<VV> Are Turbo Vairs worth having?

[Eric S. Eberhard]

I doubt that was a seriously instrumented test.  By way of comparison -- a 
180 engine was measured in gross hp.  Convert to net as most cars are 
(subtract 22% is the general formula)  so call it 140 hp.  Say you bump it 
50% (very hard to do) and you are in the 200 net hp range.  A modern 
economy car or mini-van has that.  A hot Mustang or GTO has over 300 NET hp 
... the hottest Mustang 400+ !!!

At 01:45 PM 11/21/2004, JVHRoberts@aol.com wrote:
>Hmmm... My 65 turbo did 0-60 in the mid sixes, with just a SU carb, 140
>heads, and no muffler. And the thing was easy to drive. I did it on the 
>cheap, as I
>was a VERY poor teenager. <G>
>
>
>In a message dated 11/21/2004 3:29:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>flash@vicspdi.com writes:
>Seriously -- just do a few ignition upgrades and call it done.  Save a lot
>of money and heartache (unless of course the mission is to tinker with it!).
>
>A turbo vair from contemporary road tests did zero - 60 in the 11+ second
>range.  If by some miracle you improved that by 20 percent (and that would
>be a LOT for a street car) you would still be in the 9 second range.  This
>means that most mini-vans and economy cars will blow you in to the
>weeds.  I love my turbo, but I don't drag race anything because I
>loose.  The fun is in driving some thing unusual, something that gets a lot
>of people to stop and say hi whenever you park, something that looks and
>sounds cool, and is engaging to drive.
>
>PS -- yes you can get even more ... but the cost would be high, reliability
>low, and it would not be very streetable.  A stock Mustang will do 0-60 in
>under 6 seconds for under 25 grand ... I cannot imagine anything you could
>do to compete with that at any price ... but even if you did it would not
>be reliable as the Mustang get the mileage, have A/C, etc ...
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