
> 
>
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