Posted by rickyracer (IP: 209.20.173.110) on October 29, 1999 at 21:39:51:
In Reply to: Re: the mystical 10 sec 2.3L Turbo posted by Mark G on October 28, 1999 at 22:33:03:
:Mark, I guess I just got over the need to be bottle fed a long time ago. Let's see a 150hp NOS in a 2.3L= 300hp NOS in a 5.0L & 450hp NOS in a 7.3L (460). Bet on the edge of destuction, especially with a turbo.
I guess the thing is if you'd ever owned or even drove a big block you'd know the difference. And it doesn't take a "racial cam or carb etc" to make a ton of horsepower in a big block. Just look at the 428 & 429PIs, 2 ton police cars at 130mph, and what about the 427 AC Cobras, 12s in a Cobra was easy.
When it comes to a BBF "chopped" into a engine compartment anyone that would do that to a BBF project would do it to a turbo 4banger. I just don't go for the "whiz bang special & trick of the week" projects. You said that "plenty of people have run one" so what's the BFD with another one. How many BBF Mavericks have you seen, I have only seen one and I'd like to know if any one else as seen them also. I would love to help someone do a project like that.
Having a BBF is like being with a good woman and fine sipping whiskey. Once you've been there, there ain't nothing like it.
The T3/T4 hybrid is not exactly a monster turbo, plenty of people run that setup all day long on the street. Like running some radical cam is any more of a challenge than a slight turbo lag, at least it can idle in traffic and not puke its radiator! Speaking of cams, a stock ranger roller cam is "fairly stock" try running a "fairly stock" cam like that in a 10 second camero. Last time I checked, a 150 shot of nos is nothing to special, even rice motors can handle that and 5.0 stangs do it all day long. Considering the cost involved, amount of modifications, half the cylinders, and the street manners of this motor setup, you have to admit the little thing is fast. A maverick could be just as fast, since his pinto weighs in at around 2600, quite comparable to our mavs. It sure beats looking at another monster dinosaur motor squeezed into a chopped up engine compartment.