World's Greatest Drag Race 4

[dibbons]

After seeing a video of Motor Trend's latest race and the Ford Fiesta ST running a 14.9 second E.T. at 94.6 mph with a 197 horsepower turbo boosted four cylinder, I suddenly realized our Mopar forced induction brethren have the right idea. My new (then) stock 1971 Plymouth Roadrunner never broke out of the 15 second bracket. Why do we spend so much time and money on pistons, camshafts, intake and exhaust mods when a simple turbo could almost double our horsepower overnight (and preserve excellent gas mileage)? My spouse is always snickering about how I like to do everything the hard way. Don't tell me she has been right all these years! I wonder why we all don''t wake up and just slap on some forced induction if we really want to go fast, and go fast quickly?

 

[twayne24365]

Forced indiction deffinately make alot of horesopwer, but alot goes with it, intercooler, bov, wastegate, if fuel injected a computer that most average fellas cant tune, not to mention i dont even know if a copany makes an entire turbo kit for a bb mopar, but to me nothing beats the sound and response of a high compression big cam motor:burnout:

 

[moper]

Usually it's initial cost. The modern engines are amazing in terms of ability to take more power. The 2.0 in my neon at 1.23hp per inch would equal a 540hp 440... and you could turbo it with all the stock stuff with no trouble. It's not the same with the dinosaurs we work with. The turbo(s), engine management, custom stainless headers, and possible lower end upgrades in addition to just brining the mechanicals fresh - it gets expensive.

 

[moparlover]

After seeing a video of Motor Trend's latest race and the Ford Fiesta ST running a 14.9 second E.T. at 94.6 mph with a 197 horsepower turbo boosted four cylinder, I suddenly realized our Mopar forced induction brethren have the right idea. My new (then) stock 1971 Plymouth Roadrunner never broke out of the 15 second bracket. Why do we spend so much time and money on pistons, camshafts, intake and exhaust mods when a simple turbo could almost double our horsepower overnight (and preserve excellent gas mileage)? My spouse is always snickering about how I like to do everything the hard way. Don't tell me she has been right all these years! I wonder why we all don''t wake up and just slap on some forced induction if we really want to go fast, and go fast quickly?

"when a simple turbo"

lol

it can be done, and it can be done at a not-too-great expense. but it will require fabrication and matching up of different components and lots of time and tuning.

simple? no

 

[74Dusted]

Forced indiction deffinately make alot of horesopwer, but alot goes with it, intercooler, bov, wastegate, if fuel injected a computer that most average fellas cant tune, not to mention i dont even know if a copany makes an entire turbo kit for a bb mopar, but to me nothing beats the sound and response of a high compression big cam motor:burnout:

Have the best of both worlds (after starting with low compression, by the time boost is figured in you're up to 13+ compression ratio). Slap a massive Roots Blower on top of your favorite mopar small block/big block and enjoy instant neck snapping torque right off idle.

I love the sound and response of my Blown 340.